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Posted by Eric Webb (Member # 2772) on 01-09-2005, 02:06 AM:

What Equipment does your theater uses for projection and sound?
If you can, tell the Equipment make and model like a Christie P35C projector; and tell if you think it is good or not and why.
Also state where and what the theater is called

Posted by David Yauch (Member # 2754) on 01-09-2005, 03:09 AM:

Harkins Superstition Springs 25
Mesa, Arizona

All setups are Christie AW3s [Big Grin]

with Cinemec V5s. [puke]

All theatres are equipped with DTS capabilities(no sdds). The sound processors are CP500s. AW3 MUTs are used as well.

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 01-09-2005, 03:40 AM:

Reel Theatres
5 locations, one in Nampa, 3 in Boise Idaho, and one in Ontario, ORE.

Strong X-90 consoles
Simplex 1050 (3, 1014's, and 3 1050's at one theatre)
Simplex 5 Star
Strong A3/AP3 platters
Dolby CP-55 with DA-20s
CAT-700's
Ultra Stereo J-1000 units
Ultra Stereo center/surround units (these blow big time..)
DTS 6/6D units

Ontario:

Strong X-90 consoles
Simplex Mil2000 (with manual [Eek!]

turrets)
Simplex 5 star
Strong AP3 platters
CP-500's
CAT-701's

all platters using the [Eek!]

microswitch brains (damned things...) just have to watch out for those diodes in the motors shorting out, otherwise a decent platter, but nowhere close to the CHR AW3/R units.

The manual turret configuration for the Mil2000 blows a big one: with that turret rotation release lever jutting out there like nobodys business, one can really lose an eye when focusing through a small single port window.

-thx Monte

Posted by Gary Crawford (Member # 2038) on 01-10-2005, 08:43 PM:

Beach Cinema, 110 Main St., Bradley Beach NJ.

Single-screen 520-seat house, changeover booth. Two Super Simplexes over IPC Simplex SH1000 soundheads, Christie K30 xenon lamps, mono Altec-Lansing sound system. Runs great. 6000' reels.

Posted by Stephen Jones (Member # 16) on 01-10-2005, 11:17 PM:

Reading Cinemas Geelong Australia
Kinoton FP50D Consol's
Kinoton platters with electronic l.e.d payouts I think these are great no wraps at all
QSC amps
Ultra stereo JSX1000'S
Electrovoice speaker systems
Pennywise automation
2 movable DTS players
8 Dolby Digital DA 20'S
All 8 screens have Dolby Digital with 4 also with DTS and SR.D.
We tend to favor SR.D
2 screens have Panastereo ex decoders.
On the whole I am very happy with the equipment it gives no problems at all.

Steve [thumbsup]

Posted by Joshua Burnham (Member # 1640) on 01-11-2005, 07:09 PM:

Yelm Cinemas @ Prairie Park. Independent 8 Screen.

All Christie SLC consoles w/ the dreaded M35GPS heads(the P35's retarded brother in-law). Christie AW3R platter systems. Christie Autowind 3's (with a newer bigger motor installed). Dolby 650 processors, Dolby 701 heads, SDDS & DTS in our largest auditorium and Kodak AFT pro slide projectors (which I hate with a passion definatly not designed for constant usage ugh).