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Proof That George Lucas Is an Evil Genius...long time ago called THX 1138, a great film. And another film called Shattered Glass, also great. Lucas directed THX with integrity and intensity. In Shattered Glass Christensen's performance was also equally amazing. But throw them into star... In this article: George Lucas, Jar Jar Binks, Star Wars, Darth Vader, Star Wars, The Hobbit, Phineas and Ferb, Martin Short, and Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace |
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The Register | November 06, 2009
Memory maker to sell films on Flash
...for quick of-the-moment purchases. Back in March 2008, the chief scientist at George Lucas' THX subsidiary, Laurie Fincham, said: "By the time Blu-ray really finds a mass market, we will have 128GB cards. In the future I want to be able to...
In this article: Kingston Technology, Blu-ray, South Dakota, USB Flash Drive, Toshiba, George Lucas, Ghostbusters, and Ghostbusters II
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Wikipedia | November 01, 2009
Krakatoa in media and popular culture
...debut album. "Krakatoa" is a mostly-spoken-word song by the band Styx from the album The Serpent Is Rising, and served as the inspiration from which filmmaker George Lucas created the THX audio logo, Deep Note. Krakatoa is an...
In this article: Krakatoa, Mark Twain, Java, Scrooge McDuck, Songs of Distant Earth, New Wave, Ninth Doctor, Newbery Medal, and Krakoa
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www.washingtonpost.com | August 09, 2008
The Lord of the Light Side
...make it for you wholesale!) Similarly, Lucas used the 1983 film "Return of the Jedi" as a debut of his THX sound system, a novelty that went on to become standard-issue equipment in theaters around the world. This isn't to suggest that...
In this article: George Lucas, Star Wars, THX 1138, The Clone Wars, Thomas Edison, Pixar, WALL E, and Lucasfilm
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Lifestyle Technology News | March 16, 2009
Is it already too late for Blu-ray ?
...with dozens of HD movies". THX was established in the early 1980s by Star Wars creator George Lucas to ensure the third film in the franchise - Return of the Jedi - had the level of audio quality he required. ©mangotango.co.uk Disney's...
In this article: Blu-ray, Lucasfilm, George Lucas, DVD, Star Wars, Disney, and Return of the Jedi
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SCI FI Wire | June 07, 2009
Is Jon Favreau the George Lucas of tomorrow?
...he can). By C-3P-ONME at 2:20 PM ON 06/08/09 Let us not forget that Lucas has helped to create and innovate visual effects and sound, ie, ILM and Skywalker sound, utilizing THX, etc. Favreau has not come close to "inventing" anything...
In this article: Jon Favreau, George Lucas, Skywalker, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Iron Man, Star Wars, Iron Man 2, Marvel Universe, and Marvel
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'THX': Lucas's Future Quest
...to a holding cell with other prisoners. So THX decides to rescue LUH with the help of SEN (Donald Pleasence), an eccentric, pedantic rebel, and a hologram creation known as SRT (Don Pedro Colley). Clearly, writer-director Lucas was still...
In this article: George Lucas, Robert Duvall, THX 1138, Francis Ford Coppola, Warner Bros., Robert Altman, Tip of the tongue, Trademark, and Big Brother
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THX
...rooms, home theaters, computer speakers, gaming consoles, and car audio systems. The current THX was created in 2001 when it spun off from Lucasfilm Ltd. THX stands for Tomlinson Holman's eXperiment and is a throwback to George Lucas's...
In this article: Tomlinson Holman, George Lucas, University of Southern California, Lucasfilm Ltd., THX 1138, DVD, Integrated Media Systems Center, and CNET
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Get the Most Out of Your HDTV
...angle for your TV screen. To calculate the optimal viewing distance for a 1080p screen, THX (the video and audio company founded by director George Lucas) recommends multiplying your diagonal screen size by 1.2. For a 50-inch HDTV, that...
In this article: DVD, HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Xbox 360, Windows Media Center, TiVo, George Lucas, Cable TV, and DirecTV
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1138 (number)
...later remade into the feature film ''THX 1138. After the film, references to 1138 (and sometimes to THX) are scattered throughout Lucas' films, Lucasfilm productions and LucasArts computer games. '''': 1138 can be seen on the back the droid...
In this article: THX 1138, George Lucas, Guybrush, Lucasfilm, Glenn Danzig, Batman, Monsters, Inc, Cylon, and Easter egg
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THX is a trade name of a high-fidelity sound reproduction standard for movie theaters, screening rooms, home theaters, computer speakers, gaming consoles, and car audio systems. THX stands for Tomlinson Holman's eXperiment. THX was developed by Tomlinson Holman at George Lucas's company Lucasfilm in 1983 to ensure that the soundtrack for the third Star Wars film, Return of the Jedi, would be accurately reproduced in the best venues. The distinctive crescendo used in the THX trailers is known as the "Deep Note".
The THX system is a recording technology, and it does not specify a sound recording format: all sound formats, whether digital (Dolby Digital, SDDS) or analog (Dolby SR, Ultra-Stereo), can be "shown in THX." THX is mainly a quality assurance system. THX-certified theaters provide a high-quality, predictable playback environment to ensure that any film soundtrack mixed in THX will sound as near as possible to the intentions of the mixing engineer. THX also provides certified theaters with a special crossover circuit whose use is part of the standard. Certification of an auditorium entails specific acoustic and other technical requirements; architectural requirements include a floating floor, baffled and acoustically treated walls, no parallel walls (to reduce standing waves), a perforated screen (to allow center channel continuity), and NC30 rating for background noise.
- Name:
- THX Ltd.
- Type:
- Privately held company
- Location:
- San Rafael, California,
- Founded:
- 1983
- Industry:
- Audio
- Key People:
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- David Pierce, General Manager
- Richard Dean, VP Technology
- Robert Hewitt, VP Sales
- Products:
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- Digital Audio Certifications
- Digital Audio and Video Mastering Technologies
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