Theater Rentals

What film formats can be usually be shown in a Theater?

Film

Most theaters can screen 35MM, Beta-SP NTSC, DVCam NTSC, miniDV NTSC, and VHS NTSC. And may strongly discourage from screening on VHS, because it is low quality. They may not screen on DVD. DVD is not a stable format, and it also is not high quality. And also may not have HD, HDV, DigiBeta, Beta-SP PAL, DVCam PAL, or miniDV PAL decks.

If you want to screen from miniDV NTSC or DVCam NTSC, you must be certain that the tape is in STANDARD PLAY, not in long play. There may be problems, otherwise.

However, projector can usually accommodate any of these through an auxiliary input, into which you could plug your deck if you want another format. Special arrangements must be made for that, so please contact the theater if you are interested in using auxiliarty input.

Aspect ratios:
For 35MM, we can handle 1.85, 1.66, 2.35, and 1.33.
For video, we can handle 16:9 and 4:3.

Projectors:
Two Century MSA 35mm projectors, Super Lume-X Xenon lamps
Sanyo PLC-EF31N video projector, with these inputs:
- DVI
- Component - R/PR, G/Y, B/Pb, H/HV, V
- Composite
- Y/C
- SVideo

** We do not show 16mm.

Video decks:
Sony Betacam PVW-2600
Sony SLV-N60 VHS deck
Sony DSR-40 DVCam deck