Projector Contrast Performance in a Cinema Environment

Martin Richards, Barret Lippey, Peter van Kessel, Dave Schnuelle

A new breed of premium cinema formats has emerged recently called Premium Large Format, or PLF, to enhance the consumer cinema experience. Dolby Laboratories' PLF, called Dolby Cinema® features projectors with dramatically improved dynamic range. In this paper we explore the impact of room and optics-related factors and assess how these impact the perceived contrast ratio of the images produced by the projector.

Published
2017-10
Content type
Original Research
Keywords
Cinema Contrast, Projector Contrast, Theatre Contrast, Theatre Ambient Light, Theater Contrast, Theater Ambient Light
DOI
10.5594/M001788
ISBN
978-1-61482-959-1