Digital Projection

[millerton]

Went to the theater to see the new Jurassic movie over at Spanish Springs yesterday. Without commenting on the entertainment value of the movie visually it was very poor. Text on the screen was blurred with poorly defined edges, depth of field in many scenes was very bad. The picture was grainy and looked to be slightly out of focus. No way comparable to the sharpness of a film presentation.

So why is this? Was the projectors lens not focused properly, maybe their DLP projector has problems, not enough pixels for the screen size or is this just the nature of the current state of digital presentations?

[millerton]

Correction, should have read Lake Sumter.

[LuvtheVillages]

Went to the theater to see the new Jurassic movie over at Spanish Springs yesterday. Without commenting on the entertainment value of the movie visually it was very poor. Text on the screen was blurred with poorly defined edges, depth of field in many scenes was very bad. The picture was grainy and looked to be slightly out of focus. No way comparable to the sharpness of a film presentation.

So why is this? Was the projectors lens not focused properly, maybe their DLP projector has problems, not enough pixels for the screen size or is this just the nature of the current state of digital presentations?

I saw this movie on an IMAX screen at a theater in another state. None of those problems. So I don't think it is the nature of digital presentations. If anything, digital presentation should be sharper than analog.

[Risuli]

Went to the Lake Sumter theater (Old Mill) a couple of weeks ago. I agree. While the pre-movie opening states it's digital DLP projection, the movie itself was overall fuzzy and out of focus. Certainly not up to standard expected in modern movie theaters. I suspect poor equipment maintenance and calibration by the theater.