Movie Theater Question: DTS vs SDDS

[LittleNicky]

Ok, so I want to watch a movie later today (the new Star trek).
The same theater is offering two Star Trek showings one in DTS
the other in SDDS (like 15 mins apart). So which one should
I watch? Which one is better, if one does indeed have an
advantage over the other?

 

[StageLeft]

I have almost no doubt in my mind that you won't notice a difference.

 

[ohtwell]

DTS

SDDS


I'd go see the one in DTS just because it's shown earlier!


: ) Amanda

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
I have almost no doubt in my mind that you won't notice a difference.

 

[UNCjigga]

I could be wrong (I usually am!) but I believe DTS has higher fidelity (sound encoded at higher bitrate) while SDDS uses more discrete channels. And isn't DTS encoded onto separate audio CDs played in sync with the film, while SDDS is encoded on the edges of the film itself?

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: uncJIGGA
I could be wrong (I usually am!) but I believe DTS has higher fidelity (sound encoded at higher bitrate) while SDDS uses more discrete channels. And isn't DTS encoded onto separate audio CDs played in sync with the film, while SDDS is encoded on the edges of the film itself?

Not sure about the cinema way of doing DTS but on dvd its all on the same dvd.

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: Koing

Originally posted by: uncJIGGA
I could be wrong (I usually am!) but I believe DTS has higher fidelity (sound encoded at higher bitrate) while SDDS uses more discrete channels. And isn't DTS encoded onto separate audio CDs played in sync with the film, while SDDS is encoded on the edges of the film itself?

Not sure about the cinema way of doing DTS but on dvd its all on the same dvd.

would really suck if it wasnt

 

[Scarpozzi]

Drive by each and go to the one with more hot chicks.

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
Drive by each and go to the one with more hot chicks.

You do realize he's talking about showings of a Star Trek movie, right?

 

[LittleNicky]

heh, well...can't say there were that many chicks there...some...
But anyway, I ended up watching the DTS one b/c it was earlier.
(Thanks for the advice). Perhaps I choose poorly b/c I dunno, it's like
they stuck the red exit sign in the wrong place (too close to the screen)
so like the bottom left hand side was a a light shade of red throughout
the movie...ugh.

Anyway anway, just like to tell you that I thought Star Trek Nemesis
was pretty good. I enjoyed it.

Now all I have to do is see the SDDS version and my life is complete.

 

[abaez]

SDDS 8-channel is regarded as the best sounding format for theatres. The only thing is that the SDDS equipment is very very flaky. Half the time the reader doesn't even work. uncJigga is right, SDDS is encoded at the very edge of the film, which also happens to be the part of the film that wears out the fastest. So you couple flaky equipment (and technicians who have software that barely works) and the soundtrack at the edge of the film, it becomes very difficult to even get SDDS to run half the time. For DTS there is timecode on the *inside* of the perfs, which takes alot longer to wear (we are talking hundreds of shows). I love DTS because it is very very reliable, if you have the DTS discs, a good reader, DTS will almost always run perfect. The only thing is that alot of movies aren't DTS encoded so you always have to revert to analog (unless you have a dobly digital reader on the same projector.)
Whoa kinda long, bottom line if they have good equipment and can run SDDS without a hitch go for the SDDS.

 

[stultus]

I saw Men in Black 2 in Zurich (in English with French and German subtitles... but the best part was the ads before the movie.... ah, but I digress) and they had SDDS there and it was the first time I'd ever heard of it. I thought it was just some silly Euro standard.