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Author Topic: Auditorium data Thomas Pitt Master Film Handler Posts: 266 From: Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: May 2007 posted 08-28-2007 03:22 PM                     I visted a Cineworld cinema today, and was surprised to see that each auditorium has its own 'fact sheet' displayed by the entrance door. To give you some idea of the information it shows, here's one from the auditorium I was in: Seats: 115 Leg Room: 1.2 metres Screen Size: 3.7 x 7.5 metres Speakers: JBLs on 6 channels Projector: Kineton FP40 Sound: Dolby Digital Infrared Sound: Available In my opinion that's a little excessive for a casual moviegoer, but for people in the know, it's quite interesting! All other cinemas I've been in don't give this information; the most they give is the sound system (Dolby, SDDS, DTS etc) and whether audio description headsets are available. How much information do you give patrons at your cinema?  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-28-2007 07:22 PM                        We don't have any signage about our equipment, except for a Dolby logo on the marquee. But, visitors to our website can find all of that information and more. Or they can just ask me when they go to a show, I'm nearly always there!  |  IP: Logged Cameron Glendinning Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 845 From: West Ryde, Sydney, NSW Australia Registered: Dec 2005 posted 08-29-2007 10:19 AM                     quote: Thomas Pitt Screen Size: 3.7 x 7.5 metres what ratio is that? 2.1 ?  |  IP: Logged Thomas Pitt Master Film Handler Posts: 266 From: Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: May 2007 posted 08-29-2007 03:12 PM                     This particular auditorium's screen had no masking. Flat films only take up the middle of the screen; scope films fill the screen (fixed height effectively) I'm guessing the 3.7 x 7.5 dimensions are for the full screen, i.e. scope format.  |  IP: Logged Chad M Calpito Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: San Diego, CA Registered: Apr 2006 posted 08-29-2007 03:33 PM                        In my location, we don't have any signage. If a customer wants to know, we can tell them.  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 08-29-2007 08:05 PM                     I haven't been to UGC/Cineworld Sheffield for a while. I loved those signs. Was that screen 1 (the smallest) you were in?  |  IP: Logged

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