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Topic: Broadway Play - Jekyl and Hyde on DLP
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Paul Konen
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 981
From: Frisco, TX. (North of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 02-26-2001 10:09 AM
Cinemark Legacy will be having 2 shows of the Broadway Play on March 10 at 7 and 10 pm.The show will be projected using the DLP projector. I am not sure of the input source at this point but they ran a test a couple of months ago using a HD playback unit at 720 (Unit Of Measurement?) I will post whatever info I can as it becomes available. Paul.
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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 02-27-2001 03:59 PM
Trevor: Is the pay-per-view event available as HDTV off satellite? AFAIK, cable companies still aren't carrying HD signals.As you note, it will be interesting when theatres are showing the same HD video material that is available on satellite or cable for home "theatres".  To prosper, theatres must provide better image and sound quality than any "home theatre". ------------------
John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion
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Trevor Bailey
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 113
From: Woonsocket, RI
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 03-01-2001 04:10 PM
John,This particular flyer didn't make any reference to HDTV. This was an AT&T cable insert ("What's on PPV this month!"). I certainly hope that theaters will make an effort to outperform "home theaters". A 40ft wide video game is interesting...but can it actually be used as a business model? I know that some exhibitors are looking at digital projection as an additional revenue stream for conferences, parties, and advertising and I can understand that. But, once it becomes nothing more than "Pay-per-view WWF at a theater near you", we'll all be losing what makes "going to a movie" special.
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Paul Konen
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 981
From: Frisco, TX. (North of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 03-06-2001 08:49 AM
Here is the text of a flyer that is being handed out.--------- Presented in BroadwayDigital(tm) High Definition and 5.1 BroadwaySurround(tm) sound. Your local movie house becomnes the Great White Way! Broadway Cinema(tm) launches with the premier of Jekyll & Hyde:The Musical in a spectacular high definition display of brillant color, astonishing detail and lush surround sound. A truly unique entertainment experience! Be the first to witness the thrill of seeing musicals, Direct from Broadway(tm), via cutting edge digital technology that is currently available at selected digital cinema theatres across the country. Broadway Television Network(tm) captured this gothic tale of love, lust, madness and murder live-in-performance on Broadway, utilizing 10 high definition camers and more than 70 surround sound microphones. Television superstar David Hasselhoff performs the dual title roles in a presentation that will electrify audiences in ways not even experienced on Broadway! For one night only, the Broadway Cinema(tm) presentation of this international smash hit musical is available to you. It's a theatrical experience you'll never forget! Presented by:
Broadway Television Network
Dallas Summer Musicals ------ I will try to get information tonight (3/6/2001) as it is ready on our player and we open Blow Dry tomorrow so I can watch a bit of the play. Paul.
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George Roher
Master Film Handler
Posts: 266
From: Washington DC
Registered: Jul 99
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posted 03-06-2001 03:08 PM
This still amounts to paying $20 to sit in a regular movie theatre for two hours. It's not 70mm or Cinerama. It's not even a special 35mm event with the director and cast present. I'd say it's a major rip off. Even if it was a decent 35mm print, it would still be a rip off. And if I understand correctly, the picture quality won't even be the best DLP is capable of. Paul, what is the aspect ratio of this presentation?
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