ISDCF’s agenda this month focused on its goal of bringing SMPTE DCP to market. Preparations are underway for the upcoming Plugfest, scheduled for September 26 and 27. The Plugfests have been used to determine the readiness of both mastering software providers and of digital cinema playback systems for the
Archives for August 2011
Audio Processors
The cinema audio processor has changed dramatically with the introduction of digital cinema. With film, audio processors were necessarily complex. Over the years, they were required to support both magnetic and optical analog formats, with and without noise reduction, with and without matrix decoding, sometimes without the surround channel
RealD’s Rough Ride
Hollywood loves to step-and-repeat a popular story. The bump in ticket prices for 3-D has driven the production of 40 releases for 2011, and more for 2012. Likewise for exhibitors, 3-D has driven the adoption of digital projection, proving to be more of a driver for world-wide acceptance of
Other News
Marcus Theatres is on track to convert 630 of its 685 screens by the end of September, in a whirlwind 2-month rollout. NEC and Doremi are supplying projectors and IMB/servers. Ballantyne Strong is providing installation, maintenance, and NOC services. XPAND, Panasonic Corporation, Samsung Electronics, and Sony Corporation are collaborating as