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5k cinescope aspect3/15/2023 A more commonly used term is 2.35:1, but in truth that format has not been in use since the 1970s when the standard switched to 2.39:1. Despite the technical differences, the CinemaScope term is used to cover all these different versions. Most movies in commercial theatres that are released today are in 2.39:1(2.40:1). Would it not be great to have a projector that could just switch between formats with no extra lenses, no fuss and no need for return calibration checks? Enter the Loki CinemaScope Barco Residential asserts the only way to get the real experience, is via projection. Many modern TVs made today are described as 21:9, but the real format is actually 64:27 which is 2.37:1. The resolution of the Orion and Optix CinemaScope projectors is 2560×1080, while Loki Cinemascope is 5120×2160, an aspect ratio of 2.37:1. Many installers have often wished: ‘would it not be great to have a projector that could just switch between formats with no extra lenses, no fuss and no need for return calibration checks?’ Well they don’t have to wish anymore: enter the Loki CinemaScope to join the Optix and Orion models – which already offer CinemaScope functionality (with the added bonus of 4K and 5K performance on Loki).ĭue to ship in April 2017 (in the UK, Barco Residential projectors are available through Genesis Technologies and via Meridian Audio’s Design and Specification Service), the latest addition to the Barco CinemaScope family can natively deliver this classic format loved by many, that despite huge changes around it, has held its own when other enhanced formats like 3D have had mixed results. Maintaining them and keeping alignment correct was relatively easy, as a technician was always on site.įast forward a few decades and the modern home cinema installer can also deliver CinemaScope to clients in the same way, however anamorphic lenses are more problematic for the opposite reason to the commercial theatres of the 1950s. The cinemas loved the format because it was relatively easy to move over to the new system all that needed to happen to the projector was to fit an anamorphic lens over the existing kit. The format was a hit, delivering an experience movie fans had simply never had before. Skouras, president of 20th Century Fox at the time, green-lighted the creation of CinemaScope movies, the first being classic sword and sandals epic, The Robe. Studios and cinema owners needed a new weapon to impress audiences. In the America of the 1950s, TV was eating into cinema’s audience. News Home Cinema & AV News Barco Residential plans to lead the way in providing a true CinemaScope experience in the home with a new Loki 4K model…Įver since its first stirrings in the 1920s when French inventor Henri Chrétien developed and patented his film process called Anamorphoscope, through the format’s true birth in the 1950s, CinemaScope had held its own as a format in an ever-changing world.
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