What Is Digital Cinema?
Digital cinema refers to the latest adoption of digital technologies in the movie industry to digitally distribute or display digital motion pictures rather than the traditional use of reels of conventional motion picture film, like 35 mm film. Digital cinema differs from conventional film in that the content or images can be exchanged on a digital device such as a digital television which can be viewed by either using an appropriate television connection or by viewing the digital content directly on a computer. With digital cinema, a movie is delivered digitally, without the need for original film prints. The term digital cinema is now widely used in most countries and is gradually taking over conventional film-making methods. In order to deliver digital cinema systems, a host device, referred to as a Digital Video Recorder (DVR), is used which, in turn, records the content onto non-volatile memory cards or hard drives. The recordings are then stored in a digital format such as the U...