Exhibitors trial 4K technology

US cinema chain, Landmark Theatres, placed an order for 25 4K digital cinema projectors from Sony, three of which were used to equip the new Landmark Theatres complex in Los Angeles which opened last month. The projectors were also deployed in the company’s NuArt complex, also in LA, and the remainder widely circulated across theatres in 10 different US cities, including New York and Chicago. Landmark will additionally install 4K in two more US states. In a separate annoucement, a 4K Sony SXRD projector was installed at the Pacific Theatres complex in Los Angeles for the screening of Warner’s Oceans Thirteen, comprised in a complete 4K DCP (digital cinema package).