I remember reading an article (I thought it was in Wired) a few years ago discussing an invention that was created to modify current projectors in such a way that it significantly improved picture quality, for a fraction of the cost of going digital. Some type of retrofit to the mechanism that moves the film in front of the lamp or something. The article claimed that the improvement was incredible, and yet the studios refused to even consider it, instead being bent on going digital. There was a bit of conspiracy theory tone to it, similar to stories we have always heard about automakers not wanting to switch to alternative fuel engines.
I can't for the life of me find anything regarding this.
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I remember reading an article (I thought it was in Wired) a few years ago discussing an invention that was created to modify current projectors in such a way that it significantly improved picture quality, for a fraction of the cost of going digital. Some type of retrofit to the mechanism that moves the film in front of the lamp or something. The article claimed that the improvement was incredible, and yet the studios refused to even consider it, instead being bent on going digital. There was a bit of conspiracy theory tone to it, similar to stories we have always heard about automakers not wanting to switch to alternative fuel engines. I can't for the life of me find anything regarding this.