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Topic: New SDDS website

Michael Schaffer
"Where is the
Boardwalk Hotel?"

Posts: 4143
From: Boston, MA
Registered: Apr 2002

posted 07-11-2002 04:55 AM

SDDS have completely renovated their website and added a number of downloads. Check out it at www.sdds.com.
Michael

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Brad Miller
Administrator

Posts: 17775
From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99

posted 07-11-2002 05:50 AM

It's about time. Unfortunately they did not keep the list of movies with SDDS on the site. The site is nicely laid out though and finally...it loads fast!

Also, why oh why must people use cheezy animated gifs that are not accurate? Anyone who has been working with film for any length of time knows the reel depicted is a 16mm Tayloreel, and there is no such thing as 16mm SDDS.

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Antonio Marcheselli
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1260
From: Florence, Italy
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 07-11-2002 05:56 AM

Cool!

Antonio

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Ken Lackner
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1907
From: Atlanta, GA, USA
Registered: Sep 2001

posted 07-11-2002 07:21 AM

OK, why does Sony charge for their trailers!?

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Thomas Procyk
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1842
From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 07-11-2002 09:15 AM

Brad-- I've often gotten irritated when firms such as movie theaters, film companies and even equipment manufacturers have a cartooney-like strip of 35mm film in their ads or what not with the perfs in random order, instead of 4 per frame. If these are companies that are supposed to be working with film, why not make their artwork "anatomically correct"?

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Paul Linfesty
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1383
From: Bakersfield, CA, USA
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 07-11-2002 09:44 AM

The listing of SDDS movies is now under News and Information.

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Dick Vaughan
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1032
From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Jul 2000

posted 07-11-2002 10:02 AM

Would have been nice to see list of those theatres with SDDS ,especially those equipped for 8 channel

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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

Posts: 12859
From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99

posted 07-11-2002 12:34 PM

Sony charges for their trailers because they simply do not make enough money. Sony pulls in less a year than you do and they gotta make up all that loss somewhere. Be thankful that Sony products are always incredibly cheap. It is because of you paying for these trailers that they are able to offer every single one of their products at ridiculously low prices. Doesn't it just make you want to buy a ton of SDDS units?

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Ken Lackner
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1907
From: Atlanta, GA, USA
Registered: Sep 2001

posted 07-11-2002 02:24 PM

No, not really.

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Michael Schaffer
"Where is the
Boardwalk Hotel?"

Posts: 4143
From: Boston, MA
Registered: Apr 2002

posted 07-11-2002 03:24 PM

Don`t all manufacturers charge you for the logo trailers? Have I missed something? Do dts and Dolby give them away for free?
Michael

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Justin McLeod
Film Handler

Posts: 93
From: Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Registered: Jun 2002

posted 07-11-2002 03:25 PM

Its a refreshing to see the site with a new look.I wish the trailers could would work on the site. I have heard really good presestations from SDDS but its been a while since i have. I would like to hear one of brads presentations in his screening room.

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Josh Jones
Redhat

Posts: 1207
From: Plano, TX
Registered: Apr 2000

posted 07-11-2002 06:38 PM

AFAIK, DTS and Dolby supply trailors to equipped houses. collectors, on the other hand, have to pay about $70 a piece for them. Its been a while since I checked.

Josh

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Karen Hultgren
Master Film Handler

Posts: 492
From: Agoura Hills, CA, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 07-11-2002 07:16 PM

We at DTS give away our logo trailers free of charge for DTS cinema customers. The theater must have a DTS system installed and once they do, they can get free logo DTS trailers.

Karen at DTS
khultgren@dtsonline.com

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Ken Lackner
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1907
From: Atlanta, GA, USA
Registered: Sep 2001

posted 07-11-2002 09:55 PM

Dolby also supplies their trailers free of charge to cinemas with Dolby equipment. There is an order form that comes in the manual pack with each processor. I think you can also download the form from their website.

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Manny Knowles
"What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???"

Posts: 4247
From: Bloomington, IN, USA
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 07-12-2002 07:57 AM

A large tech-savvy company like Sony ought to know better than to place white text over a white background.

As for the trailers...

Dolby allots a free set of trailers annually for each Dolby-equipped house. According to the literature, this program may differ somewhat for those of you in the U.S.A.

Karen, does DTS give free trailers on an annual basis? Obviously, they don't want us running the trailers into the ground...Do they figure on giving us fresh replacements on a regular basis?

Joe - You are KIDDING, right!? SDDS is the most expensive system of all.

~Manny.

"He makes me laugh."
--Jessica Rabbit, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"

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