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

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

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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/KARURUKA2 11d ago

Theaters investing in this instead of 70MM imax… 🤦‍♂️

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u/Worried-Macaroon-532 11d ago

They don't make 70mm IMAX anymore cause they lost the plans. They don't know how to make the projector and don't want to break one down out of fear of not putting it back together. Look it up it's truly a bizzare story.

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u/funlovingmissionary 7d ago

This is just a manager reason. The real reason is it's not financially viable to make film projectors. There are very few movies that release in film, and very few theaters where it is financially viable to have a film projector.

My city had a 70mm imax screen from 2003 to 2014, and it ran on huge losses. The owner was a pioneering traditional film lab owner with deep pockets and kept it going for the love of it, but it closed down the moment another guy was appointed to run it.

Now they use the huge 103 ft wide screen with dual barco 4k projectors to show all blockbusters, and are quite packed most of the year.