he leading developer of digital cinema solutions – GDC Technology and China
Research Institute of Film Science and Technology (CRIFST) successfully
delivered a synchronized multiple-server system to Deng Xiaoping Memorial Museum
on 13 August 2004. The Museum acquired GDC Technology three-server system for
China’s first 4k digital cinema screen using three DLP Cinema™ projectors with a
combined native picture resolution of 3840x1024 pixels.
From 13 – 25 August, more than hundred of thousands of visitors have watched the
Deng Xiaoping’s life documentaries in 4k (3840x1024) picture resolution at Deng
Xiaoping Memorial Museum which is located at Guangan, Sichuan – the hometown of
Deng Xiaoping. There are more than twenty shows per day beginning from 8:30AM to
5:00PM.
CRIFST designed and built China’s first 4k digital cinema theatre utilizing
multiple projectors that are synchronically driven by multiple servers with
single frame accuracy. CRIFT was also responsible in taking the artistic
direction from the directors of photography and converting all the Deng
Xiaoping’s life documentaries acquired on celluloid films into 4k digital
pictures. The 4k digital pictures were encoded in the native 4k resolution using
GDC Technology’s EN1000 – DSR™ Digital Film Agile Encoder. The 4k resolution
images were playout in synchronization with single frame accuracy on the large
digital screen using three GDC Technology’s DSR™ Servers which have the ability
to genlock to various types of video input, providing ease of integration for
multiple-screen cinema application typically found in theme parks and museums.
More than ten GDC Technology’s SA1000 DSR™ Digital Film Server and SZ1000 DSR™ Z
Server can be configured as synchronized servers for multiple-screen cinema
theatre.