See the number I posted on Sunday about the multiplexing chain-
The project shell game gets a healthy angry response from readers, reviewers, and web cloud.
The problem is simple. -
You can call us fans. -
Paying for the basic level of the quality of a movie show that we haven't even come close to, AMC, Regal, as long as we keep buying popcorn and big bucket soda and keep them black, national entertainment really doesn't care.
Some readers have asked me if there is any way to find out in advance if they will use one of the supercharged Sony 4Ks to get into the theater instead of version 35mm or other digital projectors like Christie's, Barco or NEC.
This is a good question and the answer is that your local diversity wants to confuse you as much as possible.
You can judge by reading the subtitles that you bought a ticket for digital printing ---
There should be "D" or "Digital" after the title "--
But the subtitles don't tell you which theater the movie is in, let alone what kind of projector they're using.
I can almost guarantee that the children of the ticket machine don't know.
Update: Phoenix writer Brett Michelle told me, self
The service ticket booth in the lobby lists the name of the film and the theater nuimber.
This should be your first stop.
If the film was released at the largest theater in multiplex, the projector is definitely not Sony, but one of the other theaters. Why?
Because the Sony digital projector can only throw a large enough beam to effectively illuminate 44-
Dan Huerta from AMC told me the width of the foot screen.
Larger screens than this have to go with Christie, like the Lois Boston Public Theater or the 14 th theater of Barco, like the 12 th and 13 th theaters of regal Fenway.
This does not necessarily mean that you left the wrong 3D lens element in the 2D projection.
I have heard that while the 3D devices used by Christie's 4 k projectors are very easy to eliminate ---no double-
Secret Password like Sonys or "impossible task" countdown clock-
People on the projection booth still don't take the time to make adjustments.
This explains why the tree of life, which was shown last week at regular theater 14, did not look like 100%, even before the show
The show slide machine accidentally continued to play in the middle of the movie. (
What do you think we're facing here? )
For the record only, the Boston general Theatre uses Sony 4Ks at theaters 1, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16 and 18.
Christies are 2 and 14 years old, have a Christie at 14 years old, have a special Texas Instrument DLP projector at the 2 "IMAX" theater, and 35mm elsewhere.
But the whole place is going to be digital by mid-summer, and Sonys most of the time.
It is worth mentioning that I have heard that a theater in this place only shows 2D movies, so there is no problem with the 3D lens (
Because it will never be in place)is Theater 16.
It is not a coincidence that they will be there to show most of the films for critics.
Regale Fenway ball field, Sony in the theater month, bake 4 Ks month and will take, one month nec k theater month, the rest of the 35mm.
One thing my article didn't really deal with for space and focus reasons is the projector bulb issue.
This affects both 35mm projectors and numbers: theater managers save money by reducing the intensity of the bulb or allowing the bulb to exceed its optimal life span for a long time.
If you are watching a movie, the image is flashing-
Not a scene of campfire--
It has a projector bulb on its last leg.
I heard a frustrating low from a lot of readers
In many different types of theaters, the image of wattage is obvious, and this is not an isolated phenomenon.
So what can our consumers do?
In addition to staying at home, as one still cherishes big-screen movie (
Or its Asian ideal)
I have not accepted this option yet.
But many readers ask what might be the best way to deal with theater management when the presentation does not meet the requirements-
When the basic standard of proper lighting, focusing, taking and sound clarity is not met.
You can sit there like most people or you can start the hard trek and find a usher who will call a manager, let him see what's going on as you go back to the theater and wait, often in vain to improve the situation.
If the movie doesn't improve, you're less than half an hour away and you can go and get your money back.
At this point, the theater management will give you a free pass for another movie to try to appease you.
It doesn't matter to them as it guarantees you will come back for more discounted junk food, the only profitable place in the theater.
Don't give them.
If the projection is really unqualified, stick to the big and detailed refund of your money in full and put it on the tree as much as possible.
It's not exactly how you want to spend your Saturday night, but the fact is that people running movie chains are counting on our passive acceptance and the only way to change it is that we actively fight back. (
If you would like to write to them, please click on the customer service contact information link for AMC, Regal and national entertainment. )