The Projection Room

Technicolor 3D Installed at Bow Tie

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Bow Tie Cinemas in New York will install Technicolor's film-based 3D system in all Bow Tie locations on 25 of its 150 screens.  Technicolor 3D is a new 3D system for 35mm projectors that the company says enables exhibitors to equip theatres for high-quality 3D at a fraction of the cost of installing a digital 3D projection system.

Customer Care

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Kinoton Opens a New Technology Center for Service and Support

Kinoton has opened a new Technology Center just a few hundred meters from their head office near Munich, Germany. Modern technical equipment, state-of-the-art presentations technology and flexile seating enable versatile use. The new premises serve as training facilities, demo center and showroom. Besides this, they are perfectly suited for testing new projection and display technologies.

A Brighter Picture

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Ziegfeld Theatre Among First to Take Advantage of NEC Upgrade

New York’s Ziegfeld Theatre has upgraded its 3D capabilities with the installation of the new NEC NC2500S-A digital cinema projector. As Hollywood studios begin requiring a higher level of brightness for 3D movie releases, NEC says it is the only provider to offer all pre-existing customers this new feature in their current models with a simple upgrade. The upgrade was made in time for the opening of Disney’s latest 3D release Up.

Digital 3D: An Overview

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By Andrew Robinson
Managing Director
Harkness Screens

Digital projection has made single projector 3D solutions much cheaper and of a much higher quality than traditional film projector systems.  A single projector can be used.  All 3D systems rely on creating separate images for the right eye and left eye.  These are projected at very rapid rates, typically at 144 frames per second (called triple flash giving 72 images to each eye per second).  Different technologies are used to create the separate right eye and left eye image streams.

A First in Lithuania

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Kino Teatras Saulė is the Country’s First Theatre with Digital 3D

The Kino Teatras Saulė theatre in Šiauliai has become the first cinema in Lithuania to install a digital 3D system. Its first 3D presentation was Disney’s Bolt, which screened in late February.