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Executive Summary

January 2012

  • Barco and Qube get it right for Large Format.
  • Another Plugfest shows that the industry is closer, but not yet ready for SMPTE DCP.
  • High Frame Rate (HFR) tests are beginning to show the limitations of the format.
  • While MovieLabs learns its place in security key management, Theatre Key Retrieval (TKR) demonstrations have begun.
  • SOPA becomes the poster child for an industry that struggles with technology.
  • Laser light illuminator advocates stand behind Laser Illuminator Projection Association (LIPA).
  • CES reveals subtle surprises.
  • Cinedigm smartly partnered with New Video.
  • Sadly, John Lowry, industry pioneer in the massive application of computers to image processing, passed away.
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Executive Summary

December 2011

State of the Industry - our bi-annual report covering everything (well, almost everything) digital cinema.   If you thought 2010 was a good year, the numbers for 2011 are nothing less than phenomenal.

Projection. Talk of high frame rates (HFR) and lasers dominated the year.  We provide the details.

Servers and Media Blocks. HFR shines a light on [...]

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December 2011

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Executive Summary

November 2011

SMPTE 21DC Technology Committee chairman change pending, following the expiration of Dave Schnuelle’s term.

SMPTE’s High Frame Rate Study Group destined for high gear, with new co-chair Michael Karagosian.

Cinema Audio will be the technology focus of the 10’s, and we review the various audio-related standards activities now in progress.

Use of the standardized CSP/RPL Protocols for Closed [...]

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Executive Summary

October 2011

Steve Jobs. If there was a common thread to his work, it’s that the user experience is king.

High Frame Rates at ShowEast. Only the manufacturers were talking.

Carlyle Group Buys GDC Technology. GDC Holdings retains 12%.

Digital Cinema Servers, Media Blocks, and Projectors. It’s time for digital cinema server companies to think differently.

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Executive Summary

September 2011

The Dark Side of High Frame Rates. Just when you thought that the bandwagon was in high gear, reality strikes.  Maybe.

Another Successful Plugfest for ISDCF. ISDCF conducted another successful Plugfest, with results that will move the industry closer to SMPTE DCP distributions.

SMPTE Begins Studies on High Frame Rates. 21DC begins a study effort of high [...]

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Executive Summary

August 2011

Technology Matters (Again).  In its first 6 years, “one system could play all” was the rule for digital cinema.

DCI could step into a yucky mess if it doesn’t carefully think through its policies related to CTP testing.

SMPTE is being pushed into higher frame rates.

ISDCF continues to pursue the SMPTE DCP transition with its Plugfest and [...]

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Executive Summary

July 2011

Marty Banks puts science to 3-D discomfort mechanisms.

Technicolor, Deluxe, and Cinedigm…it’s a wrap!

DCI tests…and now it retests.

SMPTE is getting its work done.  A status report.

ISDCF dives into higher frame rates.

If Anti-Piracy is important, then who will pay for it?

Marcus goes digital, and Norway fully converts.

Michael Bay’s efforts paid off.

King County [...]

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