Cinerama Gets the World’s First Commercial Digital Laser Projector
Cinerama theater beams up to the future
By Lauren Mang October 22, 2013
This article originally appeared in the November 2013 issue of Seattle magazine.
If Paul Allen owns something like, say, a movie theater, you can bet that it’s going to be the best, most newfangled theater in all the land. Case in point: his 1960s-era, saved-from-demolition Cinerama in Belltown, which is slated to install the world’s first commercial digital laser projector in early 2014. The super-high-tech machine has a light output of 60,000 lumens, which translates into films with more clarity and color accuracy than ever before. This latest high-tech coup has us curious as to what else Mr. Allen may have in store for the Cinerama. Perhaps robotic ushers? The option to “beam up” to your seats? Maybe a hologram of Allen’s beloved Jimi Hendrix serving popcorn? Or—please, make it so—push-button ejection seats for people who text during the show?
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