John Corn
10-08-02, 04:38 AM
Discovery HD Theater is taking a trio of IMAX Corp. films to the small screen.
The 24-hour high-definition network, which bowed in June, has converted and will telecast three IMAX films this fall, beginning Monday night with Africa’s Elephant Kingdom and following with The Human Body and Wildfire.
The presentation of these films will mark the first-ever telecine transfer of an IMAX 15/70 format -- which is 10 times larger than a conventional 35-millimeter film and three times larger than a standard 70-mm film -- directly into an HDTV format.
Originally filmed in IMAX’s 15/70mm format, the movies have been transferred to 1080 high-definition format for their upcoming debuts on Discovery HD Theater.
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The 24-hour high-definition network, which bowed in June, has converted and will telecast three IMAX films this fall, beginning Monday night with Africa’s Elephant Kingdom and following with The Human Body and Wildfire.
The presentation of these films will mark the first-ever telecine transfer of an IMAX 15/70 format -- which is 10 times larger than a conventional 35-millimeter film and three times larger than a standard 70-mm film -- directly into an HDTV format.
Originally filmed in IMAX’s 15/70mm format, the movies have been transferred to 1080 high-definition format for their upcoming debuts on Discovery HD Theater.
Full Story (http://www.tvinsite.com/multichannelnews/index.asp?layout=story&doc_id=104048&display=breakingNews)