The Earth in HD
April 29th 2008 11:12
Bob's trip
It's time for another trip. This time to Budapest's new Dolby Digital 3D screen in Corvin Film Theatre, an illustrous and so to say historic theatre.
The theatre itself has been renovated circa 15 years ago, and since then it's one of the few remaining stand alone movie theatres with multiple screens in the city. It's management: Budapest Film made an investment recently, with upgrading one of it's screens to Dolby Digital 3D. What more do I need? I headed immediately to a press screening of Earth the motion picture child of the BBC TV series Planet Earth.
Although it was in 2D, a quick check on a HD digital film and the projecting equipment was worth the trip. You may remember my last journey to 10.000 BC, well that was a bad movie, with some digital child-diseases like graining and blocking. This time the documentary was top quality, and I saw minimal graining with my keen eye on this digital screen.
The movie needs no introduction for nature lovers or viewers of the BBC series. Spectacular imagery with sublimely influential edification, narrated by the capturing voice of Patrick Stewart. HD can do wonders, and although it's not IMAX resolution, but still breathtaking. From the tiny flumes of New Guinea's paradise birds to giant waterfalls, it gives a stunning display of the scenery.
After the screening I had the opportunity to talk with Gábor Menyhárt, executive of the Corvin Film Theatre about this digital upgrade. It cost them around 265.000 AUD as they choose to buy the rights of Dolby 3D instead of licensing it. Dolby Digital 3D is similar in quality to Real D, but has different technical solutions, more on this topic in a future post. The screen will run both 35 mil and digital movies until around September, when Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D will kickstart the screens true potential: 3D. Bottom line is they wanted to keep the 35 mil projector for the same screen, and Dolby 3D requires no silver screen, thus making it the better solution for this criteria. The crowded machine room was a treasury though and tech-heads can find interesting details of the equipment on the photos I will post later.
Altogether this was a much more pleasant trip to the Movies, than the last one. If you have the chance, check out Earth as it's a good documentary, and if you are a 3D fan, then you should check out Dolby 3D as well, as this unlucky bastard writing these lines will have to wait a couple of months for that.
For you, who care: a more technical essay will come in a few days about Dolby 3D, and some further details of my trip that are not that edible for regular readers, so stay alert, and watch out for some exclusive, never before seen behind the scenes photos here, only on Moviestripe! (I hope I hyped you up enough...)
Epic scene, intimate story
It's time for another trip. This time to Budapest's new Dolby Digital 3D screen in Corvin Film Theatre, an illustrous and so to say historic theatre.
The theatre itself has been renovated circa 15 years ago, and since then it's one of the few remaining stand alone movie theatres with multiple screens in the city. It's management: Budapest Film made an investment recently, with upgrading one of it's screens to Dolby Digital 3D. What more do I need? I headed immediately to a press screening of Earth the motion picture child of the BBC TV series Planet Earth.
Although it was in 2D, a quick check on a HD digital film and the projecting equipment was worth the trip. You may remember my last journey to 10.000 BC, well that was a bad movie, with some digital child-diseases like graining and blocking. This time the documentary was top quality, and I saw minimal graining with my keen eye on this digital screen.
The movie needs no introduction for nature lovers or viewers of the BBC series. Spectacular imagery with sublimely influential edification, narrated by the capturing voice of Patrick Stewart. HD can do wonders, and although it's not IMAX resolution, but still breathtaking. From the tiny flumes of New Guinea's paradise birds to giant waterfalls, it gives a stunning display of the scenery.
Polar water party! Or is it?
After the screening I had the opportunity to talk with Gábor Menyhárt, executive of the Corvin Film Theatre about this digital upgrade. It cost them around 265.000 AUD as they choose to buy the rights of Dolby 3D instead of licensing it. Dolby Digital 3D is similar in quality to Real D, but has different technical solutions, more on this topic in a future post. The screen will run both 35 mil and digital movies until around September, when Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D will kickstart the screens true potential: 3D. Bottom line is they wanted to keep the 35 mil projector for the same screen, and Dolby 3D requires no silver screen, thus making it the better solution for this criteria. The crowded machine room was a treasury though and tech-heads can find interesting details of the equipment on the photos I will post later.
Altogether this was a much more pleasant trip to the Movies, than the last one. If you have the chance, check out Earth as it's a good documentary, and if you are a 3D fan, then you should check out Dolby 3D as well, as this unlucky bastard writing these lines will have to wait a couple of months for that.
For you, who care: a more technical essay will come in a few days about Dolby 3D, and some further details of my trip that are not that edible for regular readers, so stay alert, and watch out for some exclusive, never before seen behind the scenes photos here, only on Moviestripe! (I hope I hyped you up enough...)
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