Cinema Tech Geek: Recent Episodes

James Gardiner

Video blog on cinema business and technology

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Digital cinema is making regional cinema more current as main stream releases are only weeks behind the city and not months as was with […]

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In this video I discuss that you can plug into a series 2 digital cinema projector specifically discussing the DVI and HDMI inputs. With […]

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In this video I review an entry level Cinema Audio Processor from USL. The JSD-60 is a very versatile entry level processor with every […]

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In this videos I take you through the best practices when downloading DCPs. This includes a screen-cast demonstrating the process. See the small presentation […]

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In this video we have an early look at some products coming out from USL (http://uslinc.com/) This includes a new 3rd generation SMS (Screen […]

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The Sweet Amanda’s (http://www.16candies.com/aboutus.html) machine is the ultimate bulk candy machine. The machine can dispense up to 16 different wrapped or unwrapped candies. The […]

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Advanced Specialty Lighting (ASL – http://www.aslamps.com) designs and manufactures precision optical products for the entertainment, industrial and scientific markets. In this video I talk […]

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All equipment used in digital cinema have something in common – the open source library “AS-DCP Lib”. This library is the basis for the […]

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Doremi introduced their new 3rd generation DCI player. A major new development is the miniaturisation of the player so it can now be squeezed […]

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Audio was a big topic at CinemCon this year. Barco and DTS making the more interesting news as they announced their commitment to evolve […]

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Cinecert is a leader in digital cinema technology development and is deeply involved in the formation of the DCI standards and implementation. At CinemaCon […]

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Mike from Photo Research takes us through their new color calibration product “CINEBRATE”. Specifically suited to use in Cinema. This product answers the need […]

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Doremi announced at CinemaCon 2013 the LE100, or Live Event Player. This is an interesting device with a of of features and a great […]

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Digital cinema has made it the responsibility of the cinema exhibitor to make sure the quality is kept up to par. In this video […]

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DTS announced that they have released an open object based archiving/mezzanine format MDA. (Multi Dimensional Audio). In this video I talk with DTS senior […]

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USL (http://www.uslinc.com) is engaged in the manufacture, research and development, and sale of motion picture sound, audio equipment, sound process controls and visual test […]

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A close up look at how the personal Caption system by Doremi (No Audio) Product Webpage: http://www.doremilabs.com/products/cinema-products/captiview/ Blurb: Doremi Cinema introduces the new CaptiView […]

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A close up look at how the descriptive narration system by Doremi (No Audio) Product Webpage: http://www.doremilabs.com/products/cinema-products/fidelio/ Blurb: The Fidelio is a wireless audio […]

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A close up look at how the Closed Captions Glasses system by SONY (No Audio) Product Webpage: http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/mkt-digitalcinema/resource.latest.bbsccms-assets-mkt-digicinema-latest-EntertainmentAccessGlasses.shtml Blurb: Now there’s a groundbreaking way […]

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A close up look at how the personal Closed Captions goose-neck device by USL (No Audio) Product Webpage: http://www.uslinc.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=67&category_id=21&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=72 Blurb: Features Closed Caption Receiver. […]

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A close up look at how the Closed Captions Glasses system by USL (No Audio) Product Webpage: http://www.uslinc.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=66&category_id=21&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=72&vmcchk=1&Itemid=72 Blurb: Features Closed Caption Headset receiver. […]

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A close up look at how the WGBH – Rear Window works (No Audio) Product Webpage: http://ncam.wgbh.org/mopix/ Blurb: Making Movie Theaters Accessible to Disabled […]

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Closed Captioning/Descriptive Audio For Today’s Theaters PANEL QUESTIONS Moderator: Randy Smith, Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer & Counsel, Regal Entertainment Group Panel Members: […]

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Closed Captioning/Descriptive Audio For Today’s Theaters Moderator: Randy Smith, Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer & Counsel, Regal Entertainment Group Presentation Christopher Simpson, National […]

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Closed Captioning/Descriptive Audio For Today’s Theaters Moderator: Randy Smith, Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer & Counsel, Regal Entertainment Group Presentation Clint Koch, Sales […]

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Closed Captioning/Descriptive Audio For Today’s Theaters Moderator: Randy Smith, Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer & Counsel, Regal Entertainment Group Presentation Michael Archer, Vice […]

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Closed Captioning/Descriptive Audio For Today’s Theaters Moderator: Randy Smith, Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer & Counsel, Regal Entertainment Group Panel Members: Michael Archer, […]

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Following is a special feature on the topic of “Accessibility in Cinema” In this video/presentation I start of with an introduction on this topic […]

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In this video I talk with Byung Hwan Choi (CEO) and Theodore Kim (SVP of Theater Relations) to discuss the 4DX motion ride chair. […]

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Keith Schimmenti of CRU-Dataport introduces the new DC-mini DCP Hard Drives technologies. This includes a new 3.5-inch HD enclosure, shipping case and adapters to […]

