Posted by Stewart Pinkerton on 10/12/05 05:44

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:36:48 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
<dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:

>In article <hd0ok1djuajjtuukajtopu9tusvr20s3i0@4ax.com>,
> Stewart Pinkerton <patent3@dircon.co.uk> wrote:
>> >It would require an *incredibly* tatty 35mm film projector to give
>> >results in a cinema as soft as PAL at its best. And I doubt such a
>> >beast was ever used in UK mainstream cinemas. Of course if the lenses
>> >etc were filthy and it wasn't focused correctly...
>
>> Actually they were. I first saw 'The Elephant Man' in a video-based
>> multi-screen cinema in Dunfermline, Fife (one video screen, two film
>> screens). Yup, the picture was pretty shoddy, and the cinema itself
>> somewhat smaller than many of the 'Home Theatres' we now see in the AV
>> magazines. That would have been way back in the mid-eighties.
>
>'Back street' cinemas used 16mm before video projection arrived. As I
>said, 35mm prints cost. And 16mm is pretty close to PAL type resolution at
>worst.

This wasn't a 'back street' cinema, it was touting the video screen as
the latest in 'cutting edge' technology. However, the reality was
decidedly poorer than 35mm film.

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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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