theres a black dot that automatically orders the projector system to change as reels of film come to a end. the black dot looks a little like a tear drop. its fast but visible on the screen. as far as i know its not on digital versions of movies
Read the full replyI could not find any other newsgroup to post this. I have not been to a movie theater in years, and just went to a movie last week. While I was there I got to wondering if they still use films to show those movies, or is it digital these days? Does anyone know? Just curious!
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theres a black dot that automatically orders the projector system to change as reels of film come to a end. the black dot looks a little like a tear drop. its fast but visible on the screen.
as far as i know its not on digital versions of movies
Absence of cueing isn't really a good indicator. The local 18 screen big box movie still uses film and the trailers, announcements, whatever and the movie are all spliced into one giant reel. The projectors are controlled by a system that also controls the lights etc.
from 2009, who knows, the guy might be out of a job by now,
As others have said, both. The "digital" theaters usually advertise the fact, often using "DLP" logo.
Thanks for that link. I wanted to google it, but was not sure what to search for. That is an interesting link. I suspect what I saw was on film because the theater is old, in a small rural town, and I know they dont get real much business. Heck, there were at most 25 people in there on a weekend.
I also noticed what appeared to be a couple scratches or "blips" near the end of the movie, which is what got me wondering what format the movie was on. While those "blips" were noticable for a few seconds, I've seen much worse on home VHS tapes. Even new ones.
I usually go to the first showing of a movie that day (NOT the first day for a popular movie). Sometimes, I was the only one watching.
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today the screen goes dark for a second ior two before and after all commercial breaks
That's MOST commercial breaks. I've looked at individual frames of the video. Some don't do this, and sometimes the program and commercial overlap on a frame or two.
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