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Sony 4K digital projectors — 3D with a pigeon aftertaste?

Is 3D projector misuse shortchanging 2D digital projection? Do moviegoers care?
- By Michael Berk
- Posted May 23, 2011
3D - love it or hate it, it's taking over as a mainstream cinema projection format, and the necessity of having 3D projectors on tap has driven many theaters to transition to digital equipment in more of their screening rooms. A better experience for all, right?

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The Cave of Forgotten 3D Dreams

Werner Herzog goes 3D in pursuit of the Paleolithic imagination.
- By Michael Berk
- Posted May 11, 2011
While 3D makes immediate and perfect sense in certain contexts (games, horror), there have been a few dissenters as the revamped medium has slowly taken over big and small screens everywhere.

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3D is coming for you, whatever your budget

3D high and low: Samsung drops prices on glasses; Krell upgrades surround processors
- By Michael Berk
- Posted April 6, 2011
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"Resistance" to 3D: Futile?
- By sandv blog
- Posted August 3, 2010
Maybe you saw Inception. Maybe you loved those three-dimensional-looking images. Maybe you realized — and appreciated — that those images weren't actually in 3D.

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Pioneer’s new AVRs go high, wide, and deep
- By sandv blog
- Posted March 5, 2010
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Your 3-D TV Checklist

No one knows if 3-D TV will be successful. But there’s a lot of discussion about the topic, and plenty of people will try to persuade you one way or another.
- By sandv blog
- Posted January 19, 2010
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NEC debuts new 2K 3-D projector for Pixar's "Up"

If you're in the NYC area this weekend, it might be worth the trip over to the Ziegfeld Theatre to see the new Pixar film on NEC's latest and greatest projector, the NC2500S-A
- By sandv blog
- Posted May 27, 2009
If you're in the NYC area this weekend, it might be worth the trip over to the Ziegfeld Theatre to see the new Pixar film on NEC's latest and greatest projector, the NC2500S-A. It uses a 1.2" DMD from Texas Instruments as well triple flash for super-clear and smooth images. It also boasts a 33% brightness increase over the previous model, which is a big jump.

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"Coraline," yes. 3-D, no.
- By sandv blog
- Posted February 27, 2009
I haven't had much use for 3-D. But with the advent of RealD — and since I am, after all, the entertainment editor of this magazine — I figured it was high time for me to check out the latest state of the 3-D art. And what better film to do it with than Henry Selick's latest creation in stop-motion animation?

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