Comments on: Alamo now rocks cutting edge digital 3D!

By: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Blog » Blog Archive » 35mm’s not dead, just napping…it’s Digital Classics at the Alamo Village!

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:43:48 +0000

[...] you might have heard, the Alamo has recently outfitted the Village and South Lamar locations with state-of-the-art 4K Digital Cinema projectors in anticipation of bigger, more expensive, 3D Hollywood Blockbusters, continuing our mission to [...]

By: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Blog » Blog Archive » Why you should see AVATAR at the Alamo

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:45:39 +0000

[...] Digital 3D Projectors – I won’t go into the specifics (if you’re interested, check out Tim League’s blog), but rest assured that these guys offer the best picture in town, and no one else in Austin has [...]

By: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Blog » Blog Archive » Fantastic Fest welcomes RealD and Digital Projection to the Alamo South Lamar!

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:30:48 +0000

[...] all so damn cool, but it also means that they’ve finally got a good excuse to install the same Sony 4k digital projectors as the Alamo Village over at the Alamo South Lamar, so not only will Fantastic Fest house the best [...]

By: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Blog » Blog Archive » The Alamo Guide for Sept. 4th!

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:43:12 +0000

[...] 4K DIGITAL PROJECTION AT THE VILLAGE! All new releases at the Alamo Village! [...]

By: matt

matt — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:19:06 +0000

I just saw Star Trek on that screen….it was AWESOME. I am not sure how I am going to go back to the old screen…when are you guys updatin ghte RITZ?

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By: CarlSpackler

CarlSpackler — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:33:42 +0000

It would be killer if a 4k presentation of “Knowing” were available.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:35:22 +0000

The new digital projection looks awesome. I saw Adventureland at the Village over the weekend and was pretty amazed at the clarity of the picture. I can’t wait for So. Lamar to get digital projection! I wish this had been in place when Coraline was playing.

By: MrEd

MrEd — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:10:15 +0000

Going to check it out with the kids this afternoon. Can’t wait.

I know Dig/3D screens are planned for the new SW Austin location. Are they going to be 4K as well?

By: Cobbster

Cobbster — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:39:10 +0000

I saw Monsters vs. Aliens this weekend, it was incredible. None of the eye strain that usually comes from watching modern 3-D flicks. Even during the previews, I was noticing just how incredibly clear these new projectors are. Good work! I hope you get these upgrades in the South Lamar and Ritz locations soon!

By: thamara

thamara — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:57:43 +0000

nice , keep it up great work

regards
thamara

By: Javi

Javi — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:49:50 +0000

just saw the midnight monsters vs. aliens and there are no words to describe the clarity. So glad I no longer have to visit the galaxy highland ever again! Just want to echo two posters 1. when is it South Lamar’s turn? 2. can we get a 3d discount if we save our glasses for next time? Thank you for enhancing our movie going experience!

By: Stevie

Stevie — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:17:41 +0000

(I meant 2.35:1)

By: Stevie

Stevie — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:17:09 +0000

4096×3072 is 4:3…so how does that work for a widescreen movie? Is it basically letterboxed? So, something like Watchmen that’s 2:35:1 would really be more like 4096×1743 or thereabouts?

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:20:03 +0000

Hey Tim,

Do we have to keep buying the 3D glasses with every ticket? I’ve got a drawer full of 3D glasses at home from other screening. Seems somewhat wasteful to keep giving glasses with every screening of the movie. The ticket prices listed are $3.25 more for a regular adult ticket for a 3D movie, I assume some of that is for the glasses. For a week of screening assuming average 250 people per screening the movie playing 9 times a day, that is 15,750 glasses a week. Thoughts?

Chris

By: Sophie

Sophie — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:16:28 +0000

Finally! the moment i have been waiting for. My new 3D addiction can be fulfilled by the Alamo!

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:38:48 +0000

I guarantee, you can definitely see a difference. We’ll be seeing a lot of 4K content this summer, and it’s not just limited to Sony. Warner has adopted it as well.

By: adam

adam — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:26:53 +0000

Most DCPs (Digital Cinema Package) are at 2K. The only studio that has provided films at 4k are Sony (who also make the 4k projector). There is lots of debate as to if you can actually see a difference between a 2k and 4k encode and the nearly all of the proejctors out there 2k. That is also the reason the most studios haven’t started creating 4k packages.

By: The Reviewer

The Reviewer — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:03:36 +0000

While at the beginning of this post I was upset, at the end I was relived to see you went with a 4k image, however…you are talking generation 1 technology with Sony piece of shit products here. Sony has failed me at every turn, is not a dedicated projector developer, and is currently in the toilet. I know that your level of Sony and my level of Sony are a little different but I hope that you don’t have the experiences I have had with them, I started my Sony boycott 3.5 years ago due to so many product failures.

Where do you get 4k content? Does each studio provide the 4k content from a film scan? Or is it 2k and upscaled by the projector? How big is a 4k “disk” how is that run?

Well I am interested to check it out. When will South lamar be getting these?

By: James

James — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:52:06 +0000

so does this also mean the TV at the Alamo shows will be shown through one of these babies? if so, there is no reason to ever watch LOST at home again, can’t wait to check this out!