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All Eyes on China: An Exhibitor’s Perspective Introductory Remarks: Peter YF Chan, Greater China Media & Entertainment Leader, Ernst & Young Moderator Millard Ochs, […]

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All Eyes on China: An Exhibitor’s Perspective Introductory Remarks: Peter YF Chan, Greater China Media & Entertainment Leader, Ernst & Young Moderator Millard Ochs, […]

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All Eyes on China: An Exhibitor’s Perspective Introductory Remarks: Peter YF Chan, Greater China Media & Entertainment Leader, Ernst & Young Moderator Millard Ochs, […]

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All Eyes on China: An Exhibitor’s Perspective Introductory Remarks: Peter YF Chan, Greater China Media & Entertainment Leader, Ernst & Young Moderator Millard Ochs, […]

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All Eyes on China: An Exhibitor’s Perspective Introductory Remarks: Peter YF Chan, Greater China Media & Entertainment Leader, Ernst & Young Moderator Millard Ochs, […]

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All Eyes on China: An Exhibitor’s Perspective Introductory Remarks: Peter YF Chan, Greater China Media & Entertainment Leader, Ernst & Young Moderator Millard Ochs, […]

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All Eyes on China: An Exhibitor’s Perspective Introductory Remarks: Peter YF Chan, Greater China Media & Entertainment Leader, Ernst & Young Moderator Millard Ochs, […]

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All Eyes on China: An Exhibitor’s Perspective Introductory Remarks: Peter YF Chan, Greater China Media & Entertainment Leader, Ernst & Young Moderator Millard Ochs, […]

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All Eyes on China: An Exhibitor’s Perspective Introductory Remarks: Peter YF Chan, Greater China Media & Entertainment Leader, Ernst & Young Moderator Millard Ochs, […]

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All Eyes on China: An Exhibitor’s Perspective Introductory Remarks: Peter YF Chan, Greater China Media & Entertainment Leader, Ernst & Young Moderator Millard Ochs, […]

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Designing the Future of Exhibition: Architecturally Speaking Presentations from a select group of leading international theatre architects and circuits detailing the new looks, trends […]

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Designing the Future of Exhibition: Architecturally Speaking Presentations from a select group of leading international theatre architects and circuits detailing the new looks, trends […]

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Designing the Future of Exhibition: Architecturally Speaking Presentations from a select group of leading international theatre architects and circuits detailing the new looks, trends […]

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Designing the Future of Exhibition: Architecturally Speaking Presentations from a select group of leading international theatre architects and circuits detailing the new looks, trends […]

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Driving Incremental Admissions Through Innovative, Personalized and Engaging Communication Techniques Moderator Mark de Quervain, Managing Director, Action Marketing Works, Ltd. Panel Members Marieke Jonker, […]

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Driving Incremental Admissions Through Innovative, Personalized and Engaging Communication Techniques Moderator Mark de Quervain, Managing Director, Action Marketing Works, Ltd. Panel Members Marieke Jonker, […]

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Driving Incremental Admissions Through Innovative, Personalized and Engaging Communication Techniques Moderator Mark de Quervain, Managing Director, Action Marketing Works, Ltd. Panel Members Marieke Jonker, […]

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Driving Incremental Admissions Through Innovative, Personalized and Engaging Communication Techniques Moderator Mark de Quervain, Managing Director, Action Marketing Works, Ltd. Panel Members Marieke Jonker, […]

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Out of the many presentations at Cinemacon this year, this would be one of the more interesting on the technical sides. The panel discusses […]

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Out of the many presentations at Cinemacon this year, this would be one of the more interesting on the technical sides. The panel discusses […]

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Out of the many presentations at Cinemacon this year, this would be one of the more interesting on the technical sides. The panel discusses […]

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Out of the many presentations at Cinemacon this year, this would be one of the more interesting on the technical sides. The panel discusses […]

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Out of the many presentations at Cinemacon this year, this would be one of the more interesting on the technical sides. The panel discusses […]

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Out of the many presentations at Cinemacon this year, this would be one of the more interesting on the technical sides. The panel discusses […]

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Out of the many presentations at Cinemacon this year, this would be one of the more interesting on the technical sides. The panel discusses […]

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Out of the many presentations at Cinemacon this year, this would be one of the more interesting on the technical sides. The panel discusses […]

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Out of the many presentations at Cinemacon this year, this would be one of the more interesting on the technical sides. The panel discusses […]

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Out of the many presentations at Cinemacon this year, this would be one of the more interesting on the technical sides. The panel discusses […]

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Out of the many presentations at Cinemacon this year, this would be one of the more interesting on the technical sides. The panel discusses […]

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Out of the many presentations at Cinemacon this year, this would be one of the more interesting on the technical sides. The panel discusses […]

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Out of the many presentations at Cinemacon this year, this would be one of the more interesting on the technical sides. The panel discusses […]

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Out of the many presentations at Cinemacon this year, this would be one of the more interesting on the technical sides. The panel discusses […]

