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Author Topic: Preview Projectors - what's currently in use? Dan Reiter Film Handler Posts: 74 From: Easton PA Registered: Jul 2002 posted 10-14-2009 09:55 AM                     I am wondering if it is possible to find out what theaters are currently using for preview and intermission projectors? Examples include the Christie Road Runners. Many Thanks and hoping you'll contribute. D  |  IP: Logged Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 10-14-2009 12:14 PM                     Sanyo beats them all. Their line is hell of a pre - e cinema projectors. Demetris  |  IP: Logged Dan Reiter Film Handler Posts: 74 From: Easton PA Registered: Jul 2002 posted 10-14-2009 12:54 PM                     Can you post the specific models used?  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-14-2009 03:44 PM                     I see a lot of PLV-70s and PLV-WF10s in the field. They are now replaced by PLV-80s and PLV-WF20s, respectively.  |  IP: Logged Tony Ratcliff Expert Film Handler Posts: 216 From: Madison, IN, USA Registered: Mar 2002 posted 10-14-2009 05:05 PM                     I've got a Sanyo PLV-WF20. It is awesome.  |  IP: Logged Victor Liorentas Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: london ontario canada Registered: May 2009 posted 10-14-2009 05:25 PM                     Infocus 777 3 chip dlp 720p! Excellent!  |  IP: Logged Patrick Watkinson Film Handler Posts: 19 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Registered: Mar 2007 posted 10-14-2009 11:28 PM                    Infocus 777's, I wouldn't call them excellent, but highdef quality is there. 250Watt bulb is nowhere near the brightness of a 4k xenon, and this is an ongoing problem for cineplex sites that use the preshow infocus projectors for their alternative programming content, specifically the MET opera. But for preshow adverts, does the job  |  IP: Logged Victor Liorentas Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: london ontario canada Registered: May 2009 posted 10-15-2009 09:52 AM                     They should not be using the 777 for anything other than preshow junk unless it is a very small screen! On a small screen the Kodak modified 777 is a bargain at well under 10 grand!  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-15-2009 09:54 AM                        Sanyo PLC-XF40  |  IP: Logged Patrick Watkinson Film Handler Posts: 19 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Registered: Mar 2007 posted 10-15-2009 11:56 PM                    quote: They should not be using the 777 for anything other than preshow junk unless it is a very small screen! On a small screen the Kodak modified 777 is a bargain at well under 10 grand! Actually they set the alternative programming on our two biggest screens 440seaters and the lens fits the entire screen. and the light intensity is crap as you would imagine. Then charge 26 bucks for a seat. not worth it, and then we get complaints that there’s no surround sound to an OPERA performance, wow amazing the headaches we have. I agree, we shouldn’t be using these for anything other than adverts. In our smaller rooms, the lenses are a bit smaller and don’t take up the entire screen at full zoom the 777's were around 15 grand when they first came out, not even 2 grand now to buy if im not mistaken.  |  IP: Logged

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