The drive-in at Autocine Madrid Race, reported to be Europe’s biggest drive-in, features a giant 250m² screen powered by a Christie CP2230 projector. The Autocine Madrid Race, opened on 24th February with the screening of the musical Grease.
The founding partner of the newly opened drive-in, Javier F Espejo, explained that the ideal projector for the drive-in was no easy task with the projector cabin being 110 metres away, coupled with the light contamination of the city of Madrid. After a study of the available projectors, the Christie CP2230 was chosen. The setup was carried out by Técnica Cinematográfica Loza, with the support of Kelonik.
The CP2230 has a 6000W lamp and gives out 33,000 lumens and comes with 2K resolution, which is upgradeable to 4K. The projector is fed from a Dolby DCP-2K4 server with 6 TBytes for storing content. The sound for the films is relayed on FM to the radios in the cars.
A simulation of the Autocine Madrid (unless they found a lot of old american cars!)