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Out of the many presentations at Cinemacon this year, this would be one of the more interesting on the technical sides. The panel discusses […]

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Out of the many presentations at Cinemacon this year, this would be one of the more interesting on the technical sides. The panel discusses […]

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David Handcock of Screen Digest delivers one of the more important presentations of Cinemacon 2013. With a presentation containing mainly slides of data, he […]

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Paul Hanneman, 20th Century Fox International, the second Keynote for the opening of Cinemacon 2013. In this keynote, Paul discusses the evolving landscape of […]

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Jan Bernhardsson, CEO of SF Bio, opens the Cinemacon conference with an insightful view of how the industry is changing in his region of […]

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Welcome to the Cinemacon 2013 series of videos. This year is a special year for cinema as it is the year we moved from […]

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In this video I go over how a cinema class digital projector works. Showing you the light engine, light path, and many other aspects […]

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In this video I take you through a typical service call on a Digital Cinema Projector. In this example I have to swap out […]

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Going digital has its down side. In this video I discuss one of the more important issues that will effect the smaller independent exhibitor. […]

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In this video I show the new Barco DP2K-10Sx (http://www.barco.com/en/products-solutions/projectors/digital-cinema-projectors/small-integrated-dlp-cinema-projector-for-screens-up-to-10m-33ft-wide.aspx) projector.  My videos about the new smaller DMD based projectors has been very popular so I […]

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In this video I show some footage I took at a conference a while back. In it I was able to get a close […]

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Going through some video over the week end I found some older  clips of a MasterImage system in action. This is an older version […]

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To finish off the series of videos on the end of film, I cover ultra low cost alternatives to DCI.  Systems such as the dCine product from digitAll […]

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As part of the End Of Film (EOF) series of videos, today I talk about the IMS or Integrated Media Server. This is the […]

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In this video I cover the new smaller DCI approved digital cinema projectors.  All three manufacturers (Barco, Christie, NEC) who are licensed to produce […]

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dcpPlayer is a very handy tool for anyone in the digital cinema space.  It can play back DCPs (Digital Cinema Packages) on any typical PC. […]

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In this video we discuss the reasons why film is not likely to last in exhibition for much beyond 1-2 years. I cover how Fujufilm and Kodak, the […]

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In this video I have an introduction to my “End Of Film” series of videos coming out over the next month. I quickly discuss […]

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Barco was at the Australian International Cinema Conference (AIMC) to show there soon to be released small screen DCI cinema projector (S-series).  In this […]

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Christie recently released a new Duel-Projector system that addresses many of the issues with double stacking.  In this video I talk to Brad McGill […]

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In this video I talk with Brian Whitney (brian.whitney@ncr.com) from NCR.  NCR has a full suite of software and services for  cinema front of house. […]

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In this video I take you through a experiment where I use a Camera to analyse the quality of a silver screen as you […]

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Part 4 of 4 Film Festival Deliverables is a presentation that will help you understand how to deal with the new era of Digital […]

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Part 3 of 4 Film Festival Deliverables is a presentation that will help you understand how to deal with the new era of Digital […]

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Part 2 of 4 Film Festival Deliverables is a presentation that will help you understand how to deal with the new era of Digital […]

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Part 1 of 4 Film Festival Deliverables is a presentation that will help you understand how to deal with the new era of Digital […]

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In this video I cover the standards for screen brightness for 2D and 3D on digital cinema screens. I then cover how the eye […]

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In today’s video we discuss the quality of 3D projection and the use of high gain silver screens. Recently France has proposed abandoning 3D systems based […]

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This is a recording of a interview on a radio show called Tech-Talk-Radio (http://techtalkradio.com.au) a weekly tech Radio show and podcast.  In this interview […]

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This is a recording of a interview on a radio show called Tech-Talk-Radio (http://techtalkradio.com.au) a weekly tech Radio show and podcast.  In this interview […]

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Pat Moore, vice president of STRONG technical services walks us through the ins and outs of going digital.  This is a very good video covering […]

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In this video I discuss the trends in cinema Automation as we go into the world of Digital Cinema.

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Tony Adamson, Manager, Worldwide Customer Marketing, DLP Cinema (Texas Instruments Incorporated) takes us through the future technologies on the horizon for the Cinema industry. It is […]

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AIMC 2011 Australian Movie Convention, Question and Answers: Why film will end by late 2013

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AIMC 2011 Australian Movie Convention, Question and Answers: Going Digital Is Not Expensive

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AIMC 2011 INDUSTRY PANEL – 7 of 7 – Statement: going digital overall cost is trivial compared with total costs.  No reason to not […]

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AIMC 2011 INDUSTRY PANEL – 6 of 7 – Film will end by late 2013. A discussion on why is will not linger. Our […]

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AIMC 2011 INDUSTRY PANEL – 5 of 7 – The effect of early release windows (VOD, Cable, etc) and what is being done about […]