40 Years of THX.

[KMOX4]

Return of the Jedi and THX 40th Anniversary thoughts - YouTube

[bludarkknight]

apart from room acoustics specs meeting THX requirements

i gather you haven't experienced the professional THX ( that's okay most haven't they think its " star wars stuff " ) of 1983 up till late or early 2000 the original THX had certain cinematic tone that even some atmos cinemas today try and rumble the auditorium , at least sensurround wasn't all in vain . THX took it and raised the bar !

i have often text chats with one of THX , he's retired

first THX electronic crossover dbx 900 THX very rare


classic THX 3417 crossover monitor , i own 3 of these , return of the jedi first THX/TAP , they did it in dallas texas THX word got around everybody looked for THX ? THX soon grew in numbers hundreds around the world




THX D1138 with my cat Sooty posing on it , this was last THX ,made for THX cinema early 2000's it was DSP THX


first THX experience CIC Empire Leicester Square , september 1989
indiana jones and the last crusade 70mm Dolby Stereo SS SR THX/TAP


then saw star trek 70mm THX marathon and many other few 70mm THX and 35mm SR , dts THX

also the CIC/UCI high wycombe THX screen 1 , voted 8th best THX cinema on the planet and even if it existed to no day now it would still be bass heavy against the body anywhere inside the auditorium
arachnophobia Dolby SR THX/TAP pressed against body

[BerryTheMusicMan]

Originally Posted by bludarkknight

apart from room acoustics specs meeting THX requirements

i gather you haven't experienced the professional THX ( that's okay most haven't they think its " star wars stuff " ) of 1983 up till late or early 2000 the original THX had certain cinematic tone that even some atmos cinemas today try and rumble the auditorium , at least sensurround wasn't all in vain . THX took it and raised the bar !

i have often text chats with one of THX , he's retired

first THX electronic crossover dbx 900 THX very rare


classic THX 3417 crossover monitor , i own 3 of these , return of the jedi first THX/TAP , they did it in dallas texas THX word got around everybody looked for THX ? THX soon grew in numbers hundreds around the world




THX D1138 with my cat Sooty posing on it , this was last THX ,made for THX cinema early 2000's it was DSP THX


first THX experience CIC Empire Leicester Square , september 1989
indiana jones and the last crusade 70mm Dolby Stereo SS SR THX/TAP


then saw star trek 70mm THX marathon and many other few 70mm THX and 35mm SR , dts THX

also the CIC/UCI high wycombe THX screen 1 , voted 8th best THX cinema on the planet and even if it existed to no day now it would still be bass heavy against the body anywhere inside the auditorium
arachnophobia Dolby SR THX/TAP pressed against body

Very cool !

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by BerryTheMusicMan

Very cool !

Please spoiler repeat images

[bludarkknight]

george lucas THX in peril of certain doom
32ten studios that houses the original ILM ( that was later moved ) and first THX dub stage ( that later moved to skywalker ranch skywalker sound ) now a screening room at 32ten faces closure at end of the no month , those dick writers will won't have to worry about pay rise as they'll be nothing to write for when movie cinema industry folds

Gary Summers raved best THX dub stage
even Tom Holman is saddened by the news

George Lucas' former Marin Industrial Light and Magic studio closing - YouTube

[BerryTheMusicMan]

Originally Posted by bludarkknight

george lucas THX in peril of certain doom
32ten studios that houses the original ILM ( that was later moved ) and first THX dub stage ( that later moved to skywalker ranch skywalker sound ) now a screening room at 32ten faces closure at end of the no month , those dick writers will won't have to worry about pay rise as they'll be nothing to write for when movie cinema industry folds

Gary Summers raved best THX dub stage
even Tom Holman is saddened by the news

George Lucas' former Marin Industrial Light and Magic studio closing - YouTube

End of an era

[Waboman]

Remember the THX demo laserdisc? I played this thing so much back in the day. Still plays. Well, it did last time I had my LD player out of storage.

[bludarkknight]

THX wow !
my cat Sooty guardian the laserdiscs

[bludarkknight]

rare first technics lucasfilm audio , THX , sh tx100

my cat Bear found it comfortable to lay on when unboxing it


george lucas has technics sh tx100 in small office room


technics sh tx100 was partly designed by Tom Holman , he saw the picture of mine and said , wouldn't mind having that one again , its a neat design , very robust steal panels , very well constructed

it had fault volume fader wasn't working and stripping it down and manged to fix repair in less than hour , lose wire connector

i often connect it up for use , depends on the mood ?


presently none on ebay , there was two of them but , think other one must have sold

[bludarkknight]

original THX lobby poster , cheap as fish and chips , question of waiting watching as all other THX posters are near to $400 ? got mine less than , 70 ?



got cheap as fish and chips , snap frame

[bludarkknight]

