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Author Topic: King of Prussia IMAX has gone LIEMAX? Joseph L. Kleiman Master Film Handler Posts: 380 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 09-08-2012 09:48 PM                     The Esquire is hosting the Giant Screen Cinema Association conference Sept. 18-20. They needed a digital projector for the conference to show clips and films not available in 1570. And since they're adding the IMAX digital projector, they'll now be able to increase their Hollywood offerings. And the best part...they're keeping the 1570 projector and with a new port window and rail system can switch between the two.  |  IP: Logged Sean Weitzel Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 619 From: Vacaville, CA (1790 miles west of Rockwall) Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-10-2012 08:07 PM                     Oh that's excellent news!  |  IP: Logged Joseph L. Kleiman Master Film Handler Posts: 380 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 09-23-2012 02:13 PM                     I had the opportunity to experience the new Esquire last week during the GSCA conference. I sat in rows E and F and didn't have any issues with the digital projector, though I've been told the screen door effect does exist if you get closer than that. The digital image crops the top and bottom, but is large enough that it shouldn't bother most people. It's akin to a 35mm film playing letterboxed in DMR. The architecture of the auditorium certainly places the digital experience far ahead of those in Emeryville, Fairfield, Stockton, and El Dorado Hills. I was extremely pleased with the brightness and color of both the film and digital images on the new screen. The new sound system is crisp and crystal clear (it uses the nXos calibrator) and I'm hearing things I've never heard from the old one. And I've been listening to the old one for over a decade. The only thing I'm upset with is that this is an older digital system, so the projectors are Christie, not the more advanced Barco's that will be going into the newer systems. I've been told that Skyfall, Star Trek, and Hunger Games will all be 1570 but most other DMR, including Hobbit, will likely be digital. Not worried about that since San Jose will be playing Hobbit in 1570 on the dome.  |  IP: Logged

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