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Topic: "New" releases on blu-ray for theatres?
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Paul H. Rayton
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 210
From: Los Angeles, CA , USA
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 08-01-2012 03:59 PM
Some distributors have already considered this situation, and Blu-ray (BD) seems to be available on **certain** titles, except probably not for major studio titles.
In fact, about a year ago, we even got a show in both BD and DCP modes. The BD of the show "Carlos" arrived in a typical Technicolor-orange Pelican box (from Technicolor). Smaller than a typical DCP hard drive case, it was of a size and shape specifically for transporting a BD (or DVD) disc, so somebody has clearly been thinking about such distribution.
The movie "Carlos", existed in two versions, long and short. We ran the DCP mode once or twice in our large (and DCP-capable) screen, and then the BD version(s) when it ran in our little (77-seat) screening room area.
I'd think that such BD distribution would arrive somewhat sooner for alternative and arthouse content, not so much for theatrical features, if only because of the fears of rampant piracy.
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Scott Norwood
Film God
Posts: 8146
From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 08-02-2012 02:12 PM
Depends on the quality of the Blu-Ray and the quality of the projector, scaler, lens, screen, and related equipment. With the right equipment and a good disk, it can look very good when it works. Unfortunately, it often doesn't.
Worse, the pixel dimensions for various formats are not standardized for BR, which means that each disk requires manually tweaking the image size and masking. If the theatre involved is at the very edge of the zoom range of the lens being used, it may not be possible to make the image fit the existing screen and masking.
As an example, I am presently involved with a theatre that is installing a (non-D-cinema) video projector and where the existing screen size (common-height) and throw distance put it right between lens sizes. With their setup, a 1.78:1 HD picture will fill the height of the screen properly, but a scope image will not. Short of buying two lenses, there is no good way to get around this without seriously compromising the picture quality of one or more formats. And I cannot reasonably ask them to buy a second $5k lens that might be used once or twice, ever (this is a performing-arts house; when they show classic movies, they will show 35mm...the video projector will be mostly for rentals and such).
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