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Digital Cinema Projection

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This article discusses the challenges presented by the replacement of traditional 35-mm film projectors with modern digital electronic projection equipment. It discusses the motivation for change and the history of the technologies required. The specific challenges of the motion picture industry together with those of specialist cinema operators are reviewed in the context of the requirements and standards that have been prescribed and adopted by the applicable bodies.

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Abbreviations

CR:

Contrast ratio

DCI:

Digital cinema initiatives

FPS:

Frames per second

MTF:

Modulation transfer function

SMPTE:

Society of motion picture and television engineers

Further Reading

  • Digital cinema initiatives system requirements and specifications for digital cinema version 1.2. 7 Mar 2008

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  • European Digital Cinema Forum – guide to stereoscopic 3D, 2011. www.edcf.net

  • Hornbeck LJ (1995) Digital light processing and MEMS: timely convergence for a bright future. Plenary session, Austin, 24 Oct 1995

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  • ISO Standard TC36 – cinematography http://www.iso.org

  • Jones C (2010) Digital and 3D market trends in Western Europe Q3 2010. Screen Digest

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  • Schwartz S (2004) Visual perception, 4th edn. Mc Graw Hill, New York

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  • Texas instruments web site www.ti.com/dlp

  • Younse JM (1995) Projection display systems based on the digital micromirror device (DMD). In: SPIE proceedings, vol 2641. Austin, pp 64–75

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  1. Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, City University London, Northampton Square, EC1V 0HB, London, UK

    David W. Monk

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  1. Industrial Technology Research Institute Display Technology Center, Hsin Chu, Taiwan

    Janglin Chen

  2. Nottingham Trent University School of Computing & Informatics, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Wayne Cranton

  3. Veritas et Visus, Temple, TX, USA

    Mark Fihn

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Monk, D.W. (2015). Digital Cinema Projection. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35947-7_132-2

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