| ▲ | gempir 9 hours ago |
| I'm curious about the opinions on 70mm (non-IMAX) vs Digital IMAX. What do you prefer if you have tried both.
Because those are the only mostly accessible options around the world. Sound is also something to consider, because depending on the Theater they might have wildy different sound setups even different audio standards. |
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| ▲ | ungreased0675 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| For me, sound is more impactful than screen resolution or aspect ratio. Subwoofer arrays powerful enough for the audience to feel sub-bass are expensive, large, and need to be placed precisely in the room. I don’t think I’ve ever been in a movie theater that had acoustics rivaling a top-tier music venue or concert hall. |
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| ▲ | throw0101a 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I've seen non-IMAX 70mm referred to 5/70 because the image uses five perforations per frame; IMAX 70mm is then 15/70 because it uses fifteen perforations. Digital IMAX is much bigger: * https://old.reddit.com/r/imax/comments/pysn87/tremendously_h... * https://old.reddit.com/r/imax/comments/1405mz0/standard_70mm... |
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| ▲ | mort96 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | How much can we trust the "Reddit IMAX community"? The people heavily invested in a technology as their hobby aren't always the best sources of objective technical information; is /r/imax more of an "audiophile forum" or more of a forum of people who actually know their stuff? | | |
| ▲ | throw0101a 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | What is inaccurate about this size comparison? * https://old.reddit.com/r/imax/comments/1tw4jyy/psa_70mm_and_... * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KBEcjZN8io Certainly we need to be mindful of biases, but you can also simply be falling into a tu quoque, ad hominem fallacy. At the end of the day, are these 'fancy' theatre experiences (IMAX and the others out there) worth the extra ticket price to you? Certainly Christopher Nolan thinks so since he was willing to put up with the hassle of the IMAX gear for months on end (including airlifting them up to top of mountains), but what will you get out of it watching is something on you can answer. Of course the largest complaint I tend to hear about Nolan films is the audio mixing, not the visuals. | | |
| ▲ | mort96 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | The interesting question isn't "what's biggest" but what's the best viewing experience. | |
| ▲ | ramesh31 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | >"Certainly Christopher Nolan thinks so since he was willing to put up with the hassle of the IMAX gear for months on end (including airlifting them up to top of mountains), but what will you get out of it watching is something on you can answer." The 70MM IMAX showings at Lincoln Square are still completely sold out 4x/day for the next month. People are filling the theater at 6AM on a Saturday to see it. The market has clearly spoken. | | |
| ▲ | phoghed 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | 4x a day for a month on so few screens isn’t even that many tickets comparatively. | |
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| ▲ | dudefeliciano 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I think that has to do with the marketing and all the memes about how much "less" of the film you see if not watching it on 70mm IMAX | | |
| ▲ | scrlk 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | 1.43 IMAX isn't exclusive to 15/70mm, it can also be screened with IMAX's dual laser projection system. | |
| ▲ | AdamN 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Which is true. He didn't shoot in 35mm so if you want to get the full shot on the screen you must go to an IMAX theater. | | |
| ▲ | rpdillon 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | It's an interesting choice as an artist to produce work for mass consumption that 99% of the population will never be able to experience as intended. |
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| ▲ | jl6 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Passionate hobbyists are often a great source of technical information, and usually more objective than industry sources. The thing to watch out for is people who have become so absorbed by their hobby, they start to put great subjective weight on distinctions that would be without difference to a "normal" person. Audio gear, gourmet food, fine wine, running shoes... It's XKCD 915 all the way down. I also recommend Penn & Teller: Bullshit! S03E12 ("The Best") on this subject. Good for the hobbyists, if it enhances their enjoyment, but if you're a casual, microscopic variations are going to be dwarfed by other factors. | | |
| ▲ | mort96 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | I think we're giving too much credit to audiophiles. We're talking people who might have discussions on their forums about whether audio buffers in memory allocated with malloc or in memory allocated with C++'s `new` sounds best. Stuff which doesn't have "microscopic effects dwarfed by other factors" but stuff which has literally no effect. |
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| ▲ | sgt 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Tried both, 70mm (65mm is video, 5mm is audio) is just superior in every way. There's nothing out there that compares, digital projections are still far behind. |
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| ▲ | rpdillon 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Knowing nothing about this, it's a little bit wild to see two comments on the same page making diametrically opposed claims. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49122568 Does anybody have the technical knowledge to compare a RED video camera to 70mm IMAX (or maybe you just meant 70mm?) | | |
| ▲ | sgt 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I wonder if he has ever watched e.g. Lawrence of Arabia in 70mm? Not blurry Edit: and yes, I meant 70mm super panavision | |
| ▲ | zipzinger 42 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | It’s because the person in the comment you linked to is talking shite. |
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| ▲ | gempir 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Hmm are you sure 5mm is audio? This article claims Audio is added via USB Stick or CD https://www.theppt.org/rewind/articles/where-can-you-watch-t... | | |
| ▲ | sgt 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | I was referring to regular 70mm, in which 65mm is for the picture and 5mm is to allow for the sound channels. I am not surprised - squeezing even more out of the film, that IMAX would just put audio separately. | | |
| ▲ | gempir 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | I am also referring to regular 70mm, not IMAX, so is that part of the article. > 70mm film uses DTS audio, which is supplied to the cinema on either CD-ROMs, or (more recently) via USB sticks. | | |
| ▲ | sgt 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | I have never seen that in real life though, only regular 70 mm film of which 65 mm is definitely used for the picture and audio channels for the rest. E.g Lawrence of Arabia |
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