Movie Theater PJ's

gadgtfreek

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Been curious for awhile, just never asked:

• What actual rez do they display at? Are they 24hz?
• Are they professionally calibrated?
• I see everyone is advertising "digital" and "dlp" now. Why dont folks see rainbows?
• What do they cost?

 

dfergie

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I have 2 - 720p & 1 1080p FPTV's here is a review of the successor to my HC3800
Mitsubishi HC4000 Home Theater Projector Review

I'm lucky and do not see rainbows as all of my Mitsubishi's are dlp's,
I started with an infocus X1 almost 10 years ago... all my serious tv that is not 3D is watched on one of the FPTV's...

 

gadgtfreek

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Seems that 3chip DLP's are immune to th rainbow, it's the color wheel units that have issues.

 

mike123abc

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Digital cinema - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Essentially they use 2048x1080 (vs 1920x1080 home) and some theaters now use 4096x2160. They mostly use 24FPS but can do 48.

 

gadgtfreek

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Cool, thanks.

 

dfergie

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Sorry missed the part about movie theaters

 

gadgtfreek

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Haha, still good info. Ive done a bit of reading today, and found that stuff mike posted. It's sad really, because these newer DLP/Real 3D PJ's in theaters are very nice, and calibrated, plus they display a proper frame rate. Probably the best and one of the most accurate ways to watch a movie, except for the phones and people that cannot shutup.

I was just curious because my wife and I are going to give the weekly movie another shot, with HP DH Pt 2 tonight, and Captain America next weekend. I enjoyed Bayformers 3 3D, so hopefully it will continue. We used to hit the local cinema once a week every week just about, but quit. When I can (working today), Ive found noon on Sunday to be the best non A-Hole time

 

dfergie

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Been thinking about hitting the local myself, but keep finding other things to do...

 

gadgtfreek

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We are beached out, football is starting soon (College), will be something to get into on Sundays

 

mike123abc

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Another thing theaters get 12 bits/color (vs 8 on Blu-ray) and 250mbit/sec (vs 50 peak on Blu-Ray).