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Posted by Martin Heffels on 12/05/05 08:41
On Sun, 4 Dec 2005 19:23:00 -0800, "Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xpr7t.net>
wrote:
>Last I heard, Hollywood was transfering all the old film
>content to high-res digital because the films are falling
>apart.
They also make transfers of their goodies to modern stock,
which does not fall apart.
>And releasing more and more new titles as digital
>because it is rapidly becoming cheaper than making
>thousands of copies of the 7-8 big heavy rolls of 35mm
>film.
Of course, that is a good thing, when the digital projectors
are getting better and better.
>As theatres switch to digital, in 10 years there will
>be many towns where no traditional projectors are left.
Maybe in the modern world. But there are countless countries
and small cinemas within modern worlds as well, who can not
afford a $100k+ digital projector. I reckon the distributors
will still run small batches of film just for them for a while
longer.
cheers
-martin-
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Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
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