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Movie Theatres Will Fry Us All With Infrared To Stop Pirates
10:46PM Mark Wilson | You can’t shoot a film pirate with bullets, but IR light is just fine. More »
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The Seven IMAX Wonders of the World
9:15AM Dan Nosowitz | Far from your local cineplex’s marginally enhanced “IMAX Experience,” these seven theatres are the best, the biggest, and the craziest thunderdomes IMAX has to offer.
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Why We Need IMAX: A Pilgrimage to the Mothership
2:00AM Mark Wilson | In my lifetime, a mobile phone will beam 20 megapixel images right into my brain while transmitting to a surround sound track that requires no speakers. But until that day comes, IMAX is our best bet.
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Giz Explains: What’s So Great About LED-Backlit LCDs
5:20AM Matt Buchanan | LED-backlit LCDs are where TV’s future and present meet—they’re the best LCDs you’ve ever seen, but they’re not as stunning as OLED displays, which will one day dominate all. They’re not cheap, but they’re not ludicrous either. Most importantly, they’re actually here. More »
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Cineplexes Getting IMAX, But Is It IMAX or CONSPIRACY?
5:00AM Mark Wilson | You’ve probably seen the new phenomenon with your own eyes: A cineplex IMAX that doesn’t have the monster screen you grew up with in science-museum IMAX theatres. Here’s the what, the how and the why. AU: Hoyts in Australia have done the same thing, if you remember… More »
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11:30AM Nick Broughall | Sure – it’s not a dedicated app for your iPhone, but reader Jacob has pointed out that the Greater Union mobile site lets you check movie timetables, order tickets and reserve seating all from your mobile phone. More »
Mobile Cinema Sites Lets You Book Movie Tickets From Your Phone
11:30AM Nick Broughall | Sure – it’s not a dedicated app for your iPhone, but reader Jacob has pointed out that the Greater Union mobile site lets you check movie timetables, order tickets and reserve seating all from your mobile phone. More »
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3:30PM Nick Broughall | There may not be any mention of it anywhere on the official site (or anywhere else, for that matter), but what’s the bet that Hoyts’ decision to upgrade three of its cinemas to play back IMAX-quality film was partially inspired by the success of The Dark Knight’s IMAX scenes? I mean, come on – one of the biggest films ever made uses IMAX cameras and then six months later Hoyts are making over their cinemas? It can’t be a coincidence.
The three cinemas getting made over for IMAX goodness – Entertainment Quarter at Fox Studios in Sydney, Highpoint in Melbourne and Carousel in Perth – will all be bringing the IMAX experience on Boxing Day with the release of Keanu Reeves’ latest, The Day the Earth Stood Still. On top of that, the Hoyts cinemas will be showing typical IMAX documentaries, plus a selection of 3D entertainment, complete with stupid glasses.
But if they really want to show off, they’ll show The Dark Knight again…
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Hoyts Bringing IMAX To Its Theatres
3:30PM Nick Broughall | There may not be any mention of it anywhere on the official site (or anywhere else, for that matter), but what’s the bet that Hoyts’ decision to upgrade three of its cinemas to play back IMAX-quality film was partially inspired by the success of The Dark Knight’s IMAX scenes? I mean, come on – one of the biggest films ever made uses IMAX cameras and then six months later Hoyts are making over their cinemas? It can’t be a coincidence.
The three cinemas getting made over for IMAX goodness – Entertainment Quarter at Fox Studios in Sydney, Highpoint in Melbourne and Carousel in Perth – will all be bringing the IMAX experience on Boxing Day with the release of Keanu Reeves’ latest, The Day the Earth Stood Still. On top of that, the Hoyts cinemas will be showing typical IMAX documentaries, plus a selection of 3D entertainment, complete with stupid glasses.
But if they really want to show off, they’ll show The Dark Knight again…
[Hoyts] More »
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New Laser Cinema Projectors Offer Superior Picture Quality, Increased Pew Pew Factor
1:05PM Adrian Covert | The Economist has a great piece about researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a digital cinema projector that uses lasers as the main display technology. In doing so, these projectors are able to display a staggering 80 percent of the colour range visible to the human eye. Previously, the 60 percent range that 35mm film offered was considered the benchmark for other projectors and displays to measure themselves up against. More »
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