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In response to
"Has anybody seen in a movie in Dolby Cinema i know its supose to be like IMAX cause im seeing Spider Man tomorrow on it -- nm"
by
eag
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Dolby Cinema is basically a seal of approval and not exactly akin to IMAX.
Posted by
Mop (aka Rburriel)
Jul 7 '17, 18:04
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It basically says that audio and video are balanced to a certain spec. IMAX, at least traditionally, pertains to 70mm film stock instead of the more common 35mm film stock, although both are rather obsolete now since 99% of projection out there is digital now and not actual "film", but also has to do with how it was shot initially (big cameras) and onto what it's projected (big screens). You can see a movie that was shot in a more common resolution (i.e. 35mm stock or the digital equivalant) yet projected onto a big IMAX screen. People pay a premium for this but all you're seeing is bigger pixels (imagine taking an old 640x480 postage stamp video on the web and blowing it up to full screen... something like that). For IMAX to be done right, it has to be recorded in 70mm or digital equivalant and then projected onto an oversized screen. But that doesn't answer your question.
To reiterate, Dolby Cinema means that the equipment in the projection room has met certain standards. It's more likely to look and sound right, the way the creators intended for the movie to be seen and heard, than in a theater where they're just dicking around. But this only goes so far as I expect there isn't a Dolby inspector that goes around and certifies theaters, much less re-certifies them every year or 5 years or 10 years or whatever.
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