Earlier this year, Wanda International Cinema sparked great excitement among moviegoers in Shanghai and beyond when it unveiled China’s first Samsung Onyx LED movie theatre. Inspired by popular response to this format, SFC Yonghua Cinema City has become the second facility in China to open an Onyx theater. To deliver…
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‘World’s largest pure laser cinema complex’ chooses Christie
The world’s largest ‘pure laser’ multiplex has installed Christie RGB projectors featuring RealLaser illumination and Christie Vive Audio sound solutions. The newly opened Cinemex Market ARTZ Pedregal multiplex in Mexico City has fitted each of its 23 auditoriums with Christie’s CP2315-RGB and CP2320-RGB 2K-resolution offerings. “Having put Christie’s CP2315-RGB and CP2320-RGB…
Asia’s largest cinema complex installs JBL audio systems
WEIN Cinema is the largest cinema complex in Asia, and comprises 34 theatres occupying a 20,000 sq m area within the Shanghai National Exhibition and Convention Centre, which also contains exhibition halls, a business centre, high-end office space and hotels. With more than 5,000 seats in total, the WEIN Cinema…
A first look at London’s largest cinema
Next month, Cineworld will unveil two new cinematic experiences - VIP and 4DX - at its O2 Greenwich site, creating London’s largest cinema with more than 4,500 seats. The two movie screening offerings, which both feature Dolby sound and Barco laser projection technology, add to the cinema’s already impressive innovation-packed…
World-first all-LED screen cinema multiplex opens in China
Wanda Cinemas, China’s largest film distributor and cinema operator, has partnered with Samsung and Harman Professional Solutions to create the world’s first all-LED cinema multiplex. The first multiplex of its kind, the Shanghai ARCH Wanda Cinema features Samsung ONYX LED screens in each of its six premium theatre rooms. The…
Combined video wall and ticket kiosk saves space and cost
An Australian digital technology company has added touchscreen ticket kiosk functionality to video walls in a front-of-house solution for cinemas that saves on space and cost. Brisbane-based TouchMate has already installed the touch-enabled video walls in four new-build cinemas, using touch sensor technology from UK-based Zytronic. Self-service ticket kiosks have…
Screen sensations
Movie lovers searching for the ultimate cinematic experience might be one step closer to complete immersion thanks to a multi-projection technology that has recently been introduced to the UK. Now a trip to watch the latest blockbuster film in ScreenX-equipped Cineworld theatres won’t just see the audience glued to the…
Men in Black III German Premiere breaks 3D screening world record on Sony 4K projectors
The event saw the film screened at more than four times the resolution of traditional 2K digital cinema projection systems, and with 6,819 viewers, it became the largest 3D movie screening ever completed, making Sony Pictures a Guinness World Records holder . The set-up comprised an array of four Sony…
Movie’s 4k revolution
Latest figures from Screen Digest reveal that digital screen capacity has reached over 40 per cent in Europe (14,000 of 35,000 screens). France now boasts 3,300 digitised screens and there are over 2,000 in the UK. German take-up lags due to financing problems. Some of the larger German cinemas are…
3D digital cinema debuts on Allure of the Seas cruise ship
Barco is supplying integrated creative lighting and projection systems for multiple live stage and cinematic shows presented on Allure of the Seas. The 3D digital cinema theatre – the first installation on a new cruise ship – takes advantage of Royal Caribbean's alliance with DreamWorks Animation to showcase first-run movies…