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Topic: We're getting a digital projector for 'Dinosaur'
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Andrew D'Vrey
Film Handler
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From: St. Paul, MN USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 04-15-2000 01:25 AM
Word has it we (Mall of America, General Cinema) will be getting a digital projector for the showing of Disney's Dinosaur, May 19th. No word yet what kind, who's installing or (gulp!) who's running it, but I will keep ya'll posted.If there are questions people want me to ask, let me know. I'm sure I will bug the people who bring this in to no end. Just out of curiosity, anyone here currently running a digital projector on a regular basis? ------------------ "And the monkey flips the switch." - Major Don West, "Lost In Space" Andrew D'Vrey IATSE Local 219
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Paul Konen
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Posts: 981
From: Frisco, TX. (North of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 04-17-2000 11:22 PM
I work at Cinemark Legacy 24 (pictures available) and we have had a TI DLP projector installed since Thanksgiving for Toy Story 2. We have played TS-2 and Mission To Mars for the general audience and SW-EP1 for "Special" screenings.The projector was removed after the SW screenings and a new one brought in for the others. The projector head changed slightly as TI moved a couple of hardware cards from the VIDEO playback to the projector head. The film is stored on a QUVIS device that encodes every frame in 21 bit color. (If I remember correctly). This frame is then sent over COAX in HD (High Definition) to the projector head where it is then decoded and projected. Mission to Mars used up so much space. Almost all 32 GB that there was only enough space for one trailer (Gone in 60 seconds), the TI timeline and TI DLP Logo. This only left 2 bytes available. I think this will change. We are also slated to get Dinosaurs. It is loaded from DVD into the player and then mirrored onto an identical set of drives for backup. If the playback unit senses a problem, it switches to the mirror set. I know what all the "Die hards" say about the image and mainly agree, but the general public will accept what they see. TI had a standee by the entrance that said "See a movie, not the film". Anything else I can provide, let me know.
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Mike Blakesley
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From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 04-22-2000 01:12 PM
Paul's comment about the TI DLP standee got me thinking. I read in Film Journal about how when a film plays in two houses, one digital and one "film," the digital house has WAY more patronage. They are trumpeting this as an advantage of digital. Well, HELLO!! If you put up a big sign saying "see it in digital," OF COURSE the people are going to want to check that out, what with digital being the "buzz word" of the new millenium! What I'd like to see them do is go ahead and put in the digital machinery, but don't advertise it as such. Just let the word of mouth do the work. If it's really that much better, before long the people will start spreading the word "Make sure you see it in Theatre A, it has a lot clearer picture (or whatever) than Theatre B." I think if the test is done this way in a well-run theatre with otherwise identical auditoriums (sound, seating, etc) the "digital difference" will be a lot less than they say it is.
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