Digital Cinema
Encoding and screening digitally provides a stunning theater experience with much lower delivery costs than traditional film-based distribution. With the increase in power of personal computers, and the crisp quality of Windows Media 9 Series, many film festivals and commercial theaters have elected to use Windows Media as a key component of new digital projection solutions.
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The benefits to theaters of moving to digital cinema are clear. Windows Media 9 Series helps to bring down the cost of digital cinema and make exhibiting film content to audiences of independent films more affordable. Factors such as high-resolution 720p and 1080p video, hardware acceleration, and Windows Media Audio Professional 5.1 surround sound move Windows Media 9 Series into the digital cinema space for specialty theaters and independent distributors. Read more about Windows Media 9 Series for Digital Cinema Applications.
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To show how a Windows Media-based digital cinema solution is deployed, this article describes the process used to bring the BMW Films Digital Cinema Series to theaters. For this deployment, Digital Cinema Solutions, a Microsoft partner specializing in theater solutions, created a portable Windows Media-based digital cinema system, installing the system in 23 theaters around the United States, and converting a number of films to Windows Media files. In November 2002, the BMW Films Digital Cinema Series premiered with the short film "The Hire" from BMW Films followed by the full-length feature "Standing in the Shadows of Motown," from Artisan Entertainment.
Read about The Windows Media Digital Cinema Process
See for yourself – high definition quality Windows Media Audio and Video content.
Advanced Encoding Techniques with Windows Media 9 Series
Producing a High-Definition Windows Media File
Producing Multichannel Audio with Windows Media 9 Series
Protecting Audio and Video Content with Digital Rights Management
Landmark Theatres and Microsoft Create the Largest Digital Cinema Circuit in the United States
Microsoft and Sundance Institute Announce Windows Media 9 Series As Accepted Screening Format at Sundance Film Festival
Microsoft, BMW and Artisan to Kick Off BMW Films Digital Cinema Series November 7 in New York at the Apollo Theater with Premiere of Standing in the Shadows of Motown
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