RealD has probably had too much news lately. It’s stock is at an all-time low. It’s CFO sold off the majority of his stock (for personal reasons). Its Chief Scientist, Matt Cowan, left. And at ShowEast, Joe Peixoto, its President of Cinema, announced his pending retirement.
Archives for October 2013
Don’t Lose The Unique Motion Picture Workflow
As the concepts behind digital cinema first began to gel in the early 2000’s, there were two camps: those who wanted cinema to adopt existing consumer content technologies, and those who saw value in maintaining a unique cinema medium. No effort was more visible than that of using MPEG
The Laser Learning Curve
Laser projectors made news this month, both at ShowEast and in Los Angeles. This is one of those areas where the more one learns, the less one seems to know. Regulatory bans are a major hurdle for laser illumination in cinemas. In a report given at ShowEast, Bill Beck, chair
Would Someone Speak Up About Where Immersive Sound Is Going?
ShowEast provided the expected sideshow of immersive sound format wars. DTS was not present to promote its MDA format, not surprisingly. The sole flag bearer on the trade show floor for MDA was QSC, a company known for amps and speakers. Barco and Dolby each held in-theater demonstrations