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Topic: The IMAX Digital Experience
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Pravin Ratnam
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From: Atlanta, GA,USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 12-27-2011 08:15 PM
I saw this LIEMAX crap for an $8 surcharge on my 6.50 discount ticket for MI4. Regular price was 16 or 18, I forget.
Regal cinema Atlantic Station Atlanta. At first, i wondered where they placed this new addition. Then when I walked in, I realized they just retrofitted one of the existing auditoriums which was not even that huge. I swear the letterboxed image was probably almost the same size as the old screen in that theater. So am I just paying for a crisper looking image and better sound? And that merits twice what I paid for the ticket? And as far as the special IMAX shot scene in the MI4 opening sequence, it was barely 1.85:1 ratio and not the taller ratio we saw in the last Batman movie. Whether that was the way it was shot or the theater just found a way to cut off the top and bottom, I do not know.
Since it was Christmas day, I didn't have the heart to chew out the manager for the chain's misleading IMAX moniker. Even by Liemax standards, that was a small screen. I just remarked in a nice way that I was confused and if I walked into the right auditorium because it did not look like IMAX to me. I mentioned that i saw TDK at the Regal Mall of GA location and that screen looked much bigger. She then said that Regal actually has converted that screen to digital too and if I took the trouble to drive all the way to that far out suburban location, I won't be seeing the same screen that I saw for TDK.
Another thing that looks bad is the the curve at the bottom of the image like a bad TV where the letterbox image does not have a sharp horizontal border and bows a little.
Also I do not understand how overlapping two 2K projectors increases the resolution? Don't both projectors have the same image content? Is it just to increase the intensity of the image??
THe sad thing is the image does look good , but not IMAX good. If regular digital presentations were like this, I would be very happy and would be willing to spend a slightly higher ticket price. But an IMAX surcharge is ridiculous for a LIEMAX screen.
At least the IMAX screen in the AMC Barret Parkway location replaced an old 35MM HUGE screen and so I can at least consider that a mini-IMAX location instead of LIEMAX location.
You know, since 70MM wont make a comeback, how about the digital equivalent of 70MM(yes , I know 4K is more akin to good 35MM, but let's take what we can get) and have 4K or even 8K auditoriums fo the mega screens? How costly is it to make 4K digital intermediates when you factor in the total budget of a typical movie? You won't need such cheap gimmicks like Liemax. Cut out the middle man.
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Keegan O'Brien
Film Handler
Posts: 39
From: Eugene, Oregon, United States
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 12-27-2011 09:35 PM
quote: Pravin Ratnam
And as far as the special IMAX shot scene in the MI4 opening sequence, it was barely 1.85:1 ratio and not the taller ratio we saw in the last Batman movie. Whether that was the way it was shot or the theater just found a way to cut off the top and bottom, I do not know.
The DLP projectors tallest ratio is 16:9 (give or take)... it's not capable of 1.44:1, which is the original ratio of the IMAX filmed scenes... on 70mm they'll be 1.44:1, like The Dark Knight.
quote: Pravin Ratnam
Also I do not understand how overlapping two 2K projectors increases the resolution? Don't both projectors have the same image content? Is it just to increase the intensity of the image??
It doesn't. It just doubles the brightness... which is really smart for 3D, and really crisp for 2D.
quote: Pravin Ratnam
You know, since 70MM wont make a comeback, how about the digital equivalent of 70MM(yes , I know 4K is more akin to good 35MM, but let's take what we can get) and have 4K or even 8K auditoriums fo the mega screens? How costly is it to make 4K digital intermediates when you factor in the total budget of a typical movie? You won't need such cheap gimmicks like Liemax. Cut out the middle man.
The new IMAX projectors (2013) will be at least 4K.
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