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Greg Pauley
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From: Huntington, WV, USA
Registered: Jun 2000

posted 03-26-2002 12:01 PM

I also watched "Windtalker" and would agree with John about the black not being black. It looked like watching a TV with the contrast out of adjustment. I really don't think the average customer would ever notice this and overall the picture looked sharp and bright where I was sitting (about halfway back). I just don't get the same feeling watching digital as I do with film. It's almost like digital is too sharp, bright and perfect that gives it a harsh feeling. Again, this could just be a mental thing with me and may not affect the average customer.

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Randy Loy
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posted 03-26-2002 01:02 PM

Greg, I haven't seen a digital demo yet but I'd been wondering if it might have a harsher look than film, something akin to comparing TV shows shot on video to those shot on real film. I realize that we're dealing with digital, not video, but if they have some of the same characteristics it may be less than desirable and show at the box office.

I also don't get the same feeling from video as I do with film. In recent years I've found myself actually channel surfing past TV shows shot on video, preferring the softer, more comforting, look of film.
Maybe it's a mental thing with me too (or maybe I'm just "mental" ), but I wonder if movie goers will find films projected from a digital source less pleasing. I guess it's too early to tell, at least until the digital projection folks have gotten all the bugs worked out of the technology.

Come to think of it, didn't Roger Ebert recently suggest that digital projection may not have the same feel as film projection?

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Daniel Boisson
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posted 03-27-2002 08:23 PM

I just saw ice age today at the Ziegfeld. The sound was amazing, but the picture wasn't anything impressive. I doubt a majority of the movie goers will be able to tell the difference. I think its something you would have to be looking for, kinda like the changeover.

The projectionist at the Ziegfeld said when they run a DLP movie, they run the same in film at the same time, they don't really trust the DLP too much yet.

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John Hazelton
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From: Oakland, CA, USA
Registered: Jun 2001

posted 04-03-2002 10:26 PM

Randy Loy wrote:

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I realize that we're dealing with digital, not video

It is video, though--it's digital video. It's isn't NTSC or PAL, but it is video. Keep in mind that digital isn't a noun, it's an adjective. Calling anything "digital" is only providing half the info needed to describe it.

Current Digital Cinema presentation use 24fps video, either 1280x1024 progressive scan or SF.

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