October 2009
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Picture sharpens for Digital Cinema rollout | Los... →
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Digital cinema still a work in progress |THR.com →
Executives ask ShowEast attendees to have patience
By Carl DiOrio Oct 27, 2009, 11:00 PM ET
ORLANDO — Execs seem almost embarrassed about the prospect of promising too much too soon regarding digital cinema. Too late. A decade into a planned industrywide conversion to digital projection, the effort remains a work in progress, with the protracted credit crunch reducing the rollout of...
Exhibitors look beyond the multiplex | variety.com →
New programming changes theater design plans
In the first week of October, Sony teamed up with movie theaters for a four-city tour that allowed gamers to play the new PlayStation3 title “Uncharted 2: Among Thieves” on the bigscreen.
Mike Fidler, senior vice president of Sony Electronics’ Digital Cinema Solution and Services Group, says the tour gave exhibitors the chance to...
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Stuart Brown says play is more than fun | Video on TED.com
The human hand, in manipulation of objects, is the hand in search of a brain. The brain is in search of a hand, and play is the medium by which those two are linked in the best way. —Stuart Brown
For Immediate Relief: Speaking Like a Human
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I will apologize in advance if either Ms. Farrelly or Mr. Marshall (the presumptive authors of this press release) is a friend, relative, or colleague of someone I know. And I say this not to hurt feelings. But, wow. This is just horribly written.
I mean, this is why I have no stick for people who whine about whether Strunk & White should...
Resul Pookutty: Changing The Sound Of Hindi Cinema... →
From ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ to Big Budget ‘Blue’
Up until about a dozen years ago, the idea and implementation of production sound recording was virtually non-existent in India. As a film school graduate from India’s Film School Institute in 1985—and with inspiration from Spielberg to Lucas—Resul Pookutty aspired to change all that. Riding the wave of the massive success from his work on 2008’s...
Blue Sky Introduces SAT 265 | abluesky.com →
Designed To Integrate Perfectly with Blue Sky’s New SUB 212 — To Provide A Stunningly Accurate & Engaging Full-Range Monitoring System World-renowned for their accurate, full-range sound, Blue Sky is pleased to introduce its newest critical listening component to its full line of monitoring solutions: the SAT 265 High Output Near-Field Active Studio monitor. Blue Sky’s fresh approach to...
Film glut may slow 3-D rollout | THR.com →
Titles prove lucrative, but more d-cinema theaters needed
The pace of digital cinema installation has accelerated this year, but 3-D cinema may suffer an exhibition bottleneck as more movies are produced in the new format. That was one of the messages delivered Saturday by Charlotte Jones, senior cinema analyst at Screen Digest, to a Pusan summit on the future of 3-D cinema. Jones said that...
3D TV: How Much Are Consumers Willing to Pay? | CE... →
Will 3D be affordable enough to get consumers to buy a new TV, Blu-ray player or gaming console?
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WatchPress:Here | Episode 30 “Dolby” Part 1
3D brings moviegoers back into the theater. Dolby senior vice president Ioan Allen explains the technology.
In part 2 Ioan Allen from Dolby talks about movie sound. Part 2 can be found by following this link »
Sony Global - Sony Develops High Frame Rate Single... →
- Captures natural and smooth, high quality 3D images at 240fps -
Tokyo, Japan, October 1, 2009 - Sony Corporation today announced the development of a single lens 3D camera technology capable of recording natural and smooth 3D images of even fast-moving subject matter such as sports, at 240fps (frames per second). This technology combines a newly developed optical system for single lens 3D...
