Thought this would be interesting to folks.
So 1975's Jaws is going to be released in (USA) theaters June 21 and 24, 2015 for its special 40th Anniversary via TCM (Turner Classic Movies).
A friend of mine told me that he believes it will be presented off of Blue-ray (??). I didn't know, so I emailed our local "Cinemark 17" theater 97477 built around 1999 w/ all stadium seating.
Anyway, the General Manager told me this:
"Hi Jim, The classic series TCM events are streamed via satellite similar to what we do with the Met Opera. I personally watched the event for Rear Window last fall, and it looked great, so based on that I would anticipate a very good image source for this one [Jaws].
Our 35mm equipment was replaced with the 4k digital projectors in 2011. None of our films are blu-ray - the films are run off of what they call DCP’s (digital cinema package) and the amount of data is something like 10 times what blu ray is. Hope that helps clarify! -Lee"
I kind of wished it were more technical, but I thought it would be interesting for readers to hear. ....btw, I am curious about their audio choice of this Jaws presentation, I'm guessing it will be the stereo/surround mix, rather than the original mono. Not sure how I feel about that.
Thoughts on any of this?
So 1975's Jaws is going to be released in (USA) theaters June 21 and 24, 2015 for its special 40th Anniversary via TCM (Turner Classic Movies).
A friend of mine told me that he believes it will be presented off of Blue-ray (??). I didn't know, so I emailed our local "Cinemark 17" theater 97477 built around 1999 w/ all stadium seating.
Anyway, the General Manager told me this:
"Hi Jim, The classic series TCM events are streamed via satellite similar to what we do with the Met Opera. I personally watched the event for Rear Window last fall, and it looked great, so based on that I would anticipate a very good image source for this one [Jaws].
Our 35mm equipment was replaced with the 4k digital projectors in 2011. None of our films are blu-ray - the films are run off of what they call DCP’s (digital cinema package) and the amount of data is something like 10 times what blu ray is. Hope that helps clarify! -Lee"
I kind of wished it were more technical, but I thought it would be interesting for readers to hear. ....btw, I am curious about their audio choice of this Jaws presentation, I'm guessing it will be the stereo/surround mix, rather than the original mono. Not sure how I feel about that.
Thoughts on any of this?