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CJ Tech: Phosphor vs RGB Laser Projection

CJ Tech: RGB Laser vs Phosphor Laser – Understanding the Difference

Back when xenon lamps ruled the booth, life had a certain rhythm to it. You’d climb the ladder, unscrew the lamp housing, feel the residual heat radiating through your gloves, and carefully extract a bulb that had given its last flicker somewhere during the third act. The replacement cost stung, the…

CineEurope 2022 - Trade Show Floor

CineEurope 2022: Wired for Sound

For those who attended this year, it’s safe to say that CineEurope 2022 was a great success. Attendance numbers were at least double that of the 2021 convention (itself a success in terms of ambience and getting the cinema community back together again) and there was a definite feeling that “cinema…

The Return of the Premium Moviegoing Experience: CJCinemaSummit Spotlights “Tenet” and IMAX

After more than five months of empty auditoriums and soundless popcorn machines, many movie theaters around the world have reopened their doors again in anticipation of Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet”. Despite a less-than-optimal global climate and several deferrals of the movie’s original release plan,…

CineTechGeek

CineTechGeek Video Blog Coverage of CinemaCon 2016 Now Online

CineTechGook James Gardiner shares his insights form CinemaCon and NAB in his latest round of video blog posts that explain the latest cinema tech trends.

Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime Announcement

The Force of Dolby Cinema

CJ Flynn goes behind the scenes at the AMC Dolby Cinema in Burbank to bring us his unparalleled analysis of the next generation movie-going experience.

China to Crack Down on Box Office Fraud

Chinese authorities are cracking down on box office fraud, with severe punishments for cinemas, ticket software vendors or apps caught siphoning off BO.

IBC Big Screen HDR 3

CJ @ IBC: HDR – From Zero to Infinity (Part 3)

This is a live transcript of the presentations made at this year’s IBC Big Screen conference strand held in Amsterdam in September. As such we sometimes paraphrase what is said on stage and any errors are most likely the fault of the note taking and not the speakers. 100% coherence is not poss…

Pete Lude, RealD, IBC 2015

CJ @ IBC: Immersive Cinema – Pictures

This is a live transcript of the presentations made at this year’s IBC Big Screen conference strand held in Amsterdam in September. As such we sometimes paraphrase what is said on stage and any errors are most likely the fault of the note taking and not the speakers. 100% coherence is not poss…

CineEurope Data Goldmine panel

CineEurope: Data – a New Goldmine?

This post is a transcription composed in real-time during one of the many seminars at CineEurope 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. As such we often paraphrase the presentations being given. The rise of smartphones and internet bookings has pushed cinemas into the digital age, perhaps even more so than the s…

Craig Shoulder

CineEurope: Interview With Christie’s Craig Sholder

In the run-up to CineEurope 2015 CJ is interviewing and profiling several leading companies, trade bodies and people to capture the mood of the cinema industry in Europe. Christie Digital wowed the audience at CinemaCon 2015 when their laser projector, developed jointly with Dolby, which was used to…