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==Background== | === Background === | ||
DTS ( | DTS ('''D'''edicated '''T'''o '''S'''ound) is a sound system company that specializes in surround sound technology owned by DTS, Inc. (formerly known as '''D'''igital '''T'''heater '''S'''ystems, Inc.). | ||
===1st Trailer (June 11, 1993-November 15, 2005)=== | ===1st Trailer (June 11, 1993-November 15, 2005)=== | ||
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'''Nickname''': "The Digital Experience", "The Giant LaserDisc", "Experience of Doom" | '''Nickname''': "The Digital Experience", "The Giant LaserDisc", "Experience of Doom" | ||
'''Trailer''': We start on a black background, where all of a sudden, a giant, | '''Trailer''': We start on a black background, where all of a sudden, a giant, gold optical disc (which can be interpreted as either a laserdisc or a DVD) zooms out from the hole. When it stops, the gray word "the" zooms close and then moves back. The stylized blue word "digital" does the same, followed by a silver bar rectangle reading "experience" that flies out. After the logo forms, the whole thing explodes into various particles, which then turns into "d," "t," and "s", followed by the appearance of a blue box around the DTS text. Above the DTS blue box are the words "THIS THEATRE FEATURES" in orange. Finally, the word "DIGITAL" zooms out above the blue box, and the word "SOUND" zooms out below the box, all in white font. | ||
'''FX/SFX''': The disc zooming out at us, the individual words followed by the dissolving; the appearance of "DTS" and "THIS THEATRE FEATURES" text followed by the zoom out of the "DIGITAL SOUND" text. All in fine quality and in CGI. | '''FX/SFX''': The disc zooming out at us, the individual words followed by the dissolving; the appearance of "DTS" and "THIS THEATRE FEATURES" text followed by the zoom out of the "DIGITAL SOUND" text. All in fine quality and in CGI. | ||
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*This made its official debut alongside THX's "Grand" trailer on the theatrical premiere of ''Jurassic Park''. | *This made its official debut alongside THX's "Grand" trailer on the theatrical premiere of ''Jurassic Park''. | ||
*It later reemerged on DTS-certified Laserdiscs and DVDs, such as ''The Wedding Singer'', Vertigo and Universal and Sony titles like the first DVD releases of ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' and ''Babe'', Superbit releases such as ''Gattaca'', ''Johnny Mnemonic'', ''Panic Room'', ''xXx'', ''Spider-Man'', ''Snatch'', ''Seven Years in Tibet'', ''The Patriot'' and ''Labyrinth'', several music/concert DVDs, DTS-enhanced DVDs of ''Saving Private Ryan'', ''Jurassic Park'', ''The Lost World: Jurassic Park'', and DTS LaserDiscs from Walt Disney Home Video such as ''Pocahontas'', ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', ''Toy Story: Collector's Edition'', ''Flubber'', and ''Hercules''. | *It later reemerged on DTS-certified Laserdiscs and DVDs, such as ''The Wedding Singer'', Vertigo and Universal and Sony titles like the first DVD releases of ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' and ''Babe'', Superbit releases such as ''Gattaca'', ''Johnny Mnemonic'', ''Panic Room'', ''xXx'', ''Spider-Man'', ''Snatch'', ''Seven Years in Tibet'', ''The Patriot'' and ''Labyrinth'', several music/concert DVDs, DTS-enhanced DVDs of ''Saving Private Ryan'', ''Jurassic Park'', ''The Lost World: Jurassic Park'', and DTS LaserDiscs from Walt Disney Home Video such as ''Pocahontas'', ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', ''Toy Story: Collector's Edition'', ''Flubber'', and ''Hercules''. | ||
* The normal version is also on the 2000 “Ultimate Edition” DVD of ''Terminator 2: Judgement Day'', preceding the THX Cavalcade trailer made for the release. | * The normal version is also on the 2000 “Ultimate Edition” DVD of ''Terminator 2: Judgement Day'', preceding the [[THX]] Cavalcade trailer made for the release. | ||
*However, the short version is extinct as was only shown in theaters for this logo's first year, such as ''Carlito's Way''. | *However, the short version is extinct as was only shown in theaters for this logo's first year, such as ''Carlito's Way''. | ||
*Due to the digital nature of its encoding, on laserdiscs, the audio can only be heard through a special DTS modulator to decode DTS audio, where on DVDs it can only be accessed if you select the DTS option in the DVD's audio menu and then play the movie. | *Due to the digital nature of its encoding, on laserdiscs, the audio can only be heard through a special DTS modulator to decode DTS audio, where on DVDs it can only be accessed if you select the DTS option in the DVD's audio menu and then play the movie. | ||
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'''Editor's Note''': The sudden start can get to some viewers, but otherwise it's a great logo. The DTS logo used in this trailer, in fact, was introduced in 2006. | '''Editor's Note''': The sudden start can get to some viewers, but otherwise it's a great logo. The DTS logo used in this trailer, in fact, was introduced in 2006. | ||
=== 7th Trailer ( | === 7th Trailer (2010-early 2018?)=== | ||
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