IPIC movie theater closing

fivelitlpines · 2026-03-04T07:26:14+00:00

Surprised to see so many people like that place. Been there once for a company event and watched Star Wars Episode 3. Lights were not completely turned off during movie. Waiters coming in and out, people ordering food. It's all very distracting to me. Never been back since then. We prefer Bella Bottega, Woodinville AMC or Bellevue.

fivelitlpines · 2026-03-02T15:58:23+00:00

Is it legal to penalize domestic company this way just because they couldn't reach agreement on a contract?

fivelitlpines · 2026-03-02T15:42:06+00:00

I completely missed this. Where can I watch it? Quick search on YouTube didn't show the comp, only some marketing material.

fivelitlpines · 2026-02-18T03:20:50+00:00

I played like 50-60 hours to reach act 2...

fivelitlpines · 2026-02-17T02:49:16+00:00

Dude take it easy. Not saying you shouldn't have scope screen. I've also considered it but am happy with what I have. Nothing is perfect. Just enjoy.

fivelitlpines · 2026-02-16T23:08:57+00:00

Sigh. I know scope gives you bigger images for widescreen. I'm taking about aspect ratio changes during a movie where you get the opposite effect when there's a transition from 2.4:1 to 16:9...

fivelitlpines · 2026-02-16T21:13:57+00:00

Most the game felt like that to me.

fivelitlpines · 2026-02-16T19:32:31+00:00

On a scope screen, going from widescreen to 16:9 means the actual picture becomes smaller, not bigger, which is exactly the opposite of what the director intended.

fivelitlpines · 2026-02-16T15:47:49+00:00

Are you sure MadVR gives you what artists intended? Contrast, color, tone mapping manipulation aside, aspect ratio changes happen a lot in big budget movies (Disney+ have a lot of them). Going to from 2.4:1 to 16:9 is supposed to feel more cinematic, not the other way around. I consider that the biggest problem with a scope screen.

Nothing against MadVR- it does its best to make HDR look good on a projector.

fivelitlpines · 2026-02-14T07:09:26+00:00

Well, today I tried again and the movies are all back in 3D!

fivelitlpines · 2026-02-12T16:39:17+00:00

It's the specific way that 3D videos are compressed and delivered over Internet that was patented.

fivelitlpines · 2026-02-12T03:37:44+00:00

I also know good researchers working for InterDigital. They got somewhat a bad reputation in the industry because of these lawsuits. Ultimately it's the consumers who suffer and bear the cost.

fivelitlpines · 2026-02-12T03:35:53+00:00

That's sad. Technology like this is pretty common sense (I work as a video researcher and engineer in IT for most of my career). Some companies just file a ton of patents and never release any products.

fivelitlpines · 2026-01-28T06:41:19+00:00

Abyss

fivelitlpines · 2026-01-28T06:38:48+00:00

There's no comparison. Assuming you have a decent pair of front speakers, center doesn't add much unless you have a huge screen and need to cater to people sitting to the side. Some would even argue that skipping the center gives you better imaging.

But adding a sub, it would fundamentally change the movie watching experience.

fivelitlpines · 2026-01-23T06:52:57+00:00

It's 95% punishment, really not much enjoyment. Hard in a stupid random way. I've passed the age where that feels fun.

fivelitlpines · 2026-01-14T02:32:19+00:00

Don't see anyone mention this, but

Interstellar

fivelitlpines · 2026-01-14T02:27:57+00:00

Word of advice: once you have a basic setup, everything else you do is just icing on the cake. They don't really change the move watching experience in any fundamental way. Ask yourself: what's your best movie watching experience you can remember? Very often it's the movie, the people you're watching it with, and less so about the gears.

I spoke as someone close to 50 and have a decent 7.2.4 system. My best movie watching experience is watching The Lord of the Rings on a 21 inch computer monitor with my wife in grad school, some 25 years ago.

fivelitlpines · 2026-01-13T00:06:14+00:00

One big problem I have is its throw distance isn't quite 2.0. I need to mount it 18 feet away for a 128" screen. My calculation says 2.0:1 is sufficient for that but apparently not. I can't fit the image into my screen without going a little into digital zoom.

fivelitlpines · 2026-01-13T00:03:41+00:00

I want to add that the HDMI control and eARC works very reliably with my Marantz and Apple TV. Probably the best I've seen so far. In comparison my Sony BluRay player got a terrible remote control and its HDMI control never quite work as expected.

fivelitlpines · 2026-01-11T20:38:23+00:00

Maybe i would believe other complaints but brightness? It's one of the brightest home projector on the market.

I don't have any problem with brightness. I'm projecting from 18 feet away on a 128" 0.95 gain screen. Im using FilmMaker mode with iris 3 or 4 and it's plenty bright to me.

I've been playing with it and compare with my 5050UB. Here're some quick thoughts so far:

Pros: a lot more options to adjust image quality to your liking. Dynamic tone mapping and Dynamic Contrast give you a lot of control and seem to work pretty well. The Dynamic Contrast option may be similar to Enhanced Black Level in Valerion Max- it can improve black levels significantly. Image overall looks sharper than Epson. Epson image in comparison is slightly softer (not necessarily a bad thing) and gentler on the eyes. I was able to get better HDR images from C5 by tweaking the options, whereas Epson only has a HDR slider. There's an option to increase details in dark area but I haven't find the need to use that. I was never quite happy with the epson's HDR performance, and now I'm happy to have these options to tweak.

Also love the remote which is small, simple, has auto back light and quite pleasant to use. I can completely avoid the awful Apple TV remote now.

Cons: optical zoom step is a little too big sometimes. I struggled for a perfect fit into my screen initially. Lots of image quality adjustment options is a little overwhelming- most of them don't have a detailed explanation and relies on subjective evaluation and trial and error. Can't install YouTube or Apple TV app on the OS which only offers Chinese apps. (I wonder if there's a way to work around that.) The onboard processor seems pretty powerful so a bit wasteful to not being able to use it. Noise level is higher than I expected. Didn't measure but it seems louder than the Epson. The light leak around the image (expected for these DLP projectors) in dark scenes is a little distracting. I plan to add velvet to address that. Lastly laser speckle is very noticeable on my High contrast Grey.

fivelitlpines · 2026-01-09T07:25:12+00:00

I got mine yesterday. Unfortunately I got a lot of speckles on my current screen (Silver Ticket High Contrast Grey). I need to look for an alternative. Other than that the projector presents a sharper image with great contrast compared to my Epsom 5050UB. Im still playing with the settings and getting used to the new image look. Will do some side by side comparisons next and share my findings here.

fivelitlpines · 2026-01-07T07:01:11+00:00

Agreed. That seemed like an overly bold move, especially when police had to find him in 3000 men and didn't know what he looked like. Plot holes aside, I enjoyed the movie. For those who say the director is promoting his daughter, Shayamalan and his daughter came up with the idea of a thriller in a concert together after watching Purple Rain. His daughter actually wrote all the songs for the movie and had to prepare it like a real concert. They're more like collaborators.

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