Bruinsrme Posted May 26, 2003 Share Posted May 26, 2003 While @ Wally world I picked up some cheapo movies. One of the was the Poseiden Adventure. My dad found it for 4.48. I asked him what format and he quickly glanced at it and said it didn't say but it was THX Certified. So we picked it up. It has the THX symbol on it and right next to that it says mono. My question is why would resources and monies be spent on a THX certification for an old movie with a mono soundtrack? Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEAR Posted May 26, 2003 Share Posted May 26, 2003 It was probably "remastered"in a THX certified studio or someting like that. WOW MONO THX! Let your center cxhannel rip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted May 26, 2003 Share Posted May 26, 2003 ---------------- On 5/26/2003 10:17:54 AM TheEAR wrote: WOW MONO THX! Let your center cxhannel rip ---------------- LOL... But seriously, if it was mono I would expect that it would just play the same source out of L/R... Yes? No? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEAR Posted May 26, 2003 Share Posted May 26, 2003 "But seriously, if it was mono I would expect that it would just play the same source out of L/R... Yes? No?" and Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 Actually, m00n, if you don't put your receiver into some kind of FX mode, a DD or THX mono movie will only play out of your center. It's really annoying. Let's hear it for "mono movie" DSP settings! (oh wait - yours doesn't have that one?) Nothing more aggravating than picking up the "collector's edition" of a crusty old classic like Billy Jack only to discover (to your horror) that they did a DD "English: Mono" remaster of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluless Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 Certified by Thadeus Henri Xavier while undergoing treatment for mononucleosis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynnm Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 Bad !! Clueless Bad !! Go to my room! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 ---------------- On 5/27/2003 5:31:03 AM Griffinator wrote: Actually, m00n, if you don't put your receiver into some kind of FX mode, a DD or THX mono movie will only play out of your center. It's really annoying. ---------------- Why would they do it in mono rather than AT LEAST stereo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 ---------------- On 5/27/2003 10:15:47 AM m00n wrote: Why would they do it in mono rather than AT LEAST stereo? ---------------- Easy. It's cheaper than paying someone $90 an hour to completely remix the soundtrack to stereo. And it's a hella lot cheaper to leave it mono than to pay someone $150 an hour (the going rate for surround) to remix it to 5.1 or 6.1. You gotta figure, they put these DVD's out knowing that they ain't making much on them, and the people that want them will buy them whether their remixed or not. They gotta cut corners somewhere - this is when a good Mono Movie DSP really helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 Just to expand on that point... See, when something is "digitally remastered", all that happens is some mid-price mastering engineer gets paid @ $75 an hour to add some FX to the existing 2 (or 1) track mix and then print it through his high-quality A/D converters to a digital format. It's a process that takes about 3-4 times the original source's length. In the case of a movie, that's about 6 hours. To convert a mono movie soundtrack to stereo, the movie house has to go back and find the original tapes (if they are still available) and deliver them first to a mix engineer, have them remix it (at a cost of $60 or so an hour) and deliver that finished mix to a mastering house who then does a final digital master (see above). To go all out and do a 5.1 or 6.1, they have to deliver the tapes to a surround-capable mix house (not exactly readily available), have them remix it (at a cost of $150 or more per hour) and then deliver it to a surround-capable mastering house (in very short supply) and have them master it to DVD (at a cost of $200 or more per hour) All of a sudden it's pretty economical to do plain old mono on mono movies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odiedarklord Posted May 31, 2003 Share Posted May 31, 2003 thx is not only sound but also video so they probaly remastered the picture james Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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