Sony brings 4K SRX-R220 digital cinema systems to two Singapore theaters

Just a few short months after four theaters here in America were blessed with a number of Sony CineAlta SXRD 4K digital cinema systems, two Cathay Cineplexes in Singapore are getting to enjoy such luxuries, too. Sony is reportedly installing its latest CineAlta 4K SRX-R220 digital cinema projectors, together with the LMT-100 Media Block servers and LSM-100 Screen Management System, in the flagship The Cathay Cineplex along with one other less notable venue. Apparently, the project is slated to reach completion "early next year," and according to the president of Cathay Organization Holdings, it is looking at the possibility of introducing said technology into its cinemas in Malaysia and Dubai. Now, if only these things would totally infiltrate more theaters in the US of A, we'd have no reason to be completely envious.

[Via DCinemaToday]

[Roberini Posted Dec 11th 2007 10:35AM]

Oh man, Sony got my shipping address wrong again. I've ordered those two for my home theater, one for daily use and the other for movies. Instead they shipped them to Singapore.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 11th 2007 11:15AM]

The guys at RED have complained about the quality of the SONY 4k Pjs....

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 11th 2007 11:24AM]

Excuse my noobness; but isn't everything we see in the movies 1080P? Is it an analog to digital switch? And if so, we'll we be able to tell the difference?

[gamedude360 Posted Dec 11th 2007 1:17PM]

no film can do about or over 2560p depends on the film stock. digital film video cams can do 4k 2560p at 24 fps

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 11th 2007 3:06PM]

gamedude420-

Film scans go up to 8k 4x the resolution of 4k. It's rarely used because computers really can't handle dealing with that amount of data.

A 2k 90 minute feature is about 3 tb uncompressed,4k 12 tb and 8k would be 48 tb.

The film has that much detail if shot well and is low enough speed.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 11th 2007 1:26PM]

Same

This is a professional projector. It's designed for 30+ foot screens.

Most home content is at 1920x1080 and 2k digital cinema is at 2048 x 1556

So there is some more information at the 2k digital cinema than you get at home.

4k is much higher resolution (4096x9??? huge) It's a pretty significant jump with 4x the resolution of a 1080p source. When the screen size is 30'+ it makes a significant difference.

Making movies at that resolution requires much more care than a normal 2k or film movie. All the mistakes are visible

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 11th 2007 2:01PM]

Hmmm....not good for porn I'm sure.