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post #481 of 813
9/7/04 at 11:09pm
Just to confirm - the all three new Star Wars releases are correctly flagged for EX on my amp....
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post #482 of 813
9/10/04 at 11:30am
Thread Starter 
Wow, that one slipped past the radar!

Added The Punisher. Thanks gents.

(confirmed via other sources as well)

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Just to confirm - the all three new Star Wars releases are correctly flagged for EX on my amp...

Those have been on the list for some time.

Troy
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post #483 of 813
9/20/04 at 11:55am
Thread Starter 
Street date updates.

Troy
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post #484 of 813
9/20/04 at 12:11pm
Highlander II Special Edition has DTS ES discrete and of course the other formats as well...
I think it is pretty safe to add Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Extended edition to the list as well...
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post #485 of 813
9/27/04 at 8:24pm
i didnt see the ALAMO on the list.

dd-ex.
shows and is heard clearly and beautifully
using denon 3803.
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post #486 of 813
9/28/04 at 1:39am
I was wondering if this great list should include some marking of some sort on correctly flagged discs.
Many of these title are not flagged.

Cheers
Maggi
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post #487 of 813
9/28/04 at 9:05am
Thread Starter 
Some additional updates. I broke the Star Wars Trilogy out because each movie is separate.

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i didnt see the ALAMO on the list.
dd-ex. shows and is heard clearly and beautifully
using denon 3803.

I don't think The Alamo is EX. It wasn't EX in the theaters and I don't see any reference to it on Dolby's site nor any other DVD site for that matter.

If you look at past threads, I don't rely on what surround format the receiver decodes the movie as because 95% of the time it's wrong.

Troy
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post #488 of 813
9/28/04 at 1:19pm
i see your point troy, but.

listening to this i could hear seperate sound effects from the my 2 sides and seperate sounds in scenes from the rear ctr sound.

could have been my ears playing tricks but it sounded to as if it was different SS effects in 3 speakers.
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post #489 of 813
9/28/04 at 6:58pm
Sorry I missed the information, but the topic is quite big to look for it. Why are some titles listed as both DTS ES Discrete and Matrix?

Thank you so much.
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post #490 of 813
9/28/04 at 11:52pm
Because all DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 soundtracks are also Matrix 6.1 compatible.

Adam
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post #491 of 813
9/29/04 at 7:57am
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Thanks Adam!

Troy
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post #492 of 813
9/29/04 at 12:17pm
Thanks a lot Adam.
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post #493 of 813
9/29/04 at 7:46pm
The Alamo showed up as flagged for DD-EX on my Onkyo (though I played it with DPL-IIx engaged anyway).
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post #494 of 813
10/12/04 at 12:49pm
Thread Starter 
Street date updates.

Not looking too good, only The Incredibles is slated for release in the theaters with EX encoding. I wonder if it's too expensive to studios to get into EX?!

Supposedly Ghost in the Shell 2 was EX, but it's release was soo limited.

You would think it would be more mainstream.

Troy
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post #495 of 813
10/17/04 at 1:04am
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The Alamo showed up as flagged for DD-EX on my Onkyo (though I played it with DPL-IIx engaged anyway).

My Onkyo flagged it as Dolby EX also and I could clearly notice the seperation in the back surround channel.

Also the ending credits on the film has the Dolby Ex logo.
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post #496 of 813
10/17/04 at 8:37pm
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I could clearly notice the seperation in the back surround channel.

i said that in a post earlier. so i'm glad i'm not the only one.

i wish someone else would check and confirm too.
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post #497 of 813
10/18/04 at 12:13am
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I don't think The Alamo is EX. It wasn't EX in the theaters and I don't see any reference to it on Dolby's site nor any other DVD site for that matter.


Troy

This is really confusing because as I mentioned earlier when watching the end credits on the film it states, prensented in Dolby Digital Ex in selected theatres. And the DVD definetely has a flag to engage the Ex at least on all Onkyo recievers and the seperation is definetly heard on the back surround channel.

Can anyone confirm if the Ex is engaged in any other reciever other than Onkyo??
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post #498 of 813
10/18/04 at 12:30am
Troy

According to this Dolby page, The Alamo is an official Ex title, hence the Dolby Ex logo at the end of the credits and the flag on the DVD.
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post #499 of 813
10/18/04 at 10:44am
john look at post 482.
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post #500 of 813
10/18/04 at 12:40pm
Thread Starter 
Ok,

I know I'm not going blind at 36! I swear that wasn't there just a couple of weeks ago..

Anyway I updated the list.

Thanks for your tenacity guys.

Troy
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post #501 of 813
10/18/04 at 6:16pm
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john look at post 482.


Tony

I did see your post. I did not mean to ignore it. I am also glad somebody else noticed the Ex effect.
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post #502 of 813
11/16/04 at 5:54pm
THIS thread needs to be sticky somewere. too hard to find.
plus it wont show up in my list of subscribed threads.
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post #503 of 813
11/22/04 at 1:45am
I agree, this post needs to be a sticky.
Troy: Thanks so much for keeping this list updated; also, is there a way for you to show which titles are flagged correctly on the list?
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post #504 of 813
11/23/04 at 8:53am
Thread Starter 
Louie,

I really don't have any idea which ones are flagged correctly because there's no standardization of it. A majority of the discussions here involve "yeah, well my receiver identified XXX DVD as EX/ES" and they're not always correct.

Most of the time I spend researching is spent on verifying the validity of how certain receivers flag EX/ES on discs that may or may not be EX/ES.

Thanks for the kudos.

This thread comes up fine for me in my 'Favorites'.

Troy
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post #505 of 813
11/23/04 at 10:31pm
I'd double check that Harry Potter: POA

Besides the damn casing being different than the first two, the audio listing is also different. There's no "EX" after 5.1 on the back of POA. I'm going to fire it up tomorrow and see if the flag is there. If they are, count that as one more nick in the piss poor packaging job for the new Harry.
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post #506 of 813
11/23/04 at 10:43pm
I see your point Troy, and thanks for the reply.

Chris: It was not flagged on my system, and EX is also not listed on the credits either; still, there seemed to be better envelopment in EX.
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post #507 of 813
12/9/04 at 5:00pm
I have been following this thread for a while now and I am beginning to wonder if the studios are giving up on EX/ES. I'm sure it costs them more to produce and they may not see the return.

-Dave
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post #508 of 813
12/9/04 at 7:25pm
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Dave,

Agreed on the giving up part. Even the latest movie releases don't have any EX/ES sound mixes. As far as the cost, I believe that one HTF member who works for Dolby stated that it really wasn't that much more expensive than a regular DD mix. You may want to search through this thread and check it out. I think his name was Roger Dressler IIRC.

Troy
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post #509 of 813
12/9/04 at 8:34pm
Count me in as another who has been very disappointed in the lack of DD-EX and DTS-ES soundtracks. I really thought that studios would start releasing more and more DVD's this way as it seemed it would be a great marketing tool (similar to Superbit).

Obviously I was wrong (yes, it happens).
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post #510 of 813
12/9/04 at 10:24pm
I was surprised when the new Harry Potter movie didn't have a DD-EX soundtrack like the two previous ones.
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