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|DTS Piano (2001).png |4th Trailer (Sonic Landscape) (February 28, 2000-late 2000s)

'''Trailer:''' We start on a black background, where all of a sudden, a giant, a gold optical disc (meant to represent a CD, though it can also be interpreted as 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.

'''Trivia:''' DTS didn't actually release this trailer as a separate reel for projectionists to play before the film would start (just like what both Dolby and THX would do), rather it was instead included in the first reel of films that was originally mixed in DTS audio. However, after the American film industry agreed that film companies should use all 3 sound formats for their films since the late 90s to avoid competition, a separate reel of this trailer was made.

*An earlier version of the trailer was used in the first year of its existence, where we fade out after the first sequence dissolves. Also, the text "DTS IN SELECTED THEATRES" in orange is shown below the disc. Sometimes, the text was in white.

*On some DTS-encoded laserdiscs and DVDs from the late 90s, the logo is in 4:3 and videotaped, and the "THIS THEATRE FEATURES" text is removed. The 2002 DVD of ''Re-Animator'' has this videotaped variant in 1.85:1, while the 1999 DVD of ''Tenchi Muyou! in LOVE 2 - Distant Thoughts'' has it at 1.78:1.

*In some cases, the theatrical version of the trailer is used on home releases. Some of these releases (mostly from Sony) have the DTS text zooming out slightly after the first dissolve (primarily on films with 1.85:1 aspect ratios, but not always).

'''Music/Sounds:''' First, there is a laser sound leading into a boom mixed with the electricity zap, followed by a whoosh with another boom and zap, and then another whoosh with a boom and zap. This is followed by a loud phaser sound alongside an explosion, and there are twinkles heard alongside more whooshes, a whir when "DIGITAL" and "SOUND" appear, and a loud descending drone at the end.

*Rare for the normal version. In theaters, it was used until 1999 or 2000 when DTS received complaints about the trailer's exceptionally loud nature, and/or how it wasn't well-suited for quieter movies.

*This made its official debut on the theatrical premiere of ''Jurassic Park''.

*It later appeared on DTS-encoded 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 seen on the ”Millennium Edition” DVD of ''Re-Animator'', and the 2000 “Ultimate Edition” DVD of ''Terminator 2: Judgement Day'', preceding the [[THX]] Cavalcade trailer made for the release; as well as some early DTS discs from Universal, DreamWorks, and Image Entertainment.

*However, the short version is extinct as it was only shown in theatres for this logo's first year, such as ''Carlito's Way''. It was also seen on a 1993 Image Savant demo reel.

*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, whereas on DVDs it can only be accessed if you select the DTS option in the DVD's audio menu and then play the movie. If your player cannot decode DTS audio, this logo (and by proxy, the film) will either be silent, switch automatically to the Dolby track (DVDs only), or playback with major distortion.

*It is even seen on games, such as ''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'' on PS2 (so long as you enable the "DTS" option in the audio settings).

'''Technique:''' Unknown; possibly CGI mixed with live-action.

'''Trailer''': On a black background, several strands of silver balls spin around, morph, and generally have an energetic motion for the duration of the logo. The center dots spin and pull and turn slightly purple, as chandelier-like designs fly out of the middle center. The center dots then turn light purple and merge together, as the background balls curve, into the DTS logo. The text "DIGITAL SURROUND" appears at the top and bottom of "dts", respectively, alongside the former company website below, when the dots in the background fade out.

'''Trivia:''' It was believed that this might've possibly been the prototype to the rumored "lost" trailer entitled "Raindrops" above, which allegedly was first released around 1995. In reality, however, it was an entirely separate trailer, as seen in [https://web.archive.org/web/19970703065806/http://dtstech.com/animation.html these] [https://web.archive.org/web/19971210100352/http://www.dtstech.com/new-logo/new-media.html three] [https://web.archive.org/web/20000305235417/http://www.dtsonline.com/cinema/media.html links.] The logo first appeared on the company's website in 1997 and was toted as a brand new trailer. Despite attempts by DTS to make it a theatrical trailer, by 1999 it was being called on the company website an Internet-exclusive trailer.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Various industrial bass noises, such as a piano at the beginning, several whooshes, deep bass notes, and waterdrop noises.

'''Availability:''' Extinct. Its existence was not known until recently, and the only way to see it is either on YouTube (where it was uploaded by Logo Archive) or the 3 links mentioned above. Although unfortunately, since the video and audio files on DTS' website at the time weren't archived, the page will lead to a dead end, but the pages with the available info on the trailer, as you will see above, still exist and can be accessed by clicking the links. Since this is an Internet trailer, you do not need any additional equipment to hear the audio. Because of the limitations of Internet video sharing in the '90s, the video quality is quite poor; it's unknown if a higher-quality version exists, or if it ever appeared on home releases.

===4th Trailer (Sonic Landscape) (February 28, 2000-late 2000s)===

'''Music/Sounds:''' Several calm piano notes with a choir, followed by three more piano notes when each letter in "dts" shines. Composed by Walter Werzowa (known for creating the [[Intel]] jingle), with mixing done by Bill Varney, Steve Marlow, and Eric Martel.

*First announced by DTS at the end of February 2000<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20000618145905fw_/http://dtsonline.com/cinema/022800.html DTS LAUNCHES NEW "SONIC LANDSCAPE" LOGO/TRAILER IN MOVIE THEATRES NATIONWIDE - February 28, 2000]</ref> (with production the prior year), with the first films using this logo beginning in March 2000 theatrically.

*Also appears on DTS DVDs of the time, like on several Universal, DreamWorks, Sony (including some Superbit editions), and Fox titles.

*This trailer also appears on the 2001 DVD release of ''Pearl Harbor'', as well as the DVDs that came with the second-edition and third-edition copies of the book ''DVD Demystified.''

*On some discs such as ''The Breakfast Club'' and ''Sixteen Candles'', this trailer is presented in 2.35:1 even though the film is in 1.85:1.

*On the inverse, on many films that are framed in Scope such as the ''Die Hard Trilogy'' (as well as all reprints of ''Die Hard 1'', ''2'' and ''3''), this trailer is presented in 1.85:1.

*Some Roadshow Entertainment DVDs from Australia use this logo in PAL audio, as did Anchor Bay releases with this logo (despite being Region 1 releases).

*Just like the 1st trailer, it is possible that it will appear on various bootleg DVD releases.

*This can also be spotted on Disc 2 (the widescreen disc) of both the original Region 1 DVD release of ''Shrek'' as well as both the UK 3-disc and Australian 2-disc 'Special Edition' releases of the latter.

'''Technique:''' CGI animation by C2K Entertainment and Café FX using Alias Maya.