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I have Twister R2, and was wondering if the DTS R1 edition is worth getting? The Dolby version on my R2 is very good but is the full bitrate DTS soundtrack that much better to warrant buying it again?

Same goes for The Haunting. The sound of the Dolby R2 is excellent, with some seriously low frequencies being pushed out. Is it worth getting the DTS 6.1 R1 version?

Thanks,
cervantes.

It`s funny you should post that. I just ordered Twister R1 DTS at the weekend and hope to receive it tomorrow :D

I don`t have the R2, but I`ll let you know what I think of the DTS track on the R1 ;)
Although are you sure it is full bitrate?

I guess the real question is do you like the films?
I personally wouldn`t do it, but I prefer PAL to NTSC. But Twister is slightly cut in the UK.

As far as I know there are 2 R1 editions of Twister. The standard Dolby 5.1 version and the `enhanced` version with full bitrate 5.1 DTS. Had it just been the regular `half` bitrate, I probably wouldn`t consider it. It`s a great film that deserves to be heard with the best possible audio track. Not too fused about PAL or NTSC as I have progressive scan tv.

I didn`t know that the UK version was cut though. I hope you get the right version.

Thanks.

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I didn`t know that the UK version was cut though. I hope you get the right version.

The cuts are to swearing. I think the f-word is used.

The version I have (came this morning :D ) is the Special Edition. It has both a DD 5.1 and DTS 5.1. There is a commentary and some other extras, so I very much doubt it is a full bitrate DTS track. I don`t know much about all this bitrate stuff, so I could be wrong.

But I`ve flicked through it and the sound is pretty good on both DD 5.1 and DTS, so I couldn`t tell you which is better :D

This item was edited on Wednesday, 24th September 2003, 18:43

Ok, thanks for letting me know.

cervantes.