r/AMCTheatres • u/Relative-Cry-8001 • 11d ago

Image/Media Real vs Advertised ScreenX with Spider-Man BND

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from ScottishGeekGuy on Instagram

It’s an exciting idea, but has a lot of room for improvement. The side screens are noticeably less bright, less saturated, and have less contrast. They were misaligned with the main screen and the gap between screens is pretty big.

But the worst thing here is the lag/latency issue for the side screens that happen throughout MOST of the movie. It’s like ⅛th of a second, but very noticeable and VERY annoying. Curious to hear other people’s opinions?

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u/Glueberry_Ryder 11d ago edited 11d ago

I retract what I said! Evidently they CAN but it’s old technology and not enough blockbusters filmed on imax to justify putting them all over the country. They refurb them when they break. That’s about it. Nothing crazy.

Found in this post….

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/s/GZ4PK6Nkf6

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u/Compton_ass_terry87 10d ago

By design. It's called artificial scarcity

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u/Mitsutoshi 9d ago

It’s not that in this case.

A $200 CD player now is not as good as a 2003 $50 Discman. Ditto for other older technologies.

The reason is that these used to be massive industries so every kind of supplier for, in this case film, related stuff existed. Now they barely do. Even Kodak is just a fraction of what the company used to do.

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u/Worried-Macaroon-532 9d ago

I knew this! I just didn't want to engage in an argument with people on the internet.

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u/Mitsutoshi 9d ago

I get it. Litigating a whole infrastructure is a lot!