Christie DLP projector to be used to display Disney's "Cars"
By Matt Burns 
posted May 24th 2006 11:36AM
posted May 24th 2006 11:36AM
File this under "man, I wish I could see this" category. A group is going to premier Disney's Cars at Lowe's Motor Speedway on four 125-foot screen with the proceeds going to Speedway Children's Charities and Association of Hole in the Wall Gang Camps. Christie, ultra-high end provider of projectors, is donating the use of two CP200 3-chip DLP projectors. These units are deemed the "brightest in the industry" and has some amazing specs. Like 35 trillion colors, 45-bit color processing, 2048 x 1080 resolution and light output that meets SMPTE standard 14fL. The screens were made just for this event on the tracks of the speedway and is going to be matched with a state-of-the-art sound system. There are going to be four screens lit up that night and Christie is going to power two of 'em. This is going to be the first multi-screen digital cinema premiere ever staged and we imagine it is going to be spectacular.
The event is going to be held on May 26 and we are hoping that some of our readers will be in attendance. Snap us some pics if you would and let us know how it was.
i wish i near before hand..could have made some plans :(
I'm asking you to share pics with community. I can't go to this show, but I hope you will provide even video (!)
How much for that thing - i want one at home
I'm headed down from PA on Friday morning, it would be a bonus if I can arrive early enough to catch the show. I'll see what kind of pic's I can snap, but I'll probably be in awe too much to remember I have a camera.
I was asked to run the sound for this show yesterday, but I hav to work another show for Carquest Friday night. We were just discussing how many lumens the projectors would have to be to fill a 50' screen and actually be bright enought to see. We were thinking 50k or so. I'm going to look up the specs of these christies to see what they are.