posted 06-25-1999 01:07 AM                    

I'LL choose film any day over video.

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posted 11-22-2004 01:26 PM                       

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ORLANDO, FLORIDA, (October 22, 2004) - Eastman Kodak Company announced today at the annual ShowEast Conference that the company is taking a major step forward in its goal of making high-quality digital cinema available for motion picture exhibitors around the world. The company is demonstrating the Kodak Digital Cinema Solution for Feature Presentations, a bundled package of hardware, software, and support services.


Kodak CineServer
The core of the package is a unique Kodak CineServer, which includes proprietary color technology and image science to deliver high-quality images to the cinema screen. The full solution includes preparation and distribution of content and technical support.

"This is a significant step in our continuing commitment to help assure the evolution of digital cinema in ways that best serve the interests of exhibitors, studios, the creative community and the movie-going public," said Bill Doeren, general manager of Kodak Digital Cinema.

Doeren emphasized that Kodak sees digital cinema as a whole new process that involves the preparation, distribution, and display of movies in a new way.

"Our approach," said Doeren, "is to offer a menu of choices to help simplify complexity, to provide the solutions they need to 'go digital' when they're ready, and to assure them of the quality and attention they expect when working with Kodak."

Kodak services include preparation of the Digital Source Master files by LaserPacific, a Kodak company. LaserPacific provides complete digital postproduction services, including digital intermediates, encryption, compression, and encoding in digital cinema color space, all designed to enable audiences to experience movies they way the filmmakers intended.

The digital content is transferred to a hard disk drive or DVD-ROM, which are distributed to cinemas. The disks are loaded into the Kodak CineServer, which decrypts and decompresses the movie and sends it to a cinema-grade digital projector to play on the theatre screen.

Customers can choose the projector brand and quality level to best meet their current needs. The Kodak server is compatible with projectors up to and including those with 2K resolution.

"The Kodak CineServer supports MPEG2 encoded video today and we're committed to raising the quality bar by offering JPEG2000 tomorrow," Doeren said. "We intend to be compatible with all industry standards as they evolve."

All components can be connected to the Kodak network, which serves as a vital communications link and adds effectiveness and efficiency to the entire process.

Kodak's Digital Cinema Services uses the network to provide the security keys, which protect against movie piracy. Kodak also monitors the health and performance of system components, and verifies that all content has been received and plays as scheduled.

The in-cinema network includes a Kodak Content Manager which handles all scheduling via its interface to the ticketing system - so movies play on the screens where they're booked. The Kodak CineServers are networked to the theatre's automation system, which controls curtains, lighting, and projector start.

As part of Kodak's approach, the company also can handle all aspects of project management, including training staffs in their new capabilities.

Doeren emphasized that Kodak is making a long-term commitment to continued advancements in digital cinema.

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But we're happy to sell FILM too!