6 premium screens
Manchester
There are 6 premium screens in Manchester, across IMAX, Dolby Cinema, Cineworld Superscreen and 4DX. The biggest picture is at Vue Manchester Printworks IMAX — 484 m² of lit screen, 190% more than the next room.
One room — Vue Manchester Printworks IMAX — 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. Vue Manchester Printworks IMAX ran a 15/70mm print of The Odyssey — the only one in Manchester.
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.
- Vue Manchester Printworks IMAXIMAX GT Dual Laser1.4326.3 × 18.8 m484 m² lit pictureS
- ODEON Trafford CentreDolby Cinemasize unpublishedB
- ODEON Trafford Centre IMAXIMAX Commercial Laser17.8 × 9.7 m167 m² lit pictureC
- Cineworld Didsbury - SuperscreenCineworld Superscreensize unpublishedC
- not
rankedCineworld Didsbury4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedCineworld DidsburyScreenXsize unpublished
Choosing in Manchester
If you are choosing tonight
It is Vue Manchester Printworks IMAX against ODEON Trafford Centre IMAX. 484 m² of lit picture against 167 m², 190% more — IMAX GT Dual Laser against IMAX Commercial Laser.
Vue Manchester Printworks IMAX also shows the full 1.43:1 frame, so it is the bigger picture and the taller one. There is no trade-off to weigh in Manchester.
Ran the 70mm print
Vue Manchester Printworks IMAX ran 15/70mm film of The Odyssey. On film the frame is about a third taller than the digital showing in the same room.
How much of this is confirmed
Projector confirmed by two independent sources: 1 of 6. Single source: 1. No source: 4.
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