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1931 Movie Palace, Meet 2010 Blu-ray!
There is something special about watching a digital movie in surround at a theater that existed before these technologies:
1. Wide Screen
2. Surround Sound
3. Digital Anything
Yup. I do not miss the projectionist hair wiggling on and off the screen. I don't feel nostalgic about a blotchy blurry picture with grain dancing all over. No matter how steady the camera the actual film reels always budged during playback and that icon on the upper right corner signifying a reel change has no more meaning.
Yes, gone is the hiss along with the crackle and pop of the analog audio and no more cut out problems.
I thought I was cheated at first when I noticed a Samsung Blu-ray player was up on screen. But then, 10 seconds after the new Star Trek began to run I was convinced the old fashioned projectors should only be used to play 1970's flicks and older. I do not think a rough picture is "apart of the experience" of newer movies. Last year my family and I watched Indiana Jones 4 at this same theater on film and I was disappointed with the quality of the film, the audio lacked and also cut out for a few minutes. The film was grainy and blurry and thought I enjoyed it more on my HDTV.
The digital projector system is set up at the edge of the balcony where the surround sound is, but all the regular projection equipment is in tact. This was Apart of a summer film festival and is a temporary set-up.
1931 Movie Palace, Meet 2010 Blu-ray!
There is something special about watching a digital movie in surround at a theater that existed before these technologies:
1. Wide Screen
2. Surround Sound
3. Digital Anything
Yup. I do not miss the projectionist hair wiggling on and off the screen. I don't feel nostalgic about a blotchy blurry picture with grain dancing all over. No matter how steady the camera the actual film reels always budged during playback and that icon on the upper right corner signifying a reel change has no more meaning.
Yes, gone is the hiss along with the crackle and pop of the analog audio and no more cut out problems.
I thought I was cheated at first when I noticed a Samsung Blu-ray player was up on screen. But then, 10 seconds after the new Star Trek began to run I was convinced the old fashioned projectors should only be used to play 1970's flicks and older. I do not think a rough picture is "apart of the experience" of newer movies. Last year my family and I watched Indiana Jones 4 at this same theater on film and I was disappointed with the quality of the film, the audio lacked and also cut out for a few minutes. The film was grainy and blurry and thought I enjoyed it more on my HDTV.
The digital projector system is set up at the edge of the balcony where the surround sound is, but all the regular projection equipment is in tact. This was Apart of a summer film festival and is a temporary set-up.