T-Rex Brought To The Big Screen In DTS Sound

DTS 96/24 High Resolution Audio Brings ""Born to Boogie"" Back To Life

6-May-05

DTS (Digital Theater Systems, Inc.) (NASDAQ: DTSI)). In celebration of the launch of the T.Rex Born to Boogie DVD, Sanctuary Records held a premiere at the Curzon Mayfair Cinema in London, on 26 April, featuring DTS 96/24 high resolution audio playback. The eagerly awaited, special two-disc release consists of Ringo Starr's legendary 1972 film Born to Boogie, the only two full concerts ever recorded with T.Rex, and a wealth of extra material. The screening of this epic concertís rare and sometimes unseen footage in DTS 96/24, which offers an unprecedented level of audio quality for multi-channel sound on DVD-Video, was delivered via the XD10 Cinema Media Player, DTS' latest cinema technology for high definition audio and video playback.""DTS' unique combination of high quality surround technologies developed for home entertainment, in this case DTS 96/24, and robust cinema technology, with the DTS XD10 Cinema Media Player, makes DTS a market leader in bringing alternative content to cinemas,"" explained David Pope, Director of Business Development, CSS and Pre-Show at DTS.The recently rediscovered, original analogue audio master tapes of Born to Boogie were remastered by legendary music producer Tony Visconti, and subsequently encoded by Sanctuary Post into DTS 96/24. The resulting DVD was screened at the Curzon Mayfair Cinema event through the XD10 Cinema Media Player, allowing the audience to experience this legendary sound as though they were part of the 10,000-member audience present at the live concert 33 years ago.""I'm a great fan of DTS; it's my format of choice,"" Tony Visconti commented at the launch party for the title.The DVD itself also features a DTS 96/24 soundtrack, allowing every consumer with a DTS-enabled home entertainment system to experience the concert movie in the same high quality surround sound audio enjoyed by the many VIPs, stars and press who attended the evening event at the Curzon Mayfair Cinema.The DVD will be released on 16 May 2005.About Sanctuary RecordsThe Sanctuary Group plc is one of the world's leading developers of music intellectual property rights (IPR), with offices in London, New York, Berlin, Houston and Los Angeles. Sanctuary Records' music catalogues now contain over 150,000 tracks, making it the world's largest independent owner of music IPR. Recent album successes include Morrissey, Kiss, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Spiritualized, The Strokes, Belle & Sebastian, The Libertines, Alison Moyet, The Delays, Small Faces and Fun Lovin' Criminals across over 20 labels including Rough Trade, Trojan, Sanctuary Records and Fantastic Plastic. DVD successes include titles from The Who, Iron Maiden and Rush. It is the UK's largest independent record company and is achieving strong growth in sales of recorded music and music audio-visual product worldwide.About DTSDTS (Digital Theater Systems, Inc.) (Nasdaq: DTSI) is a digital technology company dedicated to delivering the ultimate entertainment experience. DTS decoders are in virtually every major brand of 5.1-channel surround processors, and there are more than 300 million DTS-licensed consumer electronics products available worldwide. A pioneer in multi-channel audio, DTS technology is in home theatre, car audio, PC and game console products, as well as 5.1 Music Discs, DVD-Video, DVD-Audio and DVD-ROM software. Additionally, DTS provides technology and services for audio delivery and image restoration and enhancement to the motion picture industry. DTS audio products are featured on more than 24,000 motion picture screens worldwide. Lowry Digital Images, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DTS, is an industry leader in image restoration and enhancement. Founded in 1993, DTS is headquartered in Agoura Hills, California and has offices in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Canada, Japan and China. For further information, please visit www.dtsonline.com. DTS and DTS 96/24 are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.

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