3 premium screens
Columbia
There are 3 premium screens in Columbia, across Dolby Cinema and IMAX. The biggest picture is at Regal Sandhill Stadium 16 & IMAX — 138 m² of lit screen, 36% more than the next room.
No room here can show the full 1.43:1 IMAX frame. Every screen in Columbia 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.
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 Columbia
If you are choosing tonight
It is Regal Sandhill Stadium 16 & IMAX against AMC Columbia 14 & IMAX. 138 m² of lit picture against 101 m², 36% more — 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. AMC Columbia 14 & IMAX leaves 13% dark — 15 m² of fabric that never carries a picture.
Worth leaving Columbia for
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is 38 mi away and beats everything in Columbia — 338 m² more lit picture than the best room here.
How much of this is confirmed
Projector confirmed by two independent sources: 1 of 3. Single source: 1. No source: 1.
Not sure what separates these? The screen is not the picture →