The Economist took on the topic of digital cinema laser projection in their Technology Quarterly last month, and Barco’s “Laser Guy” Bill Beck addressed the ongoing issue of standards. While the benefits of laser projection are well understood from a movie quality perspective – brighter 2D and especially 3D, more natural color and contrast, and ultra-realistic (fast!) frame rates and higher resolution, the economic reality for many exhibitors and studios is a bit more complicated. “Until Hollywood says what the color gamut, the frame rate and the dynamic range are going to be, and then supports that with production versions of their movies, it’s just going to be technology testing.”
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