adywan said:

Yes, the DTS track did sound much better than the Dolby mix in theatres in '97. But this could well have been dependant on the theatres set up i suppose. Although i saw ANH up and done the country in '97 as i was travelling at the time of its release with work. I saw it in DTS about 6 times and Dolby about 10 (not much to do at night in a strange town). I'd say that the 2 UCI cinemas i watched it at had the worse sound, but they always have had in my local one, so there was no surprise there. But i can remember being blown away by most of the DTS showings more than the Dolby ones. There just seemed to be so much more to it. It's hard to explain really. I really wish i could get hold of a copy of the original DTS track

I just want to point out, that even if a theatre is DTS ready and has the equipment and provided materials (DTS disc), does not mean they play the movie in DTS.

Lots of times the projectionist is lazy and will kick back the print to the sound track on the film and and let it be picked up by the SDDS reader, and just skip the DTS reader altogether.....notable to mention that film jumps happend alot when going thru DTS and when I was in the biz we almost never used it (probably our setup)