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Posted by Fred C. Dobbs on 10/24/05 23:01
On 23 Oct 2005 22:22:18 -0700, "Jordan" <lundj@earthlink.net> wrote:
>I sat down this week-end and watched Batman Begins and was struck,
>immediately, at how much clearer it looks on DVD at home than it did in
>the theater. I don't have a AAA home theater set-up, but I have a nice
>51" rear projection 16:9 set and Dolby Digital/DTS 6.1 surround.
>
>I remember thinking when I saw it in the theater that it was a little
>blurry, a little grainy, kind of hard to follow the action. I said to
>myself back then "I wonder what it's going to look like on DVD?"
>
>Turns out it kicks ass on DVD. Has anyone else had this experence? I
>first noticed it back when the Brendan Frasier version of the Mummy
>came out. I used to blame it on the projectionist (or lack of a trained
>one), but now I'm not so sure.
>
>- Jordan
I noticed as I read down most of this thread that there were no
complaints about theaters that do not project Film but project digital
images from what I presume is some sort of DLP. Back in the mid
1990's I had a had heard that the some of the multiplex chains were
installing some type of Digital Satellite receiver and recorder
(optical Disc was the term I think) . That the movies in the future
were to be downloaded from Satellite and that if a movie had to be
changed for any reason it could be re-edited and over night the new
version could be distributed to all the theaters.
When I was younger I used to see trucks delver the film to the
theaters in cans that the reels of the movies were transported in.
I do not see that now. I do live in a Major metropolitan area with
Many Many theaters.
The last few movies I have seen at an actual theater were in some of
the brand new multiplex theaters that been built in the last 5 years.
The Movies have were not properly masked so we were treated to what
is called "Dot Crawl" at the bottom of the screen as well as some
Macroblocking mysterious green lines and a Washed out look, all of
which I have seen before on improperly set up TV's and Monitors.
The last movie I saw at a Theater was War of the Worlds and that again
was not a projected Film but some sort of DLP. The picture quality at
that theater was pretty good so I will be interested in the DVD
version to see how it compares.
Just my 2 cents worth FWIW
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