4 premium screens
Dallas
There are 4 premium screens in Dallas, across IMAX, Dolby Cinema and ScreenX. The biggest picture is at Cinemark Dallas IMAX — 326 m² of lit screen, 55% more than the next room.
One room — Cinemark Dallas 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. Cinemark Dallas IMAX ran a 15/70mm print of The Odyssey — the only one in Dallas.
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 Dallas
If you are choosing tonight
It is Cinemark Dallas IMAX against AMC Northpark 15 & IMAX. 326 m² of lit picture against 211 m², 55% more — IMAX 15/70mm Film against IMAX Commercial Laser.
Cinemark Dallas 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 Dallas.
Ran the 70mm print
Cinemark Dallas 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 4. Single source: 1. No source: 2.
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