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Author Topic: Sony 4K in Toronto Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-11-2008 03:39 PM                     I've heard that the new AMC in Toronto will be all (or at least mostly?) D-cinema with Sony 4K projectors and Sony servers. I haven't seen or even heard of a Sony D-cinema server. Does anyone have any info? And why is AMC in love with Sony in general? Almost all the older "analog" AMC screens here have either DFP-3000 processors or Ultra Stereo processors and a DFP-2000. I think the four oversize screens in each complex now have SRD via a DA-20 (or via a CP650 or CP500 replacing the original processor) but the remaining screens are still Sony/USL.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-11-2008 04:13 PM                        Sony does have a computer division, but I think they are basically only for the consumer market -- laptops and desktops. From there it won't be a big leap to manufacture higher tech servers. They could sell their system to a bunch of theatres and after a few years, stop their support of them.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-11-2008 07:20 PM                     quote: Dave Macaulay And why is AMC in love with Sony in general? You don't think AMC actually paid for those Sony Projectors do ya??? Sony still owes AMC a great debt from the SDDS debacle. Mark  |  IP: Logged Nathan Tarpley Film Handler Posts: 12 From: Crystal Lake, IL Registered: Sep 2007 posted 03-17-2008 06:24 PM                    I think its silly to say that AMC is in love with Sony and therefore they are installing Sony projectors. Its hard to just ignore a technology that offers four times the resolution of DLP. At the least I give AMC credit for shooting higher than "good enough" (essentially HDTV resolution) for theatrical exhibition. (Insert 8 channel vs. 6 channel remark here.) It would be nice if TI developed a 4k DLP chip, but I realize that is little more than a pipe dream. Nathan  |  IP: Logged

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