[Waboman]

Nothing in my area. Looks like the IMAX will still get my money.

 

[dsertedsun]

I watched Captain America: Civil War at the AMC Desert Ridge 18 in Dolby Cinema and it was the only movie I have seen in that format. It looked amazing and the picture was so bright that it looked like it was on a giant tv rather than on a projector. The picture looked very sharp without the black spots that you get from film reel and the sound was so loud that the seats rumbled during action scenes. I counted over 40 speakers which moves the sound around perfectly and makes you look in certain directions and you can feel where the sound is in the movie. I think it's worth paying more for the drastically improved picture alone.

 

[subcell]

Full Dolby Enabled Cinemas

Scott,

Do you have a hint on when we could be having a few around here in Canada ? Montréal, Toronto or Québec ?

Thanks alot

 

[javanpohl]

What kind of timeframe are we looking at for these "coming soon" ones? I stopped paying any attention because Dolby had been boasting of a statistic about having X number of theaters by 2025. My theater (the colorado one) being on your list gives me some hope that it might be somewhat sooner than that

 

[Scott Wilkinson]

I watched Captain America: Civil War at the AMC Desert Ridge 18 in Dolby Cinema and it was the only movie I have seen in that format. It looked amazing and the picture was so bright that it looked like it was on a giant tv rather than on a projector. The picture looked very sharp without the black spots that you get from film reel and the sound was so loud that the seats rumbled during action scenes. I counted over 40 speakers which moves the sound around perfectly and makes you look in certain directions and you can feel where the sound is in the movie. I think it's worth paying more for the drastically improved picture alone.

Actually, AMC Dolby Cinemas have tactile transducers in the seats, which is what was causing the rumbling. But you're right, it's also very loud!

 

[Scott Wilkinson]

What kind of timeframe are we looking at for these "coming soon" ones? I stopped paying any attention because Dolby had been boasting of a statistic about having X number of theaters by 2025. My theater (the colorado one) being on your list gives me some hope that it might be somewhat sooner than that

I honestly don't know, but I would guess (hope) a month or two, certainly well before the end of the year.

 

[Scott Wilkinson]

Scott,

Do you have a hint on when we could be having a few around here in Canada ? Montréal, Toronto or Québec ?

Thanks alot

No hint, sorry to say. Do you have AMC multiplexes in Canada? AMC has an exclusive deal with Dolby in the US, but I don't know about Canada. The Dolby Cinemas in Europe are not AMC.

 

[fabulousfrankie]

Thanks for the list, I didn't know I had one nearby until now. I'll be sure to check it out.

FYI, in Virginia it's McLean, not Maclean.

 

[Scott Wilkinson]

Thanks for the list, I didn't know I had one nearby until now. I'll be sure to check it out.

FYI, in Virginia it's McLean, not Maclean.

Fixed; thanks!

 

[Peterc613]

The first HDR film that we saw in the AMC Burbank Dolby Theater was Maze Runner: Scorch Trials. The blacks from the later projector were truly amazing, especially when contrasted with the bright highlights from HDR. There is a scene where they are running through underground drainage tunnels with flashlights. Normally at other theaters, the "black" areas are dark gray and you can easily see the perimeter of the entire screen where the gray turns to black at the edge. However, with the laser projectors in the Dolby theater the screen was completely ink black wherever the lights didn't shine. You couldn't see at all where the screen ended and the black curtains began.

The flashlights in the Maze Runner tunnel scene had that very bright blue/white light from high intensity LED bulbs. Partial images of the tunnel walls would fade in and out of the inky blackness as it was illuminated by the flashlight beam when they ran past the camera. The screen was completely inky dark as if if the projector was turned off until they came around a corner into the picture. There are also extended scenes where they are climbing through the interior of wrecked buildings. With HDR, you could see all the detail in the dark interior areas plus all the brighter detail to the exterior wreckage outside.

