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Author Topic: Weird motion artifacts during DLP presentation Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-26-2006 01:44 PM                     If you are in a small market...sometimes you can't get a print...I have one exhibitor that is seriously thinking about investing in a DLP or two just to be able to book those movies on the break rather than having to wait until a 2nd or 3rd print comes off of a megaplex in who knows what condition.  |  IP: Logged Chris Unwin Film Handler Posts: 20 From: Langley B.C. Canada (Vancouver) Registered: May 2006 posted 05-26-2006 03:16 PM                     Frank. You got it right. Nothing they have come up with so far in the digital world can even touch film!! If you just look after your equipment & maintain it & CLEAN, CLEAN, CLEAN!!! You should be able to show the same print for weeks in pristine condition. It all comes down to is the projectionist a profesional who takes pride in his/her work, or are they even a real projectionist at all!? I've seen popcorn kids come up to a booth and thread a projector with greasy hands more than once! All it takes is something as small as letting the head or tail touch the floor when you are building up & you will have scratches & rain at your splices. So mant people are just not carefull enough anymore. I guess the mega chains that Locked out their projectionists and got rid of them are finaly getting what they deserve, poor quality presentations & business loss because of it!  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 05-26-2006 04:42 PM                       quote: Frank Angel How long did it take for the switch to red readers or analog stereo sound? Frank, this has been my point for a long time. It ain't happenin' yesterday, but it IS happening and there's no turning back. Everyone acts like everything is going to stay the same as it is today, forever; the handful of various equipment that's available now will be all there ever is - (the different flavors of light modulators and lamp combinations, etc.), and the current level of quality will stay that way until the end of time. All the other arguments, many of which (but not all) are valid, have been moot for some time.  |  IP: Logged Bruce Hansen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 847 From: Stone Mountain, GA, USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-26-2006 05:27 PM                     This digital thing is still very unstable. Anyone buying a digital projector today can expect it to be obsolete in a couple of years. Just ask the theaters that have the 1.3K DLPs that the studios will not even let be used any more.  |  IP: Logged Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 05-27-2006 07:34 PM                     One of the biggest problems with DLP is that T.I. and most of the makers of the projectors are from other industries and don't seem to understand that if your showtime is 7:15 the machine absolutely HAS to work at that time, 30 minutes later or maybe tomorrow is not acceptable. Neither of the two machines I've dealt with have been up to that standard.  |  IP: Logged

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