He hopes that digital projectors will be commonplace by the time the last of the trilogy is ready.
But he says that the next generation of digital projectors, using lasers instead of lightbulbs, will mitigate that problem.
Many of the cinemas are art houses, which have been helped to convert to digital projectors by the British Film Council.
The facility makes analog chips, which are used for a variety of applications, as well as parts used in digital projectors.
The most expensive part of making a screen 3-D ready is the cost of buying digital projectors which will be covered by the DCIP financing.
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.
And the best way to see it will be on one of some 50 cinemas around the country and 30 more around the world equipped with digital projectors.
He says upcoming movies, like Elysium, with Matt Damon, and Obliviion, starring Tom Cruise are in 4K and that there are more than 13, 000 theaters worldwide that have 4K digital projectors.
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This includes a satellite to receive the movies, a cache server to hold them, a local area network to distribute them to the right screens, and media players and digital projectors for each screen.
Despite that fact that it took years to convince theater owners to move to the digital projectors needed for 3-D, Katzenberg believes they will be quicker to upgrade because the new projectors are more efficient and will eventually pay for themselves in energy savings.
He insisted that many of the things people complain about (screen dimness, glasses quality) will be improving in the next 12-18 months as the next generation of digital projectors incorporate lasers to help with image clarity and as glasses get lighter and the silver screens improve.
While this places a burden on theatres that still use 35 mm film for cinematic display and may force them to either go out of business or make the transition to digital projectors, it also puts pressure on some movie producers who still favor the use of traditional film in movie production.
They are already being used in car-airbag sensors and digital image projectors.
Device makers quickly built pico projectors into digital still cameras, camcorders, media players and docking stations.
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Katzenberg brought studios and exhibitors together to craft a cost-sharing solution to pay for digital 3-D-enabled projectors.
It is comprised of smaller revenue generating product lines such as digital light processing (DLP) projectors and reduced-instruction set computing (RISC) microprocessors.
Case in point: today, Christie Digital Systems introduced two new 4K projectors capable of 60 fps -- a "world's first, " according to the manufacturer.
Film projectors could prove to be digital cinema's toughest competition.
And in October it licensed its name to be used on consumer digital cameras, pocket video cameras, and portable projectors.
Eastman Kodak Company and JK Imaging, Ltd. today announced that they have entered into a multi-year agreement for JK Imaging to license the Kodak brand name for certain consumer products, including digital cameras, pocket video cameras, and portable projectors.
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And while no one knows who will actually pay for the new projectors, estimated at four times the cost of current models, the digital revolution could reverse the fortunes of the overbuilt, financially strapped American theater chains.
Texas Instruments derives its MEMS revenues largely from its digital light processor (DLP) technology, which steers and focuses light in high-resolution projectors and displays.
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