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Author Topic: DCI Audio on the cheap Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-17-2014 03:41 PM                     They only meant something when there was an enforcement mechanism (kind of like THX). And, in truth, despite the VPF thing, Cinemark proved that they could get around the 5.1 requirement anyway and did mixdowns on some of their theatres anyway. The 14fL was always the target light...as others have hammered on, since the permissible range is down to 11fL...there is no violation there and movies should be just as good at 11fL since that spec would have been checked to be just fine.  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-17-2014 04:01 PM                        quote: Brad Miller Now we have people all over the place folding down the audio, grossly under lighting their screens. It's just awesome. Turns out digital is just like film afterall  |  IP: Logged David Buckley Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 525 From: Oxford, N. Canterbury, New Zealand Registered: Aug 2004 posted 08-17-2014 04:19 PM                        Guilty as charged! In my defense, The plan says to go to 5.1 (or 7.1?), but in community cinema, it is always a question of money. Our first digital season (ie 2014/2015, we haven't traditionally presented over summer), the community can have movies in stereo, or no movies at all. Given that what the community got in the good old days was 35mm changeovers with relatively unskilled amateur operators, from prints that have already had their run (or two!) in the hands of the multiplex operators, through our old sound system, then they will get better picture and sound than they used to enjoy. The only way is up!  |  IP: Logged

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