GDC Technology announced that it will soon join the short list of digital cinema companies that have reached out to the US public market for money. In the 13-year history of elevating digital cinema from concept to reality, the two industry
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Archives for May 2013
Lasers and Strategies
For a replacement technology that has yet to illustrate that it’s viable, it seems that everyone is interested in building their own laser illuminator. Barco, Christie, NEC, and Sony have pursued laser illuminator demonstrations over the
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Baby Steps in South America
When first approached regarding virtual print fees for South America, the comment heard by the major studio execs was “what is taking these guys so long?” Referring, of course, to exhibitors in South America. That was 1 1/2 years ago. But
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3-D’s Move To Silver
Stereoscopic 3-D is not a perfect technology. Set aside the findings of experts indicating that somewhere between 2% and 12% of the population have difficulty viewing stereoscopic images. The mechanics of directing the left eye to see only
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ISDCF News
ISDCF held a Plugfest (early June) in its ongoing review of industry readiness for SMPTE DCP-packaged distributions. If the goal is to convince distributors that equipment in the field can play SMPTE DCP distributions as well as they can
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