Film doesnt "slip track" It is aligned via sprocket holes (4 per frame on 35mm) and a film gate. Sounds to me like one of the loops failed (there are 2) hense the noise and later melting. However this by no means would cause a 30 second cut. At absolute MOST you would need to take out 30 frames in this case. 30 frames is just over a second of screen time.
Acctually, by sitting two thirds of the distance from the screen to the back wall and slightly off center you can achieve the best audio response to the surround sound.
UHm No I designed these things for a living.
Although I strongly am unimpressed with digital there is something to say for no jitter as you called it and any good projectionist will not allow scratches and dirt on film.
BTW the best place to sit is dead center. this is not where i like but is best bc the sound system is designed for you to be there. trust me I used to install and set them up.
Nope. Not windoze embeded at all. Actualy the system that everyone is talking about was designed by DLP specificaly for this. Yeah it sux but it is better than windows.
Note: half of the projection system is still made by the crappiest projector company ever, Christie is their name. They suck
Couldnt have said it better myself. The DLP system is no match for film yet. Especialy for the rare and coveted IBDye system. If you read through the other posts on this you will see my long explination of why not to waste your time on it and why theatres arent wasting their money yet.
Actualy... I was a projection booth manager for many years of a 24 screen theatre and I would like to let everyine in on something. I have been to a show that demonstrated the digital systems and was realy let down. First off the reason that there are so few screens is 2 reasons. First being cost. A DLP / Christie system (the most known and comon) costs about 2 million dollars to get. Then the cost of keeping it is terrible also. It takes twice the light for a digital system to light a screen of the same size as it does for a regular film system. So the cost of regular running and Maint. is high. Second is the support. How many films have you heard of in this format? Exactly, few or none until now. And here is one more. It doesnt look nearly as good as people say. Compare it to a good quality 70 mm film and you may be suprised that the 70 will look better if the projectionists have any idea of what they are doing. I would sugest going to a theatre with a 70mm print with good digital sound and save the extra cash and probably the longer trip. Dont buy into the hype if you get close you can see the grain.
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MI2 was 7 reels. I built 4 prints of it. All in the right order though
Film doesnt "slip track" It is aligned via sprocket holes (4 per frame on 35mm) and a film gate. Sounds to me like one of the loops failed (there are 2) hense the noise and later melting. However this by no means would cause a 30 second cut. At absolute MOST you would need to take out 30 frames in this case. 30 frames is just over a second of screen time.
Acctually, by sitting two thirds of the distance from the screen to the back wall and slightly off center you can achieve the best audio response to the surround sound. UHm No I designed these things for a living.
Yes this is because Lord of the rings was printed on IBDye then transfered to digital for a few select places. IBD destroys digital
Although I strongly am unimpressed with digital there is something to say for no jitter as you called it and any good projectionist will not allow scratches and dirt on film.
BTW the best place to sit is dead center. this is not where i like but is best bc the sound system is designed for you to be there. trust me I used to install and set them up.
Nope. Not windoze embeded at all. Actualy the system that everyone is talking about was designed by DLP specificaly for this. Yeah it sux but it is better than windows. Note: half of the projection system is still made by the crappiest projector company ever, Christie is their name. They suck
Couldnt have said it better myself. The DLP system is no match for film yet. Especialy for the rare and coveted IBDye system. If you read through the other posts on this you will see my long explination of why not to waste your time on it and why theatres arent wasting their money yet.
Actualy... I was a projection booth manager for many years of a 24 screen theatre and I would like to let everyine in on something. I have been to a show that demonstrated the digital systems and was realy let down. First off the reason that there are so few screens is 2 reasons. First being cost. A DLP / Christie system (the most known and comon) costs about 2 million dollars to get. Then the cost of keeping it is terrible also. It takes twice the light for a digital system to light a screen of the same size as it does for a regular film system. So the cost of regular running and Maint. is high. Second is the support. How many films have you heard of in this format? Exactly, few or none until now. And here is one more. It doesnt look nearly as good as people say. Compare it to a good quality 70 mm film and you may be suprised that the 70 will look better if the projectionists have any idea of what they are doing. I would sugest going to a theatre with a 70mm print with good digital sound and save the extra cash and probably the longer trip. Dont buy into the hype if you get close you can see the grain.