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Paul Gordon
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 580
From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Aug 2005

posted 10-01-2010 01:08 PM

Hey all,

So whats the official deal with running DTS for 70mm? The museum up-here might be willing to install it, what do they need? which model processor, what mods, and can you still buy 70mm readers.

It will be inputted into a Dolby CP200, the projectors are Vic 8's

Thanks,

PG

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Gordon McLeod
Film God

Posts: 9532
From: Toronto Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 99

posted 10-01-2010 02:11 PM

The basic all you need is the readers which i beleive are still available
If you want to do the toddao 6 track then the 2 extra DA chips ( and needs to be a 6D or XD10) are needed and the cable harness modified for P and Q to be Lc and Rc respecively
If you have a CP200 that is easy to do on the breakout relay board
THey did recomend using 2 players in tandem for backup failasfe and made a switching board for it

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Daniel Schulz
Master Film Handler

Posts: 387
From: Los Angeles, CA USA
Registered: Sep 2003

posted 10-01-2010 10:21 PM

I am happy to report that Datasat 70mm is alive and well: we recently finished work on a restored 70mm West Side Story, and have another potential project in the hopper I can't really talk about yet.

70mm readers are available, and both the current player (XD20) and its immediate predecessor (the XD10) are 8-channel units out of the box, meaning they can easily play back the standard old-school 70mm tracks (5 stage channels + mono surrounds). If you opt for an old DTS-6D or DTS-6AD you will need to make sure they are full 6-channel units with the extra APTX chip.

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Tim Asten
Film Handler

Posts: 98
From: Brighton, United Kingdom
Registered: Nov 2006

posted 10-02-2010 06:33 AM

Hi Daniel, your post is a little breath of fresh air in a now boring digital projection world. I wonder what the other project is? Samsara perhaps? [Smile]

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Paul Gordon
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 580
From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Aug 2005

posted 10-04-2010 07:54 AM

Daniel,

How do I even find a price on the 70mm readers?, the DTS website has nothing on regarding film based processors or readers anymore.

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Steven J Hart
Master Film Handler

Posts: 282
From: WALES, ND, USA
Registered: Mar 2004

posted 10-04-2010 08:33 AM

Hi Paul, DTS film sound division is now Datasat Digital Entertainment. linky

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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."

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From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 10-04-2010 09:58 AM

The theatrical side of DTS was spun off as a separate company a couple or so years back. The main DTS website concentrates on home-related surround sound (Blu-ray/DVD, music CD, games, etc.).

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