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- From: merlyn@ora.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
- Subject: Re: Digital Dolby (was Re: TOYS)
- Message-ID: <MERLYN.93Jan2102009@agora.rain.com>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 18:20:09 GMT
- Article-I.D.: agora.MERLYN.93Jan2102009
- References: <MERLYN.92Dec25103335@agora.rain.com> <1hu7i0INNldh@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Sender: merlyn@agora.rain.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
- Organization: Stonehenge Consulting Services; Portland, Oregon, USA
- Lines: 23
- In-Reply-To: ac717@cleveland.Freenet.Edu's message of 31 Dec 1992 07:30:08 GMT
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- >>>>> In article <1hu7i0INNldh@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, ac717@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeffry L. Johnson) writes:
- Jeffry> Dolby Digital (or Dolby SR-D) is a 35mm sound process only.
- Jeffry> Dolby currently has no plans for 70mm digital prints. They are selling SR-D
- Jeffry> as 70mm quality sound on 35mm prints.
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- Jeffry> Cinema Digital Sound (CDS) started on 70mm and was used on 35mm prints after
- Jeffry> ORC worked the bugs out of the CDS system.
-
- Yup yup.
-
- The cretins that made up Friday's advertising failed to make that clear.
- They tagged it both 70mm and "Digital Dolby" because it was playing in
- the Digital-equipped house.
-
- It *was* 70mm, sans Digital. Still fun to watch. The movie itself
- was missing some meat, but that's life... sigh.
-
- Just another video maker, and appreciator of fine sound and picture,
-
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