I've since seen other HDR films at the Dolby prime theater and the picture and sound are always far superior to other theaters I go to in the Los Angeles area. The tactile transducers in the power recliner seating are seamlessly integrated with the theater's subwoofers. They never call attention to themselves and unless you know they're there you would think the subs alone were causing your whole body to vibrate. I have taken many non AVS type friends to that theater and they are always amazed by the power of the bass in the theater until I explain there are transducers built into the seats.

One of my favorite "go to" movies to test black levels and contrast on projectors is Tron: Legacy. It also benefits from an amazing ULF soundtrack. It's too bad it came out before HDR and Dolby Cinema took off. I really hope someday to see a remastered release if this movie in all its spectacular glory in a Dolby Prime Cinema.

 

[Nexgen76]

That's crazy how NC don't have one......Mainly in the Triangle area.

 

[Mrkazador]

I used to go to the AMC theater in Norwalk all the time a few months back. They renovated the whole theater with new screens and reclining seats. Can't wait for them to finish the Dolby auditorium. Plus it has much better parking than the one in Burbank, that place is always full.

 

[Gillietalls]

So I'm about an hour away from Tyson's Corner. I clicked on DOLBY and it brought up the new X-Men movie and the upcoming Ninja Turtles movie. How can I be sure it's actually been graded in Dolby Vision, and they don't just mean Dolby Sound?

 

[RLBURNSIDE]

Q) Any good HDR movies coming out in July?

I'll be in California for Siggraph end of July and might make the trek to Burbank to check it out. I still haven't seen an entire film in HDR, and I'd like to experience it first hand. All I've seen are short demos in Dolby Vision (as spectacular as they were).

 

[BornSlippyZ]

Nothing in my area. Looks like the IMAX will still get my money.

Yeah and I hope our area gets up to speed. But at least we have IMAX and an ATmos theater within 5 miles of each other.

 

[DigiWega]

So I'm about an hour away from Tyson's Corner. I clicked on DOLBY and it brought up the new X-Men movie and the upcoming Ninja Turtles movie. How can I be sure it's actually been graded in Dolby Vision, and they don't just mean Dolby Sound?

When you look at the move listings you should see a Dolby Vision icon next to the movie if it's playing in that theater. I saw Batman V Superman a few months back and it was amazing, you should make the trip and check it out.

 

[boguspomp]

They finally opened one here in Vegas. We went to see Captain America two weeks ago and X-Men on Tuesday. Picture quality is certainly the best we have ever seen. Sound is good too and the seats shaking gives it the extra mmmph. Sorry to say that the seats are not even close to the comfort of the Galaxy Movie Theater seats we have at the Cannery Casino. One never finds the perfect position in this Dolby theater. Everything else: TOP NOTCH.

 

[CosmoNut]

I've seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Captain America: Civil War at the Barrywoods 24 here in Kansas City, Missouri. Both looked AMAZING! What has really stood out to me with HDR is the richness of color in bright areas of the image such as lightsabers, police car lights, and so on. What's more, the starfields in TFA really had "pop" to them while the darkness of space remained very dark.

The difference is noticeable enough that watching SDR versions of the same content leaves me feeling a little "meh." The Blu-ray of TFA looks good, but the lightsabers and starfields just don't have that richness that they did in the Dolby Cinema. I took my wife to an SDR screening of Civil War on Saturday and the flashing police lights, red clocks on the wall of the headquarters building, and emergency lights after the blackout just didn't have the same pop.

Of note for those in KC: If you go to Barrywoods 24, reserve your seats in ROW H. Having looked closely at the speaker angles, that looks to be the row to which they were all calibrated. Not sure it makes that big of a difference, but it's probably preferred for the discerning Dolby Cinema patron. ;-)

 

[ChiliBean]

Great news! Thanks! Just have to wait patiently for the one in Crestwood, IL. Luckily there's a highway from Hammond, IN that goes almost all the way to the theater so should be a fast trip to get there.