MD: DTS and THX

2001-01-26 Thread las
This is a little off topic (so what else is new?). I'm interested in your opinions of the quality of DTS and THX. DTS (Digital Theater Sound) is Spielberg's standard and involves special decoding as I am sure most of you know. While THX is belongs to Lucasfilms and is a standard rather than

RE: MD: DTS and THX

2001-01-26 Thread Gerard Naude
Whoa there cowboy To get on topic. What do you see the future of MDLP as? This is just my humble opinion, but outside of Japan I really don't think it will catch on. It's a matter of too little too late. To me MDLP seems to be a desperate attempt by Sony to compete with the extremely

Re: MD: DTS and THX

2001-01-26 Thread las
Gerard Naude wrote: First off. MDLP is what long play was to home vcr's. Nobody ever raved about it, but eventually we all ended up using it. Recording 8 hours of video on a 4 hour tape? Pretty cool. Same with MDLP, people want more music together with less space. It will make it big,

Re: MD: DTS and THX

2001-01-26 Thread Neil
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 07:14:29 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a little off topic (so what else is new?). I'm interested in your opinions of the quality of DTS and THX. DTS (Digital Theater Sound) is Spielberg's standard and involves special decoding as I am sure most of you

Re: MD: DTS and THX

2001-01-26 Thread las
Neil wrote: I know you've alluded to it, but THX is just really a certification thing, the soundtrack on DVDs will still be either DD or DTS (for the foreseaable...). THX is just a certification of the equipment you use, alluding to the quality and integrity of the kit. Actually it is a

RE: MD: DTS and THX

2001-01-26 Thread Gerard Naude
I'm one of the strongest supports of MD and one of the oldest )partially because I am probably older than most people on this list (52). I purchased my first Sony MZ-1 less than a year after MDs first came out. I still find the quality of even the MZ-1 acceptable for use in your car for

Re: MD: DTS and THX

2001-01-26 Thread Don Capps
From: "las" [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a little off topic (so what else is new?). I'm interested in your opinions of the quality of DTS and THX. THX is a set of quality standards being applied to Dolby Digital 5.1 surround recordings (as well as picture transfer quality) to make certain that