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NEC Now Shipping NC3541L Cinema Projector; Exploring LED

by Chris Chinnock

At last year’s CinemaCon, Display Solutions of America, Inc. was showing a prototype of their new laser phosphor projector that also featured a red laser, which augments the blue lasers which provide blue light …

Lightspeed Design’s New 3D Modulator and More

by Chris Chinnock

Lightspeed Design has launched a new short throw DepthQ 3D modulator to sit in front of a cinema projector and create polarized left and right eye images. The CineBright Short Throw (CBST) is designed …

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IMax Upgrades Laser Projector

by Chris Chinnock

About two years ago, IMax launched a laser projector solution call GT that is a dual laser solution for the large screens in an IMax theater. At CinemaCon, they announced the next generation of …

IHS Markit Provides Data on Cinema Market

by Chris Chinnock

David Hancock, Director, Film and Cinema at IHS Markit provided some statistics on the state of the cinema industry at CinemaCon during the International Day presentations. His data was also sourced in some market …

Growing the Business: Joining Forces to Attract New Moviegoers

by Chris Chinnock

Speakers in this panel all emphasized the need to engaged with new partners to make the multiplex more interesting to consumers and to also connect better with consumers as well. “We think about cinema …

Tags:Big Data/AI| Cinema| CinemaCon 2018| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 17

Éclair Launches Hybrid Tone Mapping Approach

by Chris Chinnock

Éclair, which is part if the Ymagis Group, used CinemaCon 2018 to unveil a new Hybrid Tone Mapping (HTM) approach for creating an HDR cinema master and other deliverables including the SDR DCI version. …

Tags:Cinema| CinemaCon 2018| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 17

CJ 4DPLEX is Rock’n and Roll’n

by Chris Chinnock

Seoul-based CJ 4DPlex bills itself as “the world’s first 4D cinema company.” The idea is to renovate or create theaters that are more like theme park rides with options to watch major movies and …

Cinionic Shows HC Projector, Lobby AR and VR

by Chris Chinnock

Cinionic announced a new Smart Laser High Contrast (HC) projector series at CinemaCon that feature 4K resolution, a laser phosphor light source but lower lumen output compared to previous HC models in the Cinionic …

Cinionic Demos Awesome Light Steering Projector

by Chris Chinnock

The most impressive demo at this year’s CinemaCon was the light steering projector in a room marked “Vision 2020” in the Cinionic booth. This is still a prototype, but Cinionic is now seriously looking …

Cinionic New Name for Barco JV

by Chris Chinnock

Cinionic is the new name of the previously announced joint venture between Barco, Appotronics, China Film Co. and CITICPE. It was announced at CinemaCon 2018. The name is a combination of cinema and ionic, …

Christie is All-in on RGB Lasers for Cinema

by Chris Chinnock

Apologies – this article was missed in our production process and should have been in the Cinemacon pdf issue last week. At last year’s CinemaCon, Christie was showcasing its new RGB laser projector that …

Alternative Content Continues to Gain Ground

by Chris Chinnock

Nagra, a Kudelski Group company and a provider of digital content distribution and content protection, and the Cinema Buying Group – National Association of Theater Owners (NATO) have signed a definitive partnership agreement. Under …

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