The world’s cinemas appear to be moving at a fast pace to replace film projectors with digital. The rash of new VPF deals require exhibitors to roll-out quickly to gain maximum subsidy benefits. But we shouldn’t forget that we’re in the late adopter stage, and late adopters pose a
Archives for August 2012
The Media Block
DCI-compliant integrated media blocks designed for TI projectors are rapidly entering the marketplace. Doremi was the first, then GDC, and now media blocks from Christie and Dolby (USL) are approved. It took years for stand-alone servers to pass the DCI compliance test plan, but it appears to be taking
Is Cinema-In-A-Box Dead?
Once upon a time, this publication promoted the idea of “cinema-in-a-box.” The concept was simple. Hardware vendors would focus on manufacturing hardware, and software vendors would build out integrated product lines providing an array of services that benefit exhibitors. That array of services would start with the Screen
Other News
High frame rate pioneer Doug Trumbull will be the keynote speaker at SMPTE’s Symposium on High Frame Rates, to be held October 21 in Hollywood. Dolby’s Cat. No. 745 Integrated Media Block (IMB) passed DCI compliance testing. Kudos go to USL, the developer of the media block, who scored the DCI