4 premium screens
Sydney
There are 4 premium screens in Sydney, across IMAX, Chain premium screen, Vmax and 4DX. The biggest picture is at IMAX Sydney (Darling Harbour) — 588 m² of lit screen.
One room — IMAX Sydney (Darling Harbour) — can show the full 1.43:1 IMAX frame. Everywhere else in town crops to 1.90, which is roughly a quarter less picture on a film shot for it.
Worth knowing before you book: IMAX Sydney (Darling Harbour) never lights 16% of its screen. The fabric is bigger than the picture, which is why the ranking here is by lit area rather than by the dimensions cinemas advertise.
Ranked
Scored on the picture each room actually lights, not the fabric it is painted on. A tilde means the projector rests on a single dated source.
Choosing in Sydney
Screen you will be sold and never see
One room here advertises more screen than any film will light. IMAX Sydney (Darling Harbour) leaves 16% dark — 108 m² of fabric that never carries a picture.
How much of this is confirmed
Projector confirmed by two independent sources: 0 of 4. Single source: 1. No source: 3.
Not sure what separates these? The screen is not the picture →