formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
In the original Star Wars film, R2D2 projects an image of Princess Leia in distress. The iconic scene includes the line still famous 40 years later: “Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope.” BYU electrical and computer engineering … Continued
On the third floor of his mansion in Rochester, NY, George Eastman, founder of Kodak and inventor of motion picture film, had a screen that pulled down from the ceiling. He used it to show movies to friends. Source: Kodak … Continued
LED panels — the types of displays you might see used to make up a video wall for digital signage — will not replace the motion picture projector, but they will soon bring competition and disruption, a prominent cinema technology … Continued
“It was very exciting to do a restart with a bunch of assets that are all over the place.” Bud Mayo, chairman of New Vision Theatres, is talking about 194 screens at 17 locations that he and his team of … Continued
On the third floor of his mansion in Rochester, NY, George Eastman, founder of Kodak and inventor of motion picture film, had a screen that pulled down from the ceiling. He used it to show movies to friends. Source: Kodak … Continued
With Britain’s Cineworld set to close its $3.6 billion acquisition of Regal Entertainment Group by the end of March, the two largest U.S. cinema operators by screen count will now be owned by foreign companies. Source: Why Are International Companies Buying U.S. … Continued