LG Features First Movie Theater based on LG LED Cinema Display
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dragonlord
The future of home theater everyone! ๐
DeskStar
Control each individual pixel on their LED screen. Pretty damn impressive!
Mda400
fry178
@dragonlord
based on what?
not saying they are bad, but non of their stuff is used by "pros"/theaters so far.
it wont replace many projectors in theaters as well, as a lot just upgraded to digital stuff in recent years,
and probably wont even have the funds to swap HW, and bigger (chains) wont for now,
as they need to make money (after covid).
Prince Valiant
no_1_dave
It's already ridiculously expensive to go to the cinema nowadays. Imagine how much they would charge after replacing all their projectors with these ๐ฑ
dragonlord
Current theaters have digital projectors costing hundreds of thousands of dollars...and VERY expensive custom made screens that are very prone to damage. This solution will be cheaper, faster, and better in every way in the very near future, if not now.
If the price of a movie ticket was based at all on the cost of providing it to you, then this would lower prices and improve quality and reliability. But that price is set by the studios and is "what the market will bear".
These screens are modular, of course. I've played with them personally. They'll cost dollars a module when they ramp up production.
And, of course, you'll be able to do the same thing at home in the near future as prices inevitably drop into the floor, since this doesn't have the heat lamp issues that even modern digital projectors suffer from.
In short, there is literally nothing that a current digital movie theater projection system does now that this new approach won't be superior to. These will be brighter, cooler, more cost efficient, have perfect blacks, can replaced and repaired easier, and will no longer require a projection booth or the scaling needed to correct projection distortion above the audience (in some configurations). I expect there will be versions of these panels that can even be used outdoors.
I hope that helps.
Loobyluggs
fry178
@dragonlord
thought about the fact that theater screens are usually perforated to let the sound thru?
once you have screens like these there wont be any speakers behind it, so virtually every sound that should be coming from there (dialog etc) wont.
even if its cheaper on the long run, who is paying for the conversion? and who covers the income loss during the time the theater gets "upgraded"?
how about smaller/local/non mega-chain theaters that cant shell out the cash?
just because something is "better" doesnt always equal best solution for everyone.
dragonlord
dragonlord
Loobyluggs
The charge has nothing to do with the establishment, and, movies being projected onto a screen is better than a television - which is what you are talking about, however you dice it up; it's a big tv and therefore not worth the money of the ticket. The ticket price you pay is for projection onto a big screen, not to watch a tv.
As for me going to someone's house and me walking out, it would really depend on how good their security system is ๐
Never needed it.