Come on DTS, what's the problem here? Last I heard this "would never happen again", and yet here it is happening again on another major summer release. This is just unacceptable. Is it the "there's only enough room for our sound logos because it is a single disc release" thing again? If so, please correct this and send all theaters out a single disc with all of the sound logos and theater chain policies on it so that it can be coupled with the "single disc features" and not degrade the presentation. This really should be done immediately. If that's just not possible, then please start putting those files on all trailer discs. I cannot imagine there wouldn't be enough room on those, but I would personally prefer a stand alone disc.

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Better yet, DTS should start considering to use DVD discs and take advantage of the storage space. They could eliminate alot of the compression that DTS uses now on regular CD's.

Hey Jonathan...maybe we can work for DTS?

Pipe dreams...

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Mark, I think that you are thinking of the EPROM, which is Flash RAM (I think), but it carries all that stuff you mention. It is a little black chip.

I agree that the artwork should relect when included on the disc. This is being addressed and you should be seeing accurate artwork on all future movie discs.

If you have a theatre that has forked over the money to display the THX badge then you will wan't to "blow your own horn", so to speak. That is, you want to display the THX tag before each feature so the entire audience know's that Lucasfilm has given this particular theatre the good housekeeping seal of approval as being a good technical presentation.

DTS, being a quality digital sound system, is likely to find it's way into a THX theatre. Therefore, the THX tags have been recorded on the DTS discs so that the dynamics of both systems can be shown off prior to the feature in addition to merely stating that the feature is in a THX certified auditorium. To that end, is would be considered anti-climatic for an exhibitor who has shelled out the money for not only THX but digital sound to have to run the THX tag in analog (essentially the "backup track" nowadays).

If you do not have a THX certified room...you might not see why this would be such a big deal. I can understand Brad's point. Regardless of the "why" the THX tags are being considered expendable, it might make someone that has a THX room not wish to use a particular digital sound system if they can't be assured that the THX tags are not going to play in digital, regardless of which digital it may be.

Steve