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Dolby Laboratories has partner contracts with Cinesa, Vue Cinemas, AMC Theatres (known as Dolby Cinema at AMC, formerly Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime until early 2017), [5] Cineplexx Cinemas, Wanda Cinemas, Jackie Chan Cinema, Reel Cinemas and Odeon Cinemas [6] to install Dolby Cinemas. [7]
Prime at AMC is a premium large format that features large screens with Dolby Atmos or DTS X, and recliners with seat-mounted subwoofers. [ 96 ] [ 97 ] In 2015, AMC began to replace Prime with Dolby Cinema at some locations.
First mainstream feature to be released in IMAX with Laser. [272] Seventh Son: 17 December 2014 **+ In 3D (conversion). Aspect ratio opened up to 1.90:1 for the opening sequence only. [273] Gone with the Bullets: 18 December 2014 ** In 3D. Selected sequences filmed with Phantom 65 IMAX 3D Digital cameras. China only. [274] Night at the Museum ...
The digital format uses dual laser projectors, which can show 1.43 digital content when combined with a 1.43 screen. The film format uses very large screens of 18 by 24 metres (59 by 79 feet) and, unlike most conventional film projectors, the film runs horizontally so that the image width can be greater than the width of the film stock .
The transition from film to digital video was preceded by cinema's transition from analog to digital audio, with the release of the Dolby Digital (AC-3) audio coding standard in 1991. [1] Its main basis is the modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT), a lossy audio compression algorithm. [ 2 ]
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Dolby Digital (also called AC-3) and DTS, which are now common on DVD releases, first became available on LaserDisc, and Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) which was released on LaserDisc in Japan, was among the first home video releases ever to include 6.1 channel Dolby Digital EX Surround (along with a few other late-life ...
Cineplex Inc. (formerly Cineplex Entertainment and Cineplex Galaxy) is a Canadian operator of movie theater and family entertainment centers, headquartered in Toronto.It is the largest cinema chain in Canada; as of 2019, it operated 165 locations, and accounted for 75% of the domestic box office.