With the closing of Kodak Digital Cinema, Hollywood studios are faced with the fact that 50% of the US deployment entities towards which they spent considerable legal resources have failed to produce the desired results. This includes deployment agreements signed with Dolby, Kodak, and Technicolor. Fortunately, Cinedigm, DCIP, and
Archives for November 2009
ISDCF Update
This month’s ISDCF meeting delved into a number of interesting topics. First was a review of progress towards the March demonstration of SMPTE DCP standards compliance. In discussing the readiness of products, the most significant report was that from TI. TI re-ordered its priorities, and will pursue the
SMPTE Update
SMPTE 21DC meets in December. Since the last meeting in September, significant work has been put into a solution for the TI Series 2 security messaging problem. A revision to SMPTE 430-6 Auditorium Security Message (ASM) has been drafted and will be proposed for ballot. For users of
Essay: Trusted Device List
The Trusted Device List continues to be one of the most misunderstood concepts in digital cinema. In a technology where a little bit of knowledge can be dangerous, the name invites misguided thoughts of centralized data and the means to block competition. This causes politicians to needlessly gravitate towards