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Topic: Centralized platters?
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Brad Miller
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From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99
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posted 07-31-2007 07:00 PM
quote: Thomas Pitt
Harder to service the platters (less space)
Actually no, there is more room and better light.
quote: Thomas Pitt
Lots more head and tail leader needed to reach the projector
So? We just use a junk trailer on the tail end of the prints which would otherwise have been thrown away. As far as head leader is concerned, the more the better, because it is the handling that makes most film presentations cluttered with dirt when the first image hits the screen. The extended head leader also provides tons of time for the xenon to stabilize as well as the entire design by it's nature keeps the threading leader entirely off of the floor.
quote: Thomas Pitt
Projectionists have to duck and dive to avoid moving film strips
The film runs all along one 2 foot wide strip down the center of the booths. If that is such an obstacle for you to dodge, then you've got bigger problems.
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More susceptible to airborne dust and dirt (more film exposed)
Total bullshit. This has been raised before and simply does not hold up in real life. AIR does not damage film and if your booth is that dusty the film is going to get exposed to anything airborne anyway. Besides, these theaters run the prints through a film cleaner every single pass and there does not exist a theater with cleaner prints anywhere in this part of the country that I am aware of.
You also fail to take into account the various scheduling advantages of such a system. For example you can have a long movie and a short movie bounce back and forth between auditoriums all day long to SHORTEN the business day and still maintain the same number of showtimes (or the reverse, fit that extra show in). Having to physically move the print takes a bit more time and every time a print is physically moved the film is at a noticeable risk of damage, whether it be cinch scratches from flimsy center rings (like Strong) where the film is permitted to slip against itself, or a flat out drop.
You also forget that such a system forces quality projectionsts in the booth to operate it.
You may be quick to point out the cons, but for this chain's purposes the benefits outweigh any disadvantages.
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