WILL NEW TECHNOLOGY BRING JUDGMENT DAY TO MOVIE THEATRES?

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Jeffrey Newman

Do movie theatres face a bleak future as a result of digital technology advances that will allow for film viewing via computer tablets or television? Digital projectors exist in only 1500 screens across the country of a total of over 40,000 screens and the consumers are demanding higher quality images. The gaming industry is surpassing the film industry and the gaming audience is not going to theatres as much. Game sales have surpassed movie sales by billions. Games offer a higher level of immersion in the story than do films and many more hours of entertainment. In addition, some consumers see the cost of attending films as too high given what they can buy at home. Will theatres survive?