I would have lost that pissing match, except that I do tune theatres and no movie theatre worth it's salt uses self tuning systems. You can spout crazy sound specs all you want, but REAL movie theatres use sound processors made by Dolby or DTS. If you would like to do some research try looking up a CP-650, CP-500 or an XD-10p, those are the processors that theatres use. You would also know that not only is cinema scope currently used regularly it is what the Star Trek film is projected in and that it would in no way be expected to fill any IMAX screen, Digital or 70mm. What panasonic system is that exactly? I am not aware of a 3700 watt system they make, and seeing as most of the 127 cinema systems I service don't have even 2000 watts of amp power I'd be curious to see how it sounds.
That's not to say that the theatre you saw it is was not set up properly, especially the Digital IMAX, the digital house IMAX has put it's name on are a complete joke, and the owners of all the major exhibitors know it, and will be much more cautious now that Aziz has made public knowledge of the problems industry techs have known about for a year. Fortunately I don't service IMAX equipment, otherwise I would be forced to commit seppuku due to the huge levels of selling out that company has done.
Word to the wise, don't ever watch an "IMAX" film in a digital IMAX house, the projectors are only 2K resolution, which is essentially no higher than the resolution of a 1080P TV, sure there is more bandwidth and 3 chips and a prism and so-on, but the BS that is the IMAX image enhancer stinks for days. Save your pennies and see it in a normal 2K digital house, we don't charge extra for that, or make sure your IMAX is 70mm, but just remember that even the IMAX prints weren't filmed in 70MM, they have been computer "enhanced' (see also, digital Vaseline) by the IMAX corporation.
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I would have lost that pissing match, except that I do tune theatres and no movie theatre worth it's salt uses self tuning systems. You can spout crazy sound specs all you want, but REAL movie theatres use sound processors made by Dolby or DTS. If you would like to do some research try looking up a CP-650, CP-500 or an XD-10p, those are the processors that theatres use. You would also know that not only is cinema scope currently used regularly it is what the Star Trek film is projected in and that it would in no way be expected to fill any IMAX screen, Digital or 70mm. What panasonic system is that exactly? I am not aware of a 3700 watt system they make, and seeing as most of the 127 cinema systems I service don't have even 2000 watts of amp power I'd be curious to see how it sounds.
That's not to say that the theatre you saw it is was not set up properly, especially the Digital IMAX, the digital house IMAX has put it's name on are a complete joke, and the owners of all the major exhibitors know it, and will be much more cautious now that Aziz has made public knowledge of the problems industry techs have known about for a year. Fortunately I don't service IMAX equipment, otherwise I would be forced to commit seppuku due to the huge levels of selling out that company has done.
Word to the wise, don't ever watch an "IMAX" film in a digital IMAX house, the projectors are only 2K resolution, which is essentially no higher than the resolution of a 1080P TV, sure there is more bandwidth and 3 chips and a prism and so-on, but the BS that is the IMAX image enhancer stinks for days. Save your pennies and see it in a normal 2K digital house, we don't charge extra for that, or make sure your IMAX is 70mm, but just remember that even the IMAX prints weren't filmed in 70MM, they have been computer "enhanced' (see also, digital Vaseline) by the IMAX corporation.