Leading the way and
already shipping is the Christie Solaria® One, aimed at emerging
markets and community theaters whose screen sizes are less than 10.6
meters (35 feet) wide. This DCI-compliant
solution is the first based on Texas
Instruments’ (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) recently
developed S2K DLP Cinema® chipset to begin shipping in
quantity.
“Christie is proud to offer
solutions that generate positive, long-term revenues by providing customers
with superior projection technologies and the very best in customer service and
after-sale support,” said Craig Sholder, vice president, Christie Entertainment
Solutions. “From small screens to ultra-large, premium-experience screens, Christie’s
presence at ShowEast is defining the industry for 2013, with solutions like
Christie Solaria One and Christie Duo, as befits a thought-and technology
leader in the cinema industry.”
In addition to comprehensive
solutions on
display in Christie booth #915, Christie is a co-sponsor of the International
Day activities, including its Awards Luncheon on November 5, which Jack Kline, president and chief operating officer, Christie
Digital Systems USA, Inc., will address.
The Seven Zones in Christie’s Booth Showcase Choices
for ExhibitorsVisitors to the Christie booth will have the opportunity
to experience the firm’s cornerstone digital cinema offerings, whose scope
encompasses new formats and technologies, backed by turnkey service and support
for all of an exhibitor’s operations. Seven zones will amply demonstrate
Christie’s commitment to be a trusted, one-stop shop for all exhibitor needs.
Zone 1:
Christie
Solaria One:“The announcement of the high-value Christie Solaria
One projector is indicative of Christie’s continuing digital cinema technology
leadership, as the company advances the ‘democratization of digital’ trend that
will end in all audiences across the globe having access to the finest in
digital cinema and alternative content,” said Kathryn Cress, vice president, Global and Corporate Marketing, Christie.
A complete projection solution for screens up to 35
feet, it comes with a zoom lens, custom-designed Xenon lamp, and a Christie
Integrated Media Block (IMB) with its own easy-to-operate Screen Management
Software (SMS). The Solaria One is brightest in its class, since it projects
8000 lumens in the DCI color space, 9000 for alternative content and in its
Solaria One+ variation, projects 9000 lumens in the DCI color space and10,000
for alternative content. Shipping DCI compliant in November, this affordable solution
confirms that now all cinemas can make the move to digital projection. It is 3D
ready, HFR upgradeable and has washable/reusable filters. Combined with the premium audio and visual playback
capabilities of Christie SKA-3D, exhibitors can release the full playback
potential of their digital cinema investments.
Zone 2: Christie
Duo: Christie Duo
generates
twice the brightness for super large 2D or 3D screens, allowing cinema
exhibitors to offer a differentiated, premium movie-going experience to their
patrons. Christie Duo is a dual-projection system using patented mirror system
configurations, projecting simultaneous left-eye and right-eye images, which
reduces 3D switching artifacts for better and more comfortable viewing of 3D
presentations. The Christie Duo integration kit can be purchased with either a
2K or 4K Christie Solaria® Series digital cinema projector or as a standalone
integration kit if the exhibitor already has Christie projectors. Included in
the solution is Christie DuoAlign™, an auto-calibrating image alignment
software and camera kit that easily aligns the images from both projectors,
within seconds, to deliver a completely seamless movie experience. Low upfront
costs and no ongoing revenue sharing requirements deliver a high performance
and financially accessible premium large screen movie experience that
exhibitors can brand.
Zone 3: Christie Avias-TMS™:The Christie® Avias-TMS™
Theater Management System (TMS) provides simple and efficient centralized
management of a multiplex’s entire projection operation. An interactive TMS
will be showcased at the booth.
Zone 4: Lamp Lounge: Christie® Xenon lamps deliver a superior cinema
experience, achieving longer life and lower operating costs than alternatives. Their
brightness provides the brightest illumination possible, creating great 3D
content projection. Xenon technology also affords the best image quality, producing
light that is closest to natural sunlight, which in turn delivers the most
life-like and natural colors. No other illumination source can produce light
like that. Reliability is a given, with its natural gas element and ease of use
aiding Xenon lamps to perform dependably, for a long time.
