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January 15, 2006
Digital Cinema Doldrums
I took the kids to see Chronicles of Narnia which was projected in digital cinema. The experience was appalling. Granted, I have had over 15 years of experience dealing with the nuances of compression algorithms and am therefore very susceptible to artefacts, jitters, jaggies and skipped frames. However, I would have thought that a system that was projecting to the masses would need to be flawless. To start off, the credits were unwatchable. The white letters superimposed on black or filmed images jumped all over the place. When the camera made fast tilts or pans (which happens quite frequently in these action movies), the frames were clearly noticeable like it wasn't projecting at a smooth 30 frames per second. Finally, on certain scenes which characters with a blue sky behind them, I could actually see jaggies along the faces. What surprises me the most is there hasn't been any public outcry. I can understand that people wouldn't notice jaggies -- but the jumping credits were noticed by all (even my eight year old daughter)
Posted by raza at January 15, 2006 10:21 PM
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