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03-27-2005, 07:29 PM
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The SDDS eight-channel configuration is as follows:
5 across the front (Left, Left-of-Center, Center, Rigth-of-Center, Right)
2 across the back (left surround, right surround)
and a limited band subwoofer track.
Most SDDS theaters use the mix-down option that folds the two discreet off-center channels into phantom off-center channels.
I'm not entirely sure how many films have been made that even use the two extra channels.
Leo
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03-28-2005, 03:16 AM
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Sony never persued SDDS as a home surround mode,and it's unlikely it will this time.
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08-11-2005, 09:21 AM
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So far my favorite SDDS movies are Men In Black and Lost In Space.
Sphere was terrible, Revenge Of The Sith was very dissappointing on an SDDS EX equipped theater.
Revenge Of The Sith, I thought had a lousy mix. It was missing something, but the experience didn't even compare to the incredible experience I had in the past with Lost In Space on an SDDS mix.
Lost In Space is a bad movie, but the sound mix in SDDS is to die for! TO DIE FOR! The Hyperdrive sequence blasts every star trek movie into a pile of rubble. I never got to see Star Ship Troopers in SDDS.
I still think that are current releases are missing something in comparison to the older films, which even sound better with front imaging effects.
MIB and Lost In Space on a simple 5.1 track is LOUSY!
Does anyone disagree with me.
I think most of these pre-SDDS movies released in 5.1 suck very bad.
My point is 5.1 has still got a long way to go, because SDDS is still with us.
Batman Begins, GREAT MIX, SDDS was alive and kicking the way I remember it. (I love that scene when the cops are trying to describe a big black tank flying over roof tops.)
Now that you mention it, there are movies that do sound bad even on SDDS system. Perhaps Revenge Of The Other Sound Sith, was mixed for THX-EX Theater Set-up.
I think this is getting out of hand. Now consumers are NOT getting what they paid for, the sound, that the director had intended for us to hear, that breath-taking 3D effect that we still get from the older 5.1 mixes. And it's also from certain theater.
I beleive that there are movies that actually sound bad even on SDDS sound systems. Sphere, Lost In Space, Time Machine, Spiderman. Of course for some I did sit in different locations.
For now if I do go to an SDDS screening, I will sit on the 4th - 6th rear speakers facing directly behind my ears. The sounds start to lose detail when you get closer to the screen.
Tonight I am going to view batman just off to the side on 4th rear speaker. Sitting position shouldn't make a difference, I should still be able to hear that impressive sound, the same sound I had when watching certain SDDS movies in the past.
War Of The Worlds on a THX cinema 5.1 theater system was aweful.
War Of The Worlds in SDDS would have been just awesome!
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08-11-2005, 11:08 AM
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SDDS is just about finished as a theatrical format - Sony said they were dropping support of it in the near future.
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08-12-2005, 09:26 AM
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"Air Force One" is some of the best sound panning I've heard. Jets flying across the front channels are amazing. The placement of gunshots was also excellent.
I know that the Esquire (St. Louis/Richmond Heights) main screen had the full 8 channel SDDS going during the 90's. I think they've let it slip since then and converting to DD-EX. The Esquire was the first theater in St. Louis to have SDDS; they pushed it big time when they used it for the first time with "Bad Boys".
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08-12-2005, 06:07 PM
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It's funny how some of you remember how movies sounded back in the theaters several years ago, even give comparisons between formats that didn't take place side by side for obvious reasons.Fascinating!  |
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08-12-2005, 07:08 PM
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Home SDDS? Why? Are you going to pair it with your 50 foot screen?
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08-13-2005, 10:22 AM
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I worked at a theater with an 8 channel SDDS screen and was never that impressed by it. The SR-D(Dolby Digital) and DTS houses sounded far better every time. I know this because we routinely ran multiple prints so I could go in and do comparisons on different scenes and the SDDS always sounded thin. The bass response was always superior in the other 2 formats with the DTS just edging out the SR-D. And don't get me started on how often SDDS tracks went out. Because the SDDS track is on the outside edge of the film it was always get worn first and consequently would begin to fail after only a few weeks. Just my 2 cents  |
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