Fifteen years ago, the industry was concerned that emerging digital projection meet the quality level possible with film. Digital cameras could not capture an image close to the quality possible with film. Fast forward to today, and it’s not hard to find experts that say projection technology has further to go to match film. And
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Archives for December 2015
The Software Gap
Following the end of the boom for digital projection sales, this publication predicted a rise in software-based tools to more efficiently manage the lot. The small array of software-based Theater Management Systems, originally devised to manage VPFs more than cinemas, seemed ripe for improvement. Security key management is another area where improvement was predicted. Certainly
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Security Trumps All in Cinema
It may sound silly to talk about e-cinema vs d-cinema. E-cinema, or “electronic cinema,” is an old term generally applied to non-DCI digital cinema. The thrust and strength of the digital cinema would seem to have made e-cinema old hat. But there remain emerging markets where DCI digital cinema is not yet affordable. These markets
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