This year at Showest 2010, Barco released a 2 new range of Projectors.  The first series based on the 0.98 TI chip and the second on the 1.2 TI chip.  The 1.2 will be upgradable to the 4k TI chip early net year with the 0.98 to follow at a later date.

Barco has an impressive assortment of projectors giving them a very good fit to any theatre.

Some highlights of the new projectors include

1. amazing fault tolerant rectifier solution.
2. in depth trouble shooting system built into the projector with diagrams and instructions displayed based on diagnostics coming out of the the projector.

NOTE: This video is LATE as it could not be released until DCN was a qualified Barco Dealer. DCN (www.dcnaustralia.com.au) is sponsored this video.

Today I cover the KDM or Key Delivery Message, used to UNLOCK a DCP so it can be played in the cinema.  I cover how it works and how secure it is.

I recommend distributors view this Video as so they have a better understanding of the technology they are now using and how secure it is.  It has never been better for them in terms of security.

As a cinema goer, I recommend you also check this out as it shows you how serious content protection is for the Movie industry.  The technology to catch those who try to film of screen is amazingly sophisticated.

Recently here at digitAll the company I part own released the dcpPlayer (Available now as demo and purchase at www.digitall.net.au **Obvious self promotion**)       A cool feature of the dcpPlayer is the ability to view 3D content.  In this video, I do a quick demonstration of different methods available, Side by Side, Above and Below and Anaglyph for example.

dcpPlayer is a great tool for playing 3D content based on a world wide (Soon to be SMPTE) standard the DCP. Something I feel the non-cinema 3D world needs.  I have seen many hacks to get 3D going for niche applications.  Now with the DCP, creators can make 3D content and know it can be taken to any part of the world and it just works.

Today we have a close look at what makes up a DCP or “Digital Cinema Package”.  I will describe the files found on the CRU Hard drives used to distribute the digital files to your cinema.

This includes describing how a DCP is self verifying.  Can contain multiple CPL’s or Composition Playlists, (Ie a playlist of video and audio essences that make up the Film)

The PKL or Package List, a file that tells us what makes up a CPL and all the checking data to make sure every byte is present and accounted for.

Finally I talk about how we have full DCP’s and partial DCP’s and explain how that all works.

The Intelligent AccessTM wireless personal captioning system integrates smartphones, electronic eyewear and WiFi connectivity to bring captions and multiple languages to people at a variety of venues.
The current client stsem utilizes WiFi technology to deliver personal captions to an indevidual on an iPod Touch, iPhone or Windos mobile system. The user has the choice of viewing the captions on the handheld screen or optional electronic eyewear.
This approach benefits both the caption end user and the location providing the service. The end-user can recieve captions from any Intelligent Access installation on his or her own campatible mobile device, without any additional hardware purchase required.

Sponsor: digitAll – www.digitall.net.au

Brian Claypool from Christie talks to us about their new Series 2 projector line up.

We discuss the upgradability to 4K and how the Internal Media Block (IMB) is a big part supporting 4K.

We also take a look at a prototype of a Dorami IMB in action and the new look of the Series 2 boards and how they all work together.

Sponsor: digitAll – www.digitall.net.au

From the Showest2010 University display of Closed Caption technologies.

David from Dolby tells us how a Dolby DCI player DSS200 (And ALL DCI players for that matter as they all support the Standards based protocols)

Sponsor: digitAll – www.digitall.net.au

Doremi Cinema introduces the new CaptiView Closed Caption Viewing System for hearing impaired movie audiences.

The CaptiView system transmits and receives AES-128 encrypted closed captions on a wireless band frequency. With an 80 meter signal range, CaptiView can be used from ANY seat in the house.

The CaptiView system consists of a small, OLED display on a bendable support arm that fits into the theater seat cup holder. The easy-to-read screen is equipped with a rechargable Lithium Ion battery that lasts over 24 hours of continuous use per charge. The high contrast display comes with a privacy visor so it can be positioned directly in front the movie patron with minimal impact or distraction to neighboring patrons.

CaptiView is economically priced to allow the cinema owner to outfit 100% of the multiplex. It runs on the existing Doremi Cinema digital cinema server, so no additional hardware is required. It supports SMPTE and Cinecanvas packages, and can support up to four languages simultaneously.

Sponsor: digitAll

digitAll announced a new tool called dcpPlayer at the show for those wishing to preview non-encrypted DCP’s such as Trailers and Advertisements.

dcpPlayer is a PC based DCP preview utility that allows you to view a DCP on a windows based PC.

The advantages of this tool include.

• The ability to view a DCP without the need to wait for your DCP screen to become available to you.
• Lets you free of the before sessions start or after session finish before you can check a DCP.
• Reduces the need to strike a lamp to view a DCP.
• Allow you to more simply view a DCP without having to walk into a cinema.
• content creators making DCPs can test DCPs created with third part DCP creation software before they send the files.
• An amazing tool for sending full bit depth video around the Internet.  Currently there is no real solution for sending more then 8bit depth colour video for preview.

This is the second part (Part 2 of 2).  The first half is called What can I plug into a DCI projector.

Following on from what we can plug into a DCI projector, in this following video I show you some technology my company “digitAll” is working on to answer the many issues associated with this issue.  It also answer the future trends of alternate content in the cinema and how to make it seamless to show streaming real time content on one or more screens with little effort and cost.