Will the shape of film screening change with popularization of LED cinema screens?

There were various progress in the movie screening history, such as conversion from film screening to digital screening, introduction of 3D, "4D" incorporating non-image productions. Introduction is beginning to be introduced now "LED screenPerhaps perhaps it is an existence that marks a new step in the history of the movie.

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It is in Chatsworth, California on Friday, April 20, 2018Pacific Theaters · WinnetkaLED cinema screen was introduced, "Lady Player 1The screening was done.

The LED cinema screen is like a huge television with a width of about 10.3 m, and the resolution is 4 K (4096 × 2160). You do not need the essential projector or projection room in the movie theater. Samsung's vice president of development, Samsung said, "There has not been a new element to collect people in the cinema, so the audience is seeking new experiences that can say" Wow " It was.

One problem was the sound side. Although it is possible to install a speaker behind if it is a screen, speaker installation is impossible because the LED cinema screen is a display. In this regard, Haman International under Samsung has developed a 7.1 channel surround system that creates a sound experience in a conventional movie theater by installing a front speaker directly above the screen and an additional speaker on the front .

Another problem is considered cost. Although it seems that top-class laser projectors are likely to cost 150,000 dollars (about 16 million yen) to 300,000 dollars (about 32 million yen) in general, the cost required for developing LED cinema screens is 500,000 dollars (about 54 million yen) ~ 800 thousand dollars (about 86 million yen). Choi said that the LED cinema screen has other advantages such as a lifetime of about 17 years.

Pacific Theaters is the first LED cinema screen in the US, but already in Samsung, it has begun to expand to Lotte Cinema in Lotte World Towers, Zurich, Bangkok and Shanghai, 10 screens by the summer of 2018, by the end of 2018 We plan to increase the number to 30 screens.

In addition, Sony has developed "Crystal LED Cinema Screen" and has exhibited at CES in 2017, and as 3D screening equipment has increased all over the country with one initiative to release the movie "Avatar" 2009, something LED Cinema Screen may be popularized at a stroke.