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Author Topic: DVD Projection? Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 05-12-2008 12:18 AM                     quote: Ron Davis we often show older movies to try to boost revenue Not to throw a wrench in this interesting machinery, but if one thinks on DVD presentations to the public, you can't charge admits due to private (home use) showing licenses associated with DVD sales. If studios ever caught wind that you were charging admits for DVD's public presentations licensed for home use....I'd hate to see the results.. Thus, you can still sell conc items, but no selling tix for your DVD shows ..  |  IP: Logged Ron Davis Film Handler Posts: 23 From: Morgantown WV, USA Registered: Jan 2007 posted 05-12-2008 08:47 AM                        Actually, we have arrangements with some of the various studios to make sure this is all on the up and up. There are certain rules we have to follow (cant show any menus or other parts of the dvd), but its treated basically like a 35mm rental. So, if we can get more of our older 'Classic' titles on DVD instead of 35mm, we'll save a ton just on delivery costs alone. Thanks!  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 05-12-2008 01:46 PM                        i can't believe anyone would consider this an acceptable practice. you charge people money for this? to watch a dvd?? i hope you at least advertise it as being video.  |  IP: Logged Paul H. Rayton Expert Film Handler Posts: 210 From: Los Angeles, CA , USA Registered: Aug 2003 posted 05-12-2008 04:22 PM                    We ran a print this past weekend -- probably "the" print -- of the famous movie, "My Fair Lady". This particular print was made in 1994 and has been through the mill since that time. It was a total disgrace, with about every kind of flaw you can name, and the distributor (Hollywood Classics) should be ashamed -- although they probably aren't. In cases like this, I'm coming to the point of endorsing showing DVDs, more particularly HiDef/Blu-Ray DVDs, because the sound will be good, the image good (since we have a top-of-the-line video projector), and the scratches and splices and burns are all gone. Why do people go out to see a particular movie, esp. not first run stuff? In most cases, it's to "see the movie", not necessarily to admire the show because "it's a film print". And, based on the good quality that they are able to achieve on the increasingly-better home systems, their tolerance for sh*tty prints gets lower by the week. If anyone out there has played this print of "MFL", you'll really know what I mean. (It has a number of "#21" on it, but I'm sure there are few, if any, other prints in circulation).  |  IP: Logged Michael Moore Expert Film Handler Posts: 188 From: Dover, DE / USA Registered: Jun 2006 posted 05-14-2008 07:37 PM                        Back in October we were approached by Sony and WHYY to mount a sony 4K projector in our theatre for opera simalcasts, and we were going to use it in between opera presentations for DVD and Digtal content such as the film festival we host. Sony came, took measurements, worked up the figures and did not get back with us. The projector was going to provided for free as well as all the technical help we wanted. But if just did not work out... I wonder if you can strike a similar deal? At this time we use a cheap DLP 3000 lumen projector for our film festival, however we project from balcony; 30 feet from the screen. our booth is 91 feet away. mike  |  IP: Logged Ron Curran Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 504 From: Springwood NSW Australia Registered: Feb 2006 posted 05-15-2008 03:07 AM                        The WD2000 is a good unit. It has a range of (expensive) lenses available. Like all non-cinema-based projectors, it has some annoying habits in a commercial situation. But brightness and image quality are excellent from quality files.  |  IP: Logged

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