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Author Topic: Gut feeling - AMC/Regal/Cinemark will go with Sony Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 05-18-2007 10:31 AM                     I'm not 100% positive, but fairly sure the Sony 4K projector will scale up 2K material in the same kind of manner that a 1080p HDTV will scale up 480p or 720p material. Aren't DCI compliant 2K d-cinema systems also supposed to be able to down-sample 4K content? I could have sworn I saw a provision for that in the DCI white paper.  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 05-18-2007 11:03 AM                    quote: Bobby Henderson Aren't DCI compliant 2K d-cinema systems also supposed to be able to down-sample 4K content? I could have sworn I saw a provision for that in the DCI white paper. Yes, as a matter of fact the Spider-man 3 content is 4096 x 1716 scaled down on the 2k projectors to run at 2048 x 858  |  IP: Logged Jason Burroughs Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 654 From: Allen, TX Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-18-2007 11:25 AM                     quote: Lyle Romer I remember when they opened the "Grand 24" and had 6 (I think, it might have been 4) Dolby Digital auditoriums. I remember a boxoffice article where somebody from AMC said that they were ready to install it in all auditoriums but that they would "wait and see" what happens. The Grand 24 in Dallas opened with: 2 DTS units including readers with brackets installed on 8 projectors (playback and readers were moved as needed) 8 CAT 699s and 2 DA-20s (on roll around racks) 8 were equipped for 8 channel playback. quote: Lyle Romer Soon after that, AMC announced the deal with Sony to go SDDS across the board. That seems to have worked out well for them  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-18-2007 12:25 PM                        On the subject of acquiring digital cinema equipment, I was wondering if it could work like soda machines. The film companies (in a consortium) would own the DC equipment and just provide it to theatres as a means of "dispensing" their product. If the theatre wanted to use the DC for a non-theatrical thing, like a ball game, the theatre would pay some kind of rental. I suppose that could work if only the equipment wasn't so expensive. quote: Bobby Henderson equipment leasing would make more sense than buying the gear outright. It would, if the DC equipment would last for 50 years or more like film equipment does. But all this stuff will be obsolete in 5 years or less, so it's a lifetime commitment. The only "advantage" would be getting new equipment every so often, but I'd really rather have a 25-year-old item that isn't obsolete that I've had paid off for 15 years, than new stuff that I'll have to pay for until I'm dead.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 05-18-2007 01:02 PM                     Unfortunately, that's the nature with most forms of digital technology. You have to replace it every few years. It took a long time for people to accept that when it came to personal computers. Once the digital projectors reach a certain level of performance (image sharpness, level of detail and brightness) then the projectors themselves may stay in service for a decade or longer. The servers are probably going to be switched out a lot more often. 2K is certainly not good enough for the long term. 4K could be, but even higher standards like 6K or 8K could take over by the end of the next decade. In an odd ball way it could actually force movie companies to start shooting on large format film again -but that's only if the movie theaters survive until then.  |  IP: Logged

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