Irish Cinema Set to Go Digital First

LocalisationDude writes "The BBC is reporting that Ireland will be the first country in the world to have their traditional 35mm film projectors replaced with digital projectors. An American company is installing digital projectors in 500 cinemas to replace the traditional film projectors. Cinemas using the technology will be able to download the latest releases to a computer server via satellite at a lower cost."

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low costs

[justforaday]

IIRC, the format that these systems use is based on WMP9. Who wants to bet that the distribution costs will remain low for the first year or two, and then suddenly begin increasing due to various MS licensing costs. Eventually, it will end up costing the theaters more than if they'd just stuck with 35mm...Just a hunch...