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Irish Movie Theatres Go Digital

Posted by timothy on from the no-snakes-and-no-film dept.

Draoi writes "ElectricNews is reporting that Irish movie theatres are to be the first in the world to switch from old 35mm media to a completely digital format. New movies are to be delivered via satellite which, I'm sure, will bring up security issues of its own."

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  1. Wonderful by KennyMillar · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Oh great. Here comes an era of pixelated movies, snatchy sound and 'soory this movie cannot be shwona t this time due to a technical problem'.

  2. Yet another digital movie theater by Mad+Hamster · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I believe the Imperial cinema in Copenhagen started showing digital movies in the fall of 2004. The first movie shown this way was 'I, Robot'. Disclaimer: No plug here, just posting for the record.

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  3. same technology as Satellite TVs? by krunk4ever · · Score: 2, Interesting

    i wonder if it's using the same technology as Satellite TVs where theaters each get a card and which decodes the satellite transmission. Since it's only a receiver, there's no way to detect who else might be using the same card to receive it. guess it's time to get some connections with Irish theaters and start learning Irish.

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