With the eventual introduction of the TI Series 2 projector comes a security issue that must be dealt with. TI diligently followed the DCI specification in its Series 2 design, choosing a security topology that involves two security devices, or SPBs (Secure Processing Blocks), within the body of the projector.
Archives for May 2009
ISDCF
ISDCF is getting some meat on its plate. Accessibility, TDL management, open management of keys and certificates in theatres using the CCM (cinema control message), and discontent over DCI’s mucking with its spec and test plan, all will be topics at ISCDF’s largest meeting ever on June 4. NATO
IMAX
IMAX was roasted online by comedian Aziz Ansari, who went to the AMC Burbank IMAX theatre to see Star Trek, only to learn after he entered the auditorium that this wasn’t the IMAX he knew. Disappointed with the small size of the screen, which, by his description, was barely larger
NCM and Screenvision
NCM publicly proclaimed its interest in purchasing Screenvision in USA Today. NCM previously gained Screenvision’s anchor account, Loew’s Cineplex, following Loew’s purchase by AMC in 2006. It’s not clear that this is a good fit for NCM, nor a good thing for US cinema in general. Screenvision’s screens,