Projector Contrast Performance in a Cinema Environment

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

A new breed of premium cinema formats called premium large format (PLF) has recently emerged to enhance the consumer cinema experience. The 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.

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2160-2492
Published
2018-08
Content type
Original Research
Keywords
Cinema contrast, projector contrast, theater contrast, theater ambient light
DOI
10.5594/JMI.2018.2838780