Digital Cinema and Technology (I) Pvt

We are into Digital Cinema & E Cinema into Indian market. Indian Film Industry has witnessed the arrival of digital technology in cinema over the past two-three years. Digital Cinema replaces celluloid films with digital projection. Movies are filmed and then stored on digital media such as hard disks or servers. These are then distributed through... physical media such as external HDDs or are transmitted to digital cinema with the help of high-speed networks (satellite or optical fiber). At cinemas, these movies are beamed using special digital projectors. This technology implies several advantages for the Film Industry. The theater server has the capacity to store multiple digital movies, thus allowing flexibility to run multiple movies even for single screen theaters. In addition, cost per copy of digital print-at INR 3,500-5,000- is much less as against cost per copy of physical print, which stands at INR 65,000-70,000 (excluding the cost of the projector). Moreover this streamlines the distribution of cinema through satellite technology to geographically remote places. This reduces the scope of piracy and more number of people get to see the original print in lesser amount of time. The industry thus, could derive significant economic benefits from the digitization process.Read More