The National Association of Theater Owners has announced plans to petition the FCC for permission to jam cell phones to “block rude behaviour” – just as the French have already done. The Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA), a Washington-based cell phone lobby group, is protesting the action saying it would fight any move to block cell phone signals.
Speaking of theatres, Kodak Digital Cinema and REAL D announced today that the companies have formed a strategic alliance to roll out digital 3 D cinema throughout Australia.Installation of digital 3-D cinema systems will be complete in time for the country’s upcoming premiere of Disney’s “Chicken Little” in 3-D starting January 1, 2006. “3-D, at the moment, is driving the bus on this digital rollout,” said Michael V. Lewis, chairman of Real D, a Beverly Hills optics company that developed the equipment and eyewear to bring “Chicken Little” to theaters in 3-D. “Polar Express” earned roughly 10 times as much in Imax 3-D as it did in 2-D, a big catalyst, for digital cinemas.
REAL D Cinema is the entertainment industry’s preferred standard for the delivery of premium 3-D cinema experiences and is the exclusive provider of Disney’s ‘Chicken Little’ in 3-D. REAL D Cinema systems are comprised of several components, including a specially-treated movie screen; REAL D Cinema glasses; and, a REAL D Cinema Z-Screen lens that mounts in front of the digital projector, enabling the projector to show 3-D.Real D uses a single projector, but because the projector is digital, it can project images far faster than 24 frames per second. “Chicken Little” will be shown at 144 frames per second, alternating left- and right-eye images faster than the eye can detect.
The Infocus DepthQ DLP projector ($4000) is only SVGA (800×600) but can processes up to 120 frames per second for flicker-free 3D. The DepthQ Server is available in two configurations: Standard Definition (up to 800 x 600 per eye) for $399.00, and High Definition (up to 1920 x 1080 per eye and beyond).
Competitors In-Three and NuVision use standard screens but require costly electronic eyeglasses. iMax 3D needs 70mm film and special screens. Real D charges at least $50,000 upfront for each theater, and $25,000 a year. The total cost for a theatre to upgrade to in-three’s 3D is approximately $130,000 dollars, while the least expensive large-format (15-perf/70mm) projection system is over a million.Christie Digital Systems, a maker of digital projectors, and Access Integrated Technology (AIX), which provides software and digital-cinema services, announced plans to bring digital cinema to 2,500 screens in the U.S. within two years. DLP-Cinema Projectors are used by The Walt Disney Company, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment and most recently DreamWorks SK.
The IMAX 3D projector simultaneously projects two strips of 15/70 film, one for each eye, onto a special silver IMAX 3D screen. Each member of the audience must wear IMAX 3D glasses, which channel the right-eye image to the right eye and the left-eye image to the left eye.
Some IMAX theatres use P3D glasses, which have polarized lenses that separate the left- and right- eye images. Other theatres use E3D glasses, which utilize electronic liquid crystal shutter technology. The 15/70 film format used by IMAX is ten times larger than a conventional 35mm film and three times larger than a standard 70mm film.Mark Cuban who owns HD Net is apparently planning a digital cinema distribution system for his Landmark Theater chain using a new Sony High Def projector.
The Sony/Quvis SXRD 4K Digital Cinema Projector features a 4096 x 2160 pixel resolution which is four times the pixel count of current HDTV displays. The QuVIS high def server, which feeds the Sony projector, can show 3D content by generating dual streams from a single server. Sony plans to begin producing 100 SXRD projectors per month by January.
“The stars are aligning for Digital Projection in a way that they have never aligned before,” says John Fithian, president of the National Association of Theater Owners, the Washington, D.C. lobby, representing the owners of 26,000 movie screens.
The next two weeks are make or break for movie companies. Perhaps 3D microtheatres, backboned by satellite from independent distributors, will become a new reality, fusing coffee shops, remote offices and community centers.
The WORLDSCREEN consortium is using layered scheme data compression (LSC) algorithms, while at the same time preserving the highest quality possible.
Demonstration of trans-Pacific, real-time 4K streaming media linked the University of California, San Diego and Keio University in Tokyo via 15,000 kilometers (roughly 9,000 miles) of gigabit Internet Protocol (IP) optical-fiber networks this fall. iGrid 2005, was a workshop and symposium that brings together the world’s leading experts in grid computing and high-bandwidth networking.Launched in March 1999, HBO HD was the first high-definition pay channel. HDNet, the first all high-definition television network, and HDNet Movies, also rely on Galaxy 13 to broadcast HD programming to U.S. cable operators. The NFL Network High Definition, Fox Sports Net HD, Cinemax, TNT, Starz HD, Encore and Wealth TV are all part of Galaxy 13’s HD neighborhood.
Maybe that’s what Portland’s (non-existant) SeaLab needs. Gigapixel Imaging. Siggraph Exhibitors have all the goodies. DailyWireless related stories include iGrid 2005, 360 Degree Surveillence and How To Spend Your Homeland Security Check.
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