| Re: James Cameron thinks 3-D will save the movies
That's correct. Theater owners will show anything that can bring in customers providing they don't have to pay for it. Therefore if some new and improved (as opposed to old and revived) 3-D
technology becomes available, the production company and/or distributor would have to pay for the
equipment. One problem with polarized 3-D is that you need a silver screen to project it onto. Most
megaplexes do not have silver screens because while they increase the luminance for standard movies,
they also tend to be very directional and if you're sitting in an aisle seat far from the center, the light
drops off and the image looks darker. Also, 3-D looks best from the center row to the back. If you
sit to close it's difficult for your eyes to merge the stereo pairs. And...the theater needs to be showing the movie at an increased luminance of 18 footlamberts rather than 16 footlamberts for regular
movies because of the light loss from the polarizers.
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