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Steve Kraus
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Posts: 4094
From: Chicago, IL, USA
Registered: May 2000
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posted 04-09-2004 05:51 PM
Make no mistake about it: The theatrical market for projectors is miniscule. The big market for chips and related items is the business market and, as costs come down, the home market. There probably won't be home 4K units anytime soon but lesser forms of HD are already affordable for many.
A theatre has only a few things to sell: The biggest, sharpest picture (we lost best sound a while ago), first run features, and the communal viewing experience. Unfortunately, for many the latter is a negative not a positive.
As home equipment becomes higher and higher definition the technical superiority of theatres will be lost. The screens may be larger but that's a relative thing anyway. Floor to ceiling 2K HD at home would be pretty compelling.
And first run will go whereever the content producers can earn the most the fastest. When a theatrical run is no longer necessary to legitimize a feature as a "real" movie then delivering it to home theatre users as a pay-per-view event may deliver the biggest, fastest bang for the buck.
Someone will probably point out that people have predicted doom for movie theatres for years, with each new competitor. This time however, the playing field may be leveled in the technical sense. Thus if the business is to survive it's imperative to maximize the theatre-going experience. Make it the best it can be.
Of course you already do that, right? ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 04-09-2004 09:08 PM
Kodak's developments in "Hybrid Imaging Technology" have greatly helped advance motion picture technology: scanners, laser recorders, "digital intermediate", and even the first sound-on-film digital sound system (CDS). Unlike some other companies, most "spinoffs" to consumer products like digital cameras or hard copy output will likely not be in competetion to the movie industry:
http://www.kodak.com/country/US/en/motion/products/v2/sehlin.shtml
Did you know that Kodak researcher Bryce Bayer invented the "Bayer Filter" array used in almost all digital still cameras and single-chip digital video cameras?
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United States Patent 3,971,065
Bayer July 20, 1976
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Color imaging array
Abstract
A sensing array for color imaging includes individual luminance- and chrominance-sensitive elements that are so intermixed that each type of element (i.e., according to sensitivity characteristics) occurs in a repeated pattern with luminance elements dominating the array. Preferably, luminance elements occur at every other element position to provide a relatively high frequency sampling pattern which is uniform in two perpendicular directions (e.g., horizontal and vertical). The chrominance patterns are interlaid therewith and fill the remaining element positions to provide relatively lower frequencies of sampling. In a presently preferred implementation, a mosaic of selectively transmissive filters is superposed in registration with a solid state imaging array having a broad range of light sensitivity, the distribution of filter types in the mosaic being in accordance with the above-described patterns.
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Inventors: Bayer; Bryce E. (Rochester, NY)
Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY)
Appl. No.: 555477
Filed: March 5, 1975
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