Movies
October, 1999
Through all the advances in film making techniques from Edison's The Great Train Robbery in 1903 to Austin Powers of 1999, one thing has remained constant: Movies are printed on 35mm film, and those cumbersome (and expensive) prints are then shipped to thousands of theaters around the world. Until now.Some theaters are experimenting with digital projection, which eliminates film altogether. Two rival systems, one from Hughes and JVC, the other from Texas Instruments, already exist. The former wa...
