Quadraphonic sound for music was failing big during the 1970’s, but Dolby created a niche for itself by applying it to cinema sound. It was at this time that Dolby began its long tradition of support for sound mixers, and training programs
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Archives for September 2012
The Rollout
In the US, the digital cinema rollout is wrapping up. Cinedigm, the first US deployment entity, and the second in the world only to Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (DCIP), has come to the end of its signup period for exhibitors. As
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Other News
Christie Digital demonstrated a 63,000 lumen laser-illuminated projector at IBC, allowing them to screen the movie Hugo in 3-D at 14 ft-L. The screen was a Harkness screen, 21.3M wide, with a gain of 1.0. Those who got close enough to
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