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In Reply to: `Lord of the Rings`; safe to buy from Malaysia? posted by chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com on July 21, 2002 at 07:19:19:

I think Amazon UK is wrong, I've been to about a half-dozen DVD sites, including play.com in UK, and they all have the Region 2 discs with 5.1 DD EX, no DTS. New Line's web site and official fan club site also list Region 1 & 2 without DTS. I dug up an old press release from New Line which also fails to mention DTS. Be surprised FOTR has it.
BTW, the November Special Edition DVD has the names of the Charter LOTR Fan Club members listed at the end of the credits...there were so many thousands, Peter Jackson had Howard Shore add 19 minutes (!) of new music to cover the name crawl. Good grief, wonder if I'll be able to find mine.

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Re: Update on DTS - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 10:14:37 07/25/02 (5)
Maybe they`ve had to abandon DTS because there wouldn`t have been enough disc space to show the extra 19 minutes displaying fan club member`s names?
If there`s no DTS I`m holding you personally responsible :0)
Best Regards,
Chris Redmond.
- Update on update - DTS confirmed for LOTR. - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 13:17:33 07/25/02 (4)
  It apears that this information was not included with the US press pack, and was a surprise to everyone in the UK too.
  - DTS - YES.
  - 6.1 Dolby Digital EX doesn't exist. - Joe Murphy Jr 15:12:43 07/25/02 (3)
    I believe Bill Hunt of thedigitalbits.com announced the DTS track was a go in late May/early June.
    As for the soundtrack listing, tt has to be Dolby Digital 5.1 EX, not 6.1 (the DD codec is not capable of 6 discrete channels and a sub/LFE channel). Once again, they're just adding to the confusion.
    - http://www.VideoAsylum.com/ht/messages/11834.html
    - Re: 6.1 Dolby Digital EX doesn't exist. - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 15:51:58 07/25/02 (2)
      Thanks for the link and explanations.
      I`d read in a home Entertainment mag that the DTS 6.1 spec added the rear centre speaker at the expense of resolution to the left and right rears, so I wasn`t really bothered if the DTS sound-track was 5.1 or 6.1 to be honest. What does bother me however is that some DVD`s with the DTS spec aren`t `full` DTS but some lower resolution which although apparently still better than DD isn`t as good as it should be.
      Taken as an example, the Malaysian DVD9 LOTR has the three hour movie with both DTS and DD sound-tracks (along with whatever extras).
      In general, should I be suspicious of any single DVD which offers both sound-tracks - can one disc comfortably hold all this information or are compromises made?
      Best Regards,
      Chris Redmond.
      - bitrate - Joe Murphy Jr 16:56:16 07/25/02 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Re: 6.1 Dolby Digital EX doesn't exist. posted by chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com on July 25, 2002 at 15:51:58:
        
        See the links for bitrate info. Regardless, there's still more info than Dolby Digital. You'll find info on the different DTS versions and where they're implemented if you go to...
        http://www.dtsonline.com/consumer/index.shtml
        http://www.AudioAsylum.com/audio/digital/messages/48282.html
        
        Cheers - plenty of reading to do it seems. [nt] - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 11:05:20 07/26/02 (0)
        
        In Reply to: bitrate posted by Joe Murphy Jr on July 25, 2002 at 16:56:16:
        
        nt

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