But if history is any guide, the switch to digital projection may be inevitable.
The transition to digital projection caused technical glitches, while the festival's egalitarian principles were severely stressed by a plethora of platinum, go-to-the-head-of-the-line patron passes.
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"It's very daunting in an age of peer-to-peer hosting, " says Korris, whose center at USC is building a "neutral" test ground for digital projection systems.
It's a play to fuel demand for digital projection, aimed at breaking an industry standstill over how and when movie theaters will convert to digital projectors.
While it's widely agreed that the results of digital projection are stunningly impressive, the industry is struggling over how to cover the costs of converting more than 36, 000 screens in the U.S. alone.
There is also an increase in the number of movie theaters that converted to digital projection, following the increase of 3D motion pictures, implying the dramatically advancing digitalization in the motion picture industry.
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Lionsgate, Universal, Disney, Warner and Paramount are all on board with the scheme, which says it will provide participants access to "a host of delivery options" as digital projection becomes increasingly common.
However, in order to adapt to the recent rapid transition of digitalization in the shooting, producing, projecting and archiving processes of motion pictures Fujifilm has decided to shift its business operations to provide products and services designed for digital workflow of motion picture production and projection.
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Meanwhile, Dolby's hardware engineers tackled the equipment that would go into the projection booths to store and play digital films.
LG's Laser TV has a digital tuner and two 10W built-in speakers embedded in the projection unit to support virtual surround sound for a more authentic cinema experience at home.
With a screen of classic proportions and projection equipment for every format from 16mm to 70mm and high-definition digital 3-D, the theater will provide an unsurpassed filmgoing experience.
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Using technologies from the field of digital entertainment-including game engines, multi-user environments, motion capture and stereoscopic projection-the installations in Real Virtuality include three works commissioned by Museum of the Moving Image, and two New York museum premieres of newly completed works.
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Each Mortons The Steakhouse private dining boardroom is equipped with a Velocity HD Digital Suite, which includes a nine-foot drop-down high-definition screen, HD projection system, and 7.2 cinema surround sound.
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