JamieD
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- Apr 5, 2002
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Unless I'm wrong, I think he wants the fullscreen version, which is oh so very bad. Either that, or I'm confused as well.
To me it sounds like Lexicon finally has implemented the "+4 dB compensation". Anyway, it's the only sensible thing to do...To me, the sensible thing to do would be to allow the user to defeat dialnorm altogether, especially since many DVD producers are not using it as it was intended (Columbia Tristar is a major offender in this area). I realize, however, that Dolby Labs would frown on such an option. AFAIK, the only receiver manufacturer ever to implement it was Denon, and that was only on certain older models.
I will look for the Tom Holman article you mentioned, but I would prefer to see something in the way of official specifications from THX. Searches at the THX website were unrevealing.
It's not clear what Andy Clark at Lexicon is referring to in the quotation you reproduced. In context, he was responding to a question about the implementaiton of DTS:Neo, DPL2 and Logic 7; so his answer may relate to the handling of 2-channel source. We need someone with an MC-12 and the new software to tell us for certain.
M.
The problem with the Super-35 format is that it suffers a bit from a multiple-personality disorder. One minute it's 1.33:1, then it's 2.35:1, then it's 1.85:1. Even the filmmakers themselves aren't always quite sure what to do with it, but it is a format that offers the most flexibility when placed in the hands of experts.All of this applies equally to standard 35.
DJ