The China National Film Museum is using a Barco DP2K-32B digital cinema projector for 3D viewing in its IMAX Theatre. The complex claims to be the largest specialised cinema museum in the world and is described as a monument to Chinese cinema.
The complex claims to be currently the largest specialised cinema museum in the world and describes itself as a monument to Chinese cinema.
Feng Xiaozhong, theatre department director of the China National Film Museum, said: “As digital cinema becomes more widespread, today's audience is expecting more and more from digital wide-screen 3D cinema. Therefore, as the world's largest national cinema museum, we must keep pace with the evolving technology to fulfil our customers' expectations”
Barco's managing director for Greater China, Yan Fei, added: “The China National Film Museum represents Chinese cinema's technology, culture and areas of development. The fact that the museum is again using a Barco product in its screening hall underlines the trend towards digital screening in the Chinese cinema market.”