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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. via satellite by D4MO · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And what's wrong with BitTorrent?

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