HD cinemas?

shauncr91 · 16 Mar 2011 at 09:34

Maybe this is a bit of a silly question but I can't work it out...why are cinemas still not showing films in HD? The current quality of picture is just terrible, especially when you're paying nearly £10 a pop to view it.

Is it a cost problem, or simply that they don't have the relevant equipment to show films in the same quality we can view them at home on such a large projection?

shauncr91 · 16 Mar 2011 at 09:40

Robbie G said:
They show them at a much higher resolution than 1080p! 1080p would look awful on a screen that big.

Maybe it's the grain effects that are making you think it's poor quality.

Well it's just something I've noticed over the last couple of months after watching most of my films/tv in HD at home, when I go see a film it looks nowhere near as good as it does at home, even HD TV looks massively improved over cinema displays.

shauncr91 · 16 Mar 2011 at 09:50

vonhelmet said:
HD understanding fail.

I never claimed to be an expert, hence why I asked...

I just though that maybe cinemas would have some sort of technology available to them which would enable them to get near to replication that same quality on a larger scale, which is what I was trying to ask.

shauncr91 · 17 Mar 2011 at 20:25

Energize said:
£10? Jesus I pay £4.50.

Well I don't pay anything because I just get an unlimited card for £13.50/month, but ye for an adult ticket my local cineworld is £8.50.

shauncr91 · 17 Mar 2011 at 23:51

Tim said:
Where do you go? The screens at meadowhall (vue) are better than the ones at centretainment (cineworld).

Cineworld, is the difference worth it do you reckon? I haven't been to vue for a few years as last time I went I seem to remember it being rather small and cruddy.