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Author Topic: Why doesn't Dolby promote their 3-D more? Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 07-22-2010 07:48 PM                     Hmmm...I thought I had a Dolby 3D put on your glasses snipe...I'll check and let you know Mike.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 07-22-2010 08:30 PM                     It doesn't say "put on your glasses". It has a pair of glasses floating in the middle of the screen with text about taking care of them and returning them. Just make sure you treat it as a trailer. It generates the most attention when the volume is played about 4 as opposed to running the feature at 7. This is a sequence that seems to work well: ~Volume to 4~ Trailers Dolby glasses snipe ~Volume to 7~ Policy trailer Dolby Digital 3D logo Feature  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-23-2010 02:14 AM                        I seem to remember seeing something in the list like "dolby recycle glasses" or something to that effect. I'll take another look.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 07-23-2010 09:25 AM                     Mike...look for the "DOLBY3DGLASSES_POL_F_EN_XX_US_51_2K_20080125_DOLBY_i3D_NGB_EN_US" In your clip list. That is the snipe I have. Steve  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 07-23-2010 10:19 AM                        That file name is simply not long or jumbled enough to be efficient. Are DCP servers not powerful enough to have spaces and or non-caps in the file names?  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-23-2010 10:46 AM                        Spaces in file names are just a terrible idea (underscores are a reasonable substitute). Not every platform supports mixed-case file names, either.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 07-23-2010 12:03 PM                     quote: Scott Norwood Not every platform supports mixed-case file names, either. Well they found room for an "i" in there.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 07-23-2010 01:05 PM                     quote: Dennis Benjamin I think Real-D's success is simply from all the big chains buying into that brand Real-D is a leased system. .50 or so from every tix sale heads to Real-D and the cinema owners love it due to the fact that with leases, they can write all of that off due to being a business expense. Plus, not having to babysit the customers in making sure that the glasses are returned since the disosable glasses are tossed in the recycle bins by the auditorium doors. The tradeoff is having to do silver screens that have to be installed and can't be cleaned if some kids sitting in the front row decides to throw their bladder busting 52oz drink at the screen. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 07-23-2010 01:08 PM                        A space can be treated as another character. I guess computers are still in the stone age. Weak!  |  IP: Logged Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 07-23-2010 01:19 PM                     I think that the Xpand system deserves more benefit that what is getting . It is far brighter than any other 3d system. Also in US you get the disposable glasses for free something which does not happen in Europe and thus Dolby and Xpand have the leading advantage regards to the other systems. Demetris  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 청주시, 경북도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 07-23-2010 06:05 PM                     quote: A space can be treated as another character. I guess computers are still in the stone age. Weak! Well it is a character. It's just that lots of stuff out there uses it as the end of string delimiter.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-23-2010 07:14 PM                     quote: Monte L Fullmer cinema owners love it due to the fact that with leases, they can write all of that off due to being a business expense. The real truth is that there are no out of pocket expenses involved to get it installed in your theater (through CBG). So many "think" it's a better deal. However it is very definately NOT! No debate here which one is the better... just which one is costing you more. In the long run they end up sending alot more $$$$ to Real-D than if they would had just bought Dolby or Master Image outright. They can still deduct either of those outright purchases as well. Mark  |  IP: Logged

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