Christie
Managed Services Exhibits Complement Cinema OfferingsChristie Managed Services offer
a wide range of capabilities for managing all cinema equipment including projection systems and lobby
digital signage.
Exhibitors partner with Christie at every stage –from
the design and selection, pre-staging and testing, to deployment, maintenance
support, online training, remote monitoring and reporting. Customers such as ArcLight Cinemas, Coming Attractions
and Southern Theatres trust Christie’s Network Operations Center (NOC) to keep
their equipment running, 24/7/364.
“Southern Theatres chose to partner with
Christie's Managed Services team because they offer a comprehensive solution
that includes NOC monitoring, preventative maintenance, and emergency services,
giving us a cost effective one-stop shop for our digital projection support,”
said Jack Wagner, director of facilities, Southern Theatres, LLC.
Visit Christie Managed Services at Zones 5, 6 and 7 at
the Christie booth to experience the full solution and support offerings
available to exhibitors.
Zone 5: In-lobby
digital signage: Design, build, deploy and support
Experience what a theater lobby could be with eye-catching digital signage such
as digital box office, digital posters and digital menu boards. Displayed on
Christie FHD551-X tiled LCD flat panels, view how Christie Managed Services
will design, build, deploy and support a digital signage network that's right
for exhibitors.
Allure Global Solutions, a valued enterprise
software solutions partner, will be on hand to demonstrate how together it and
Christie support every digital signage project stage, from strategy and content
requirements to equipment selection and POS software integration to synchronized deployment and post
deployment support strategy.
Zone 6: Network Operations Center: 24/7
remote monitoringChristie’s
state-of-the-art NOC, featuring remote monitoring and reporting,
technical phone support, preventative servicing, on-site emergency response and
critical spares replenishment programs, safeguards customers’ visual
technology displays, keeping them running 24/7/365. Christie’s Managed Services team of customer service and technical field experts seek to
understand the support customers need for their digital projectors or in-lobby
displays and, regardless of system’s manufacturer, take a technology agnostic approach to finding
solutions to issues. That’s what sets Christie apart.
Visitors can experience a
video demonstration of Christie’s state-of-the-art Network Operations Center on
display on award-winning Christie® MicroTiles®.
Zone 7:Online cinema training:
Empowering
theater operational staff
Preview Managed Services’ new online cinema training, which provides access to
not only online training, but technical resources and courseware that will
increase the productivity and core knowledge of a cinema’s operational staff.
Christie’s up-to-date training modules help technicians stay current on system
enhancements and advancements in operational and service techniques. Find out
how Christie Managed Services’ online cinema
training website can empower an exhibitors technical and projection personnel
to fix basic system issues, saving time, effort and money. Additionally, the Managed Services team will showcase
their customized boothless projection system as part of a complete customized
solution. This turnkey boothless solution provides a special lift system that
enables projectors to be positioned out of the way during normal operation and
lowered for maintenance, freeing up space for seating that would normally have
been taken up by the projection booths.
Christie’s Commitment to HFRThe two main
goals of Christie’s HFR activities are to help the industry develop the best HFR content and the best delivery
system for HFR content. The first goal involves assisting leading-edge
filmmakers and post-production companies in perfecting HFR movie creation, so
the industry has the most engaging, entertaining content possible. The second
goal is to assist exhibitors in showing these 3D HFR movies in all their glory.
To these ends, Christie is helping create the standards for 3D HFR movies
through formal and informal technology-development alliances with major
producers and directors, post production facilities, studios and technology
partners. On the exhibitor’s front, Christie provides one-stop shopping for all
the hardware, software and services that enable exhibitors to deliver a
filmmaker's vision in stunning 3D HFR quality.
