THX Ltd. is an American audio company based in the San Francisco Bay Area founded on May 20, 1983. It is known for its suite of digital high fidelity audiovisual reproduction standards for movie theaters, screening rooms, home theaters, computer speakers, car audio systems, video game consoles, and video games. The THX trailer that precedes compliant films is based on the Deep Note, with a distinctive glissando up from a rumbling low pitch.
Key facts
- Company.name
- THX Ltd.
- Company.logo
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- Company.logo_alt
- The logo, depicting the underlined capital letters "THX", with a taller "T" top extending over the other two letters.
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.founders
- George LucasTomlinson Holman
- Company.industry
- Motion picture industry
- Company.location_city
- San Rafael, California
- Company.location_country
- U.S.
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Applications
- Certifications
- THX Certified Ultra
- THX Certified Select
- THX Certified Compact
- THX Certified Dominus
- I/S Plus Systems
- Multimedia products
- THX Certified Optimode and Optimizer
- Mascot
- Deep Note
- See also
- References
- External links
THX Ltd. is an American audio company based in the San Francisco Bay Area founded on May 20, 1983. It is known for its suite of digital high fidelity audiovisual reproduction standards for movie theaters, screening rooms, home theaters, computer speakers, car audio systems, video game consoles, and video games. The THX trailer that precedes compliant films is based on the Deep Note, with a distinctive glissando up from a rumbling low pitch.
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. THX was named after Holman's initials, with the "X" standing for "crossover" or "experiment". The name is also an homage to Lucas's first film, THX 1138 (1971). Deep Note was created by Holman's co-worker James A. Moorer.