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Irish Cinema Set to Go Digital First

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the and-they-don't-need-to-ship-their-single-malts dept.

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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  1. Re:Piracy boom? by justforaday · · Score: 5, Informative

    The average person can't tell the difference between 35mm and digital projection.

    You certainly can! For starters, the image doesn't have any scratches or floaters on it. It also doesn't jitter around or flicker like film. Oh, and the colors tend to be considerably brighter. The downside is that when the screen goes totally black, it's actually a very dark grey (more of an illuminated black).

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