Have you seen a DLP movie?

[gamevet]

After waiting far too long, my wife and I finally saw Star Wars Episode II. To my amazement, this was the only major theater that was playing it and even more it was the highly coveted DLP version. What is DLP you ask? It is the totally digital version of Star Wars EPII. The movie is'nt on standard film, but instead is on a chip like wafer with the movie encoded on it. This is like watching a DVD in your home, but on a large movie screen. There is no crack or pop in the speakers, as a bad peice of film passes through the projectore, nor is there any spots present in the visuals. This is a near totally flawless version of the film.


There are less than 2500 screens in the US, that have a DLP movie projector. Do yourself a favor, and track down a theater that provides movies with the DLP screen. The one I went to in Dallas, had only one screen that provided DLP, and I will defineatly be tracking down other movies playing on this screen, in the near future.

[TobalRox]

I went an saw Episode 2 in Framingham, Mass. with my girlfriend (a 2 hours trip). It was well worth it.

[Green]

Is there a site that lists where all the DLPs are?

[Diff-chan]

There's a whole lot less than 2500 screens that have DLP. In fact, I think the number is closer to 80 (considering that the biggest summer releases come out on 3500 or so screens, 2500 is a gross overestimate of the amount of DLP screens). Here's a list.

http://www.starwars.com/episode-ii/d...proj_list.html

[Yoshi]

Shoot. There isn't one anywhere near me.

[gamevet]

Originally posted by diffusionx
There's a whole lot less than 2500 screens that have DLP. In fact, I think the number is closer to 80 (considering that the biggest summer releases come out on 3500 or so screens, 2500 is a gross overestimate of the amount of DLP screens). Here's a list.

http://www.starwars.com/episode-ii/d...proj_list.html

I made a vast overstatement. I've heard the number to be somewhere between 500-800. I saw a peice on it, during the debute of Episode II. They were talking about the number of screens available, in the US. The projector cost's well over $50,000 a peice, but I'm not sure what the exact number is. I'll check out your link. Luckily I live in a city area as big as Dallas/Ft. Worth, where a theater of that calibur exists.

[Josh]

"Crown Annapolis Mall Annapolis Maryland "

80 in the whole country, and one is in the mall that I work at. Funny...

[Error]

You know, I saw Ep 2 in both formats, digital and non, and I didn't see the difference. Honest. I don't know what all the fuss was about. Sure, there weren't any black spots appearing on the digital print, no hairs or anything like that, but I didn't see that on the non digital either. I could see how a digital print would be more likely to remain pristine over time, as the film version degrades due to wear and tear, but on first showing (or relatively first showings) I saw no difference.

Then again I saw it with my friend, who was raving about the differences...maybe for me I stop noticing when the screen in front of me is the size of 3 houses or something. I DO see the differnce between the DVD and VHS formats, in case you're wondering.

[gamevet]

Originally posted by Error
You know, I saw Ep 2 in both formats, digital and non, and I didn't see the difference. Honest. I don't know what all the fuss was about. Sure, there weren't any black spots appearing on the digital print, no hairs or anything like that, but I didn't see that on the non digital either. I could see how a digital print would be more likely to remain pristine over time, as the film version degrades due to wear and tear, but on first showing (or relatively first showings) I saw no difference.

Then again I saw it with my friend, who was raving about the differences...maybe for me I stop noticing when the screen in front of me is the size of 3 houses or something. I DO see the differnce between the DVD and VHS formats, in case you're wondering.

Believe me, there is a vast difference, but I've seen some VHS movies look phenominal, while most VHS movies look blurry or grainy compared to their DVD counterpart.

I went to insomnia at another Cinemark theater, and the backgounds were blurry, while the people in front of the camera were in focus. While watching EP2, all the backgrounds were crisp and highly visible. Maybe that had to do with most of the background scenery being computer generated. Still, the picture was perfectly focused and of higher definition.