DCI is Fixing a Hole, where the rain was getting in. Higher Frame Rates (HFR) could be coming to a cinema near you – but will the movie? Object-Based Sound Update. Where are those experts when you need them? Subtitles are Getting Slippery as ISDCF pokes further. What ever happened to THX? The Digital Cinema
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Archives for September 2012
DCI Fixing A Hole
DCI issued 7 new “errata” end of August, bringing the count of errata against version 1.2 of its Digital Cinema Systems Specification to 96. As we explain with every new “errata” issued, many of the “corrections” may appear as downright changes. However, DCI members have entered into hundreds of
HFR Ready or Not
At the time of this writing, the number of high frame rate (HFR)-ready screens in the world can be counted on two hands. When asked for “how many are ready,” manufacturers point to a few test sites for their products. With Hobbit to be released end of November, and
Object-Based Sound Update
George Lucas once said that “sound is 50% of the moviegoing experience.” Even so, less than 50% of cinema technologists actually understand the technology of sound. The science of color, picture distribution, and image projection has captured the minds of far more technologists than a bunch of digital samples