IMAX 3D Projector

Now days IMAX is Digital, this is the old IMAX 70th technology.

Can you quote where you learn about this new IMAX technology? I was in a IMAX theater last week and their projection room was in a glass showcase. I still see rolls of film spinning around. Current HD video technology is not fine enough to reproduce the same details of the IMAX film.

Wrong! The lamps are 12,000 to 15,000 watts! And cost several thousand dollars each! And if not handled carefully, will EXPLODE violently, blasting you with glass shards. You never expose the lamp without having on protective clothing and face shield. Been there, done that! They are also water cooled using non-conductive distilled water.

ok, i checked it, your right, i was thinking of concert type projectors.

Oh.. It's an IMAX MPX(Multiplex) unit. I will never understand on why this exists as the image isn't really IMAX unless a GT unit is used.

How much do those COST?!

Probably in terms of millions. If it were cheap, you would see more IMAX theaters around you.

Ah..yea. For me the nearest IMAX theatre is on the other side of the country :(.

I was wrong in my guess. While I was driving this afternoon after I replied to you, I heard on the radio about IMAX theaters. It is getting more popular, but the investment is a bit over a million dollars per establishment. So if the whole theater is about a million, the project would be just a portion of that.

o rito ok. I was thinking 'millions' is too much for a projector.