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4K projectors coming to the home already

No sooner has Sony not succeeded in making the SXRD 4K the preferred projector standard for cinemas (unless you count Muvico and Norway) then Japanese rival JVC launches a 4Kx2K projector for the home at the CEATEC trade show in Japan: Victor Company of Japan Ltd. exhibited a projector with the disp…

What’s that sound? It’s the sound of problems with alternative content audio

A good article in Variety takes alternative content music events and cinema design to task for not being perfectly suited for each other. Particularly older cinemas might have to upgrade both the audio systems and the sound proofing to properly play alternative content music concerts such as the upc…

Urban drive-in cinema; room for one car

OK, so it may not be a real drive-in cinema, but this fake drive in cinema in New York, complete with a vintage car, gets our love an admiration. At the price of $75 for six people, it is definitely something I would try if I was in the Big Apple. From the Grand OpeningRead More

Challengers to take on RealD’s 3D dominance

As the digital 3D release of ‘Beowulf‘ gathers steam, challengers see it as the right time to challenge the hegemony of RealD when it comes to providing in-cinema stereoscopic solutions. A Marcus Theatres in Wisconsin is one of the first ones to install the Dolby 3D system, though intere…

Paramount Signs Up To Arts Alliance’s VPF Deal

Paramount has become the third Hollywood studio to sign on to the European VPF plan proposed by Arts Alliance Media. The press release comes just in time for ShowEast. From the press release we learn that: AAM is the only studio-backed digital cinema integrator in Europe. In June 2007, AAM signed Eu…

Regal Q2: BO OK, D-Cine and 3D Plans On Track

Regal Cinemas’ transcript of their Second Quarter Earnings conference call provides some interesting insights into their road map for digital cinema and particularly for digital 3D. Overall BO is up slightly, mainly on the back of the billion dollars earnings from the trinity of threequels tha…

Cineworld Goes 3D with Real D

Cineworld Group PLC announced on Tuesday that it has signed a deal with Real D and that the 3D technology will initially be deployed in 30 of its 72 theater locations, starting with the November 16th release of ‘Beowulf‘. In their press release announcing the agreement, Cineworld also hi…

Larry Jacobson To Join Digiserve

Industry veteran Larry Jacobson is joining Digiserve as President this month, leaving Kansas and his role as President of the Entertainment Division of where-are-they-now server manufacturer QuVIS. For those of you who have not heard of Digiserve (full name: Digital Entertainment Services, LLC.) the…

Never coming to a big screen near you

A fascinating look in this New York Times magazine article (‘The New B-Movie‘) about straight-to-DVD films trying to ride on the coat tails of big Hollywood releases – and succeeding! The IMBD page for ‘Transmorphers’ is hilarious. Plot keywords are: ‘Lesbian / Ma…

Only Eat Popcorn In The Cinema!

Don’t eat popcorn at home, it might kill you! Better to eat your price-and-volume inflated corn kernels at your local ‘plex. At least according to this article in the Washington Post (‘Popcorn Concerns Put Work Safety Back on Agenda‘), which tells us that microwave home popco…

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