QSC, the cinema
industry’s leading supplier of cinema exhibition solutions, announces the first
“QSC Certified” theatres. QSC Certified Theatres are equipped with complete
sound systems from QSC, and meet a set of technical guidelines for equipment,
projection, acoustics, and room design, to ensure an outstanding moviegoing
experience.
The very first QSC
Certified Theatre was screen 6 of the Kinopolis Mathäser Filmpalast in Munich,
Germany, which opened in August, 2016.
The first two U.S.-based QSC Certified Theatres are Goodrich Theatres
Kendall 11 GDX in Oswego, Illinois and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema theatre in
Ashburn, Virginia.
The QSC Certified Theatre at
the Mathäser Filmpalast also happens to be one of the world’s largest Dolby
® Atmos
® cinemas, with 835 seats and a
20.6-meter wide screen, providing an outstanding image and sound experience to
moviegoers. The entire theatre is controlled and monitored using Q-SYS
®, QSC’s powerful networked audio
platform. Installed in the theatre are 23 QSC DPA-Q amplifiers and 50 powerful
QSC loudspeakers, controlled and monitored on a network by a Q-SYS Core 500i
processor. In addition to the new 4K projection system, an entirely new LED
light concept was deployed as part of an extensive design and outfitting plan. The
system was installed by CinemaNext, the European specialist for cinema
exhibitor services.
The Goodrich Theatres
Kendall 11 GDX complex in Oswego, Illinois has 11 screens which have been
recently renovated with all QSC cinema sound systems, including a premium large
format room featuring GDX (Kendall’s own Giant Digital Experience), luxury
rocking seats, and Dolby® Atmos. The GDX room is also the first QSC Certified
Theatre in North America.
Cinemas are becoming far
more than just a place to see a movie, and there’s no better example of this
than Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. The location at One Loudoun Center in
Ashburn, Virginia features nine screens including QSC-Certified Theatre A, a
222 seat room equipped with Dolby Atmos and QSC sound, including Q-SYS control.
The One Loudoun site in Ashburn, Virginia is franchise-owned and was installed
by Moving Image Technologies, a QSC dealer based in Fountain Valley,
California.
Participants in the QSC
Certified Theatre Program are offered a comprehensive marketing program to help
them let the public know that there is a QSC Certified Theatre at their
site. The entire program is free, and
there is no annual licensing fee to achieve or maintain “QSC Certified” status.
“We’re very proud of our first
three Certified Theatres, which affirms that our cinema customers are dedicated
to providing their patrons with the very best movie experience,” says Barry
Ferrell, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for QSC, as well as
the head of the cinema business unit for the company. “Creating a top-quality
moviegoing experience has always been the ultimate goal for QSC and our theatre
partners and dealers around the world. Achieving
this is often just a matter of paying attention to the details and adhering to
a lot of well-known best practices of good cinema design and installation.”
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About
QSCQSC
is a globally recognized manufacturer of audio, video, and control solutions
for all commercial applications. QSC Cinema offers the industry’s most
comprehensive catalog of cinema solutions including signal processing, power
amplifiers, loudspeakers, accessibility solutions, and test/measurement
equipment. Supported by a team of
knowledgeable and highly experienced cinema professionals, QSC Cinema provides
optimized system solutions for rooms of any size, sound format, and budget.
www.qsc.com/cinema
