7 premium screens
Glasgow
There are 7 premium screens in Glasgow, across IMAX, Chain premium screen, VueXtreme and ODEON iSense. The biggest picture is at IMAX Theatre at Glasgow Science Centre — 313 m² of lit screen, with almost nothing in it against Cineworld Glasgow Silverburn IMAX.
No room here can show the full 1.43:1 IMAX frame. Every screen in Glasgow crops to 1.90 or wider, so a film shot with IMAX cameras will be missing about a quarter of its picture wherever you see it.
Worth knowing before you book: IMAX Theatre at Glasgow Science Centre never lights 30% 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.
- Cineworld Glasgow Silverburn IMAXIMAX Commercial Laser24.1 × 13.27 m306 m² lit pictureB
- ODEON Braehead IMAXIMAX Commercial Laser16.4 × 9.1 m142 m² lit pictureC
- IMAX Theatre at Glasgow Science CentreProjector not established24.4 × 18.3 m313 m² lit pictureC
- Omniplex Glasgow (former Cineworld Renfrew Street)Chain premium screensize unpublishedC
- Vue Glasgow Fort - VueXtremeVueXtremesize unpublishedC
- ODEON Luxe Glasgow Quay - iSenseODEON iSensesize unpublishedC
- not
rankedCineworld Glasgow - Silverburn4DXsize unpublished
Choosing in Glasgow
If you are choosing tonight
It is IMAX Theatre at Glasgow Science Centre against Cineworld Glasgow Silverburn IMAX. 313 m² of lit picture against 306 m², so the projector decides it — IMAX Digital Xenon against IMAX Commercial Laser.
Screen you will be sold and never see
One room here advertises more screen than any film will light. IMAX Theatre at Glasgow Science Centre leaves 30% dark — 133 m² of fabric that never carries a picture.
Worth leaving Glasgow for
ODEON Dunfermline IMAX is 41 mi away and beats everything in Glasgow.
How much of this is confirmed
Projector confirmed by two independent sources: 0 of 7. Single source: 2. No source: 5. Generation never established: 1.
Not sure what separates these? The screen is not the picture →