From the monthly archives:

January 2011

Executive Summary

January 2011

  • ISDCF’s January Plugfest Indicates…that we need another Plugfest.
  • SMPTE and ISDCF Make Progress with Audio, but don’t hold your breath for SMPTE.
  • DCI and NIST:  No News Is Good News? Complacency is everwhere.
  • Back to the Good Ol’ Days of 10.2 Audio. News on TMH, IOSONO, and Auro 3D.
  • CES, 3-D, and the Cinema. Riding on hope.
  • Cinedigm and its Paradigm Shift. Software, anyone?
  • Barco and laser projectors
  • Kodak and patents
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ISDCF’s January Plugfest Indicates…That We Need Another Plugfest

January 2011

ISDCF conducted its 4th Plugfest in January to test the functionality of subtitles and accessibility with SMPTE DCP-compliant servers.  The previous Plugfest was in November, and was “virtual.”  Content was distributed, and vendors reported their results.  The January Plugfest was physical.  As with other Plugfests and digital-cinema demonstrations, it was held at the Technicolor ITC [...]

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SMPTE and ISDCF Make Progress with Audio

January 2011

The dynamics behind cinema sound are not well understood.  This leads to goofs as reported in the article that follows.  And it has led to a very late response, albeit a good response, from SMPTE and ISDCF to the issues that continue to pervade digital cinema audio.
ISDCF made progress this month by accepting, for the [...]

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DCI and NIST: No News Is Good News?

January 2011

NIST introduced a new version of FIPS 140-2 Annex A this month.  A year ago, NIST changed the same document to include reference to FIPS 186-3, an updated version of its Digital Signature Standard.  The disturbing news a year ago was that new media blocks would have to incorporate an additional digital security certificate to [...]

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Back to the Good Ol’ Days of 10.2 Audio

January 2011

At this month’s ICTA conference on cinema technology, the event planners were hard pressed to present anything new to its paying guests.  So they re-visited an old topic of boothless cinema design, and invited Tom Holman of TMH to present the 10.2 audio format as the future of cinema.  Hardly new, Tom has been passionately [...]

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CES, 3-D, and the Cinema

January 2011

In recent years, CES in Las Vegas has been overwhelming with 3-D displays.  But one needn’t attend the show to learn that manufacturers are looking to 3-D to spur sales.  But this year it became evident that manufacturers were going to dig their trench and continue their battle.
In truth, the technology required for most consumer [...]

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Cinedigm and its Paradigm Shift

January 2011

Cinedigm named Chris McGurk as its new Chairman and CEO this month, formally ending the void left behind after the board ousted Bud Mayo from these roles.  Chris is an exceptional choice, having been CEO of Overture Films, and a former COO of MGM.  Overture, founded in 2007 by John Malone’s Liberty Media, was dissolved [...]

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Other News

January 2011

Barco will be holding private demonstrations of its laboratory laser projector in Los Angeles early February.  This is not expected to be a sales push, but rather, an informative demonstration of the state of the technology.
Kodak lost an important patent infringement battle with cell phone makers Rim and Apple, who successfully argued that the patent [...]

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