Charles Papert |
October 18th, 2004 10:35 PM |
Well, I watched "The Final Cut" at the AMC Burbank 16 today.
As I understand it, the system in use for projection was intended as a replacement for the slides that are traditionally shown while the audience is seating, and not designed for theatrical presentations. I noted that the image quality during the pre-show ads was lacking in clarity and had clearly visible scan lines, stair-stepping in the graphics etc. I was more than a little shocked when the feature began and had the same image quality (or lack thereof). It really was sub-standard in many ways, and was a continual distraction to me. We were sitting towards the middle of the theatre, incidentally.
I now read that this system delivers less-than 2K resolution, meaning that it is delivering barely an HD-level signal to a 40 foot screen. Whatever the case, it was pretty awful looking.
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