I'll believe it when I see it! I recieved an e-mail this morning thanking me for my participation in the THX passport program at Cedia 2005. The release was supposed to shortley follow the Expo, and was then promised in the Spring after sending me a copy..."my 4th by the way" of the old disc. In 2004 they had the disc's at the expo, and when you turned in your completed passport they would hand you the disc. I still have my "receipt" for my demo II disc in my wallet. I'm interested to see the new stuff on the disc though and trully hope it arrives this fall as promised...

Beam me up, Scotty. I to received the THX Demo Disc at Cedia Expo 2005 after jumping thru hoops to earn it. It's an interesting Disc with Demos, parts of various THX Movies, etc. We had to run all over the Expo Show to earn it. Now, they are offering a new THX Demo Disc at Denver Expo September. I will again do my best to get it. Actually, they ran out of the Discs at the Show, but true to their word, they mailed them out to us a few weeks later. Now they have a newer version that will be available at Cedia Expo 2007. I will do what I have to do to get it as well. Here is part of the email we received telling us about it.:



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THX Debuts New Technologies and Product Designs at THX Booth #838

Looking for new, innovative technologies and breakthrough products at CEDIA Expo 2007? Then you'll want to check out booth #838 where THX will debut a number of new proprietary technologies, certifications programs and product designs.

CEDIA marks the first public showing of THX Ultra2 Plus™ certification and THX Loudness Plus™ technology for AV receivers, pre-amps and integrated systems. In addition, THX will demonstrate new speaker products from BG Corp. and Razer - both featuring THX design concepts and technologies.

Here is a sneak peak at what THX will be showcasing:

THX Ultra2 Plus™ Certification
THX Loudness Plus™ Technology
Neural-THX® Surround
THX Balanced Bass-line™
THX Ground Plane™
THX Slot Speaker™
THX Certified Displays


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Wondering How to Get a THX Demo Disc II?
Now, all registered CEDIA attendees have the opportunity to get the highly coveted THX Demo Disc II. Just follow these simple steps:

Visit THX at booth #838
Complete a short on-line survey
Receive your copy of the THX Demo Disc II*
*While supplies last. Limited to the first 250 registered CEDIA attendees per day.


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dont mean to hijack here but whats the big deal with THX? my A/V receiver has THX modes but i find they arent as good as regular DD. is there an occasion where i would find them superior? maybe when watching Starwars or some other THX movie?

Stealth: I'm not saying that you have to have THX, but its a George Lucas certified system. He originally developed it for Movie Theatres. He had gone to various Theatres that were playing his movies. He was very disappointed in the Sound systems in those theatres. As in many Theatres, they just line up a ton of speakers down both side walls of the Theatres. Whether you like George Lucas or not, he is a stickler for getting the audio right. THX came up with a standard that all Theatres should adhere to. He controls speaker placement & balance, Power requirements for every chsnnel, etc. Whether you agree with him or not, his intentions are good. I'm all for standardization. I'm not sure how you determined that DD was better then THX. Sounds like you had something going on wrong there. Anyway, its a free country, and you do not have to have THX if you don't want to.

The standards for THX are good, and I'd say that THX certified equipment is good. But not all good equipment is THX certified. A lot of good receivers (eg Yamaha RX-V2700) aren't THX certified because the certification costs a lot of money.

because i switched the modes back and forth and prefered the sound field created by the dd modes over the thx modes. i'm not sure how else one would determine that.

something go wrong? as in....??

thanks for your permission. here i was thinking i had to listen to STRICTLY THX after reading this thread. ;-)

No one here has said that you have to use or like THX. I don't know what Receiver or processor you are using, but many require that during the setup proceedure, you must individually select such things as Channel Level. If, for example, you set these parameters differently for each Surround mode, you certainly could make one mode sound better or worse than another, without even realizing it. This could easily cause your argument to be biased.

all my gear is in my sig(pionner elite 82tsx). i read the manual and it didnt indicate any of the adjustments you mentioned were required. but i hear what you're saying, possibly if i made fine tuning adjustments to channel levels etc after switching to THX i may prefer it. i have left most of the adjustments to the auto calibration system.
adjustments-apparently i really like typing this word.