Batman Returns not first with digital 5.1 surround sound
“The first movie with digital 5.1 surround sound was Batman Returns in 1992”
Summary
Batman Returns was the first feature film released in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound in 1992, but it was not the first movie ever to use a digital 5.1 format. Disney’s Dick Tracy, released in 1990, employed the Cinema Digital Sound (CDS) system, which provided digital 5.1 audio before Batman Returns. Thus, the claim is only true for Dolby Digital, not for digital 5.1 overall.
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- Landmarks in Dolby Stereo films - CBS News
Batman Returns (5/10) Movie CLIP - Meow (1992) HD by Movieclips on YouTube ... Tim Burton's comic book actioner was the first film released in Dolby Digital. The process replaced the analog optical soundtrack with digital information imprinted ...
- Dolby Stereo and Surround Sound: The Evolution of Immersive Audio in the Film Industry - Social Cinema
Films such as “Jurassic Park” (1993) and “The Matrix” (1999) effectively utilized this format to intensify the on-screen narrative and captivate viewers. Dolby Digital and the Digital Revolution: 3.1 Dolby Digital 5.1: As digital cinema ...
- 5.1 surround sound - Wikipedia
The name 5.1 was given in a Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Committee on Digital Sound on Film in 1987 by Tomlinson Holman. The first system with digital 5.1 surround sound was Dolby Digital in 1992 with Batman Returns, followed by DTS in Jurassic Park in 1993, and ...
- Batman Returns - Wikipedia
Batman Returns was the first feature film released in Dolby Stereo Digital, in select theaters, marking a milestone in cinema audio technology that later became synonymous with surround sound in theaters.
- Dolby Digital - Wikipedia
The most elaborate mode of this codec in common use involves five channels for normal-range speakers (20 Hz – 20,000 Hz) (right, center, left, right surround, left surround) and one channel (20 Hz – 120 Hz allotted audio) for the subwoofer driven low-frequency effects. Mono and stereo modes are also supported. AC-3 supports audio sample rates up to 48 kHz. In 1991, a limited experimental release of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country in Dolby Digital played in 3 US theatres. In 1992, Batman Returns was the first movie to be released and presented in Dolby Digital.
- Batman Returns – The Brattle
The first ever film to be widely released using the then-new Dolby Digital Surround Sound technology, Tim Burton’s BATMAN RETURNS is also widely considered to be one of the best cinematic superhero sequels.
- What was the FIRST 5.1 system; was it Dolby Digital? (Batman Returns from summer 1992 was first to u | Home Theater Forum
Disney's Dick Tracy was the first film released theatrically in a digital 5.1 audio format, the short-lived CDS (Cinema Digital Sound), co-developed by Kodak. ... Thanks, yes that was the first digital 5.1 but I did some research and analog magnetic 5.1 has been around since the 50s and 70s.
- What older soundtracks sound great in 5.1? | AVS Forum
'Jurassic Park' was the first film released in DTS. Quote: 70mm mag soundtracks have a maximum of 6 channels: left, centre, right, (mono) surround, and 2 low frequency ("baby boom") tracks.
thehificelluloidmonster.wordpress.com- Batman Returns (1992) | The Hi-Fi Celluloid Monster
Oh, and this Batman kills. Keaton punch. EDITIONS: The first film given a wide release in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound, Returns quickly debuted on VHS and Laserdisc. It follows the pattern of the other three Batman films in the franchise by seeing an early DVD release featuring image manipulation, slight cropping, artifacts and all the fun stuff.
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