On the 14th January 2000 I bought my very first domain name (madcornishprojectionist.co.uk), something that was still fairly unusual for the time. It was the longest name you could buy at the time, it is still one of the longest around. The concept and website had been around since 1997 in one form or another but this was the first time it had a … [Read more...]
Available now the December 2019 edition of Cinema Technology Magazine
As the battle for supremacy in the streaming wars steps up a gear, in the December 2019 issue of Cinema Technology we examine the likely impact on feature releases for exhibitors — and when it comes to cinema releases, few exhibitors know how to deliver a premium experience quite like the UK's Everyman chain. In this issue we have an exclusive … [Read more...]
Series 4 projection: The magic of mirrors
Inside the latest projectors, a radical overhaul of the chipset at the heart of digital cinema has taken place. Peter Knight examines the details of Texas Instruments’ new .98” 4K DMD chip — and its deployment in Cinionic’s ground-breaking Series 4 projectors. [dropcaps round="no"]D[/dropcaps]espite the best efforts of Cinema Technology … [Read more...]
CINEMA FIELD ENGINEER – VACANCY
Cinema Next is the leading cinema integrator in Europe. We are looking to consolidate our market leading position in the UK and to further develop our business. Due to continuing growth we are looking to recruit individuals with the skills and expertise to expand our engineering team. Ideally, you will have a career within cinema engineering … [Read more...]
Widening the entertainment horizons: ScreenX arrives in the UK
Launched in the UK in August 2018, CT experienced the first installation of ScreenX, at London’s Cineworld O2. Peter Knight widens his eyes to see how the format performs. Anyone at Cineeurope in June 2018 can’t help but have been impressed by Cineworld’s announcement that it had agreed with CJ-CGV, owner of the ScreenX product, to … [Read more...]
Book Review: Last Reels by Ben Dowell
Last Reels is a novel by Ben Dowell, who maybe known to many in the industry as he was a one time trainer for the Odeon projectionist school in Burton-upon-Trent. Ben worked in the cinema business for almost thirty years, as a projectionist, trainer and engineer. While the book is a work of fiction that describes how the cinema … [Read more...]