THX certified cinemas worldwide
including uk , CIC/UCI high wycombe ( voted 8th best THX on the planet ) , CIC Empire Leicester Square london , warner west end london , i guess list is around '89/90 as few more THX was located at UCI solihull birmingham , planet hollywood rex cinema london , warner cheshire oaks , curzon cinema london , a few private screening rooms ?



nearly everything on the THX list no longer exists , chinese hollywood is now a liemax , less bass = no baffle wall for noddles i guess ?
Empire Leicester Square 2013 got raped , slaughtered and gutted for a small liemax screen and super screen , just so it can confuse the public by excessive milking

CIC/UCI high wycombe THX

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by Waboman

Remember the THX demo laserdisc? I played this thing so much back in the day. Still plays. Well, it did last time I had my LD player out of storage.

[Show spoiler]

I have that, as well as the DVD and Blu-ray versions from my contacts at THX.

[Waboman]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

I have that, as well as the DVD and Blu-ray versions from my contacts at THX.

I have those too. In fact, I think I'm gonna fire one up tonight. Go down memory lane.

[Geezer00003]

Is there a market for used LD's?
I've held on to my collection of LD's......I'd sell if there is?

[bludarkknight]

Originally Posted by Geezer00003

Is there a market for used LD's?
I've held on to my collection of LD's......I'd sell if there is?

keep them , theatrical mixes , get some JBL pro cinema , then you'll be sorted , ,make money so buy near field mixes uhd blu , keep them , i made mistake 2000 sold some almost 100 laserdisc , only later to know the mixes are near field , and been buying them up again cheap and some newer titles , i not brought blu uhd atmos for half the no year now , fed up with near field mixes , new movies no longer interest me , i want the theatrical mixes

recent last no week so


the dvd blu is near field , this is theatrical so what if its Dolby Stereo 4.2.4

first early THX laserdisc program prototype , 2nd one was star trek 6

the AC-3 pressing due here in THX end of , the no month

[Hydra Spectre]

THX certification is important to keep cinema QA in-check.
Cinemas became too confident with the advent of digital projection, that THX became a dying breed (and Lucasfilm selling THX also had a lot to do with it).
I wish that THX was still prevalent, even with the advent of digital cinemas.

I would say that THX was still very mixed for the Star Wars Original Trilogy.
The 1993-1995 theatrical THX LaserDiscs (and especially the 2006 Bonus DVDs) looked great when watched on a CRT TV, and they still sound great aside from some audio alterations (the LaserDisc sounds even better, as it was uncompressed unlike the DVD's 192 kbps audio).

The 1997 Special Edition 35mm prints were and still are the best looking and sounding versions of the Original Trilogy to this day.
The LaserDiscs still looked great (they are even better than the already top-notch 1993 LaserDisc masters), albeit not as good as the actual 35mm prints.
The 2004/2011 releases are awful, the audio mix is borked and so was the colour grading and the scan. And that was THX. The 2011 ones were slightly better but not by much.
The 2019 Disney restoration was not THX, but it sounded and looked good despite the DNR being a bit overdone. They looked the closest to the 1997 prints, even if they are a bit grainless.
The Blu-rays still used the same 2011 mix and are awful, but the 4K UHDs have new Atmos remixes which are good. Not as good as the 1997 DTS and Dolby Digital mixes, or even the original 70mm six-track mixes, but still really good and a massive improvement over the Dolby EX mix from 2004, and the DTS-ES mix from 2011 (which was also in the 2019 2K Blu-ray).
Ironic that out of the digital physical releases, the ones that sound and look best are the ones with no THX (the 2019 UHDs). Yet they still don't look as good as the 1997 Special Edition 35mm prints.

If I had a complaint, is that the THX LaserDiscs (and the 2006 Bonus DVDs) look poor on a modern HD/4K/8K environment. And they need to be viewed on a CRT TV or projector.
At the very least, get a RetroTINK-4K, hook up your LaserDisc player to it, and turn on CRT shaders while zooming in to fill the 16:9 width.

[bludarkknight]

it all THX comes to end in less than 22hrs now

Tom Holman sad to see it go



lots of ILM items now sold and even 2k barco sold cheap , audio Dolby gear and THX cheapest yet price i seen sold for , fish and chips and thou i own three myself , fish and chips , a rotel THX avr sold rather pricey can't think why ?



rocker seats be sold very soon now , surprised not see millions bidding frenzy , onnly small % knew of this , Tom sent me link , but no use to me , items are remove it and take it home , postage could be arrange but it ends in less than 22 soon be less than 21hrs , its all THX gone now

most other items posters and figures are too common sale on ebay

the THX sound system rack stripped down , its all THX gone now

[jddf]

Sad to see those photos. Lucasfilm poured so much to the film industry.