Neowin News Feed for: Cinema

UK cinemas will start accepting two digital IDs to help customers prove their age

Paul Hill — Mon, 30 May 2022 12:44:01 +0000

Cinemas in the UK will begin accepting two digital IDs from today to smooth the process for children to see age-restricted films. The two supported apps are Yoti and Post Office EasyID. Read more...

Google expands Duplex technology to complete online tasks such as buying movie tickets

Paul Hill — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 12:42:01 +0000

Google has announced that Duplex on Google Assistant can now place orders for movie tickets. Just ask Assistant for a movie and Duplex will handle the ticket purchasing process automatically. Read more...

Facebook extends cinema ticket purchases to UK

Paul Hill — Sat, 09 Feb 2019 10:22:01 +0000

Facebook has rolled out a new Films section in its mobile app for UK customers. The feature will let you look through films and buy tickets. Facebook said it won't make any money from ticket sales. Read more...

Lifetime access to this Film & Cinematography Mastery Bundle only costs $29

News Staff — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:00:01 +0000

With today's highlighted discounted deal, you can write, shoot, and distribute your first feature film with this trio of expert-led courses all while saving 96% off the normal cost with Neowin Deals. Read more...

Samsung's HDR Cinema Screen to debut outside of South Korea

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 13:16:02 +0000

The Cinema Screen developed by Samsung will start entertaining moviegoers in Thailand by February 2018. Samsung argues that the image quality offered by its screen is better than any projector. Read more...

Apple might start streaming movies just two weeks after their theatrical release

Vishal Laul — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 22:38:01 +0000

According to a report by Bloomberg, several Hollywood movie studios are in talks with Apple and Comcast to launch a premium movie rental service where films may release just two weeks after theaters. Read more...

Samsung unveils a giant 34-foot 4K display TV

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:46:01 +0000

The QLED Cinema Screen by Samsung is a big move for the company, aiming to replace projectors in our cinemas. They make a strong case based on the screen's 34-foot size, image and audio capabilities. Read more...

Napster founder working on set-top box which streams films on release

Paul Hill — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:26:01 +0000

Napster founder - Sean Parker - is reportedly talking to major film studios on a new set-top box which will stream content to users on the first day of release, the only caveat being the hefty price. Read more...

'The Revenant' leaker arrested, faces three years in jail

Paul Hill — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 10:58:01 +0000

The FBI has arrested a Californian man for sharing "The Revenant" on piracy sites in December. He has agreed to plead guilty to copyright infringement which carries a maximum sentence of three years. Read more...

Sony to release "The Interview" in theaters on Dec 25 who will play it

Chris Schroeder — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 20:52:01 +0000

After an enormous amount of attention was put on the upcoming Seth Rogen comedy "The Interview", Sony has decided to not heed the warnings of North Korea and release the movie in select theaters. Read more...

Panasonic and XPAND 3D announce new M-3DI 3D glasses standard

Byron Hinson — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:47:26 +0000

Both Panasonic and XPAND 3D announced earlier today that they have created a new standard for 3D active-shutter based glasses, with the aim of creating a universal standard that can be used across 3D TV’s,... Read more...

Media Player Classic – Home Cinema 1.0.11.0

Razvan Serea — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:22:06 +0000

Media Player Classic looks just like Windows Media Player 6.4, but has many additional features. It has a built in DVD player with real-time zoom, support for AVI subtitles, QuickTime and RealVideo support (requires QuickTime... Read more...

AMD Launches Home Cinema, Home Media Server Platforms

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:02:43 +0000

Taking on rival Intel's Viiv platform in the consumer space, Advanced Micro Devices on Monday rolled out reference designs for a home cinema device, home media server, new notebook and digital media storage device under... Read more...

Open Source film competition Stray Cinema launches website

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:23:18 +0000

Remixing music has been around for years, it's about time film had a turn. Stray Cinema has released the raw footage from a film shot in London, for the general public to download and make... Read more...

Apple Cinema Displays have faulty LCD panels

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:40:02 +0000

THE FLAGSHIP Apple line of Cinema Displays is shipping with faulty LCD panels, it has emerged. Most acutely affected appears to be the 23-inch line, which can exhibit a strong pink or yellow hue across... Read more...

Cinema trailer fights film piracy

Tom Warren — Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:56:57 +0000

Teenagers are being targeted in an anti-piracy drive to reduce the number of films downloaded from the internet. A trailer comparing downloading from the internet and buying a bootleg DVD to stealing... Read more...

Zelda cinema trailer

Marcel Klum — Sat, 09 Nov 2002 09:00:39 +0000

Zelda.com has updated with the Zelda trailer that will be shown in cinemas all over the US of A. And it is just so damn cool. A great, edgy narrative spliced with game footage -... Read more...

Two videogames on their way to the cinema

Marcel Klum — Tue, 16 Jul 2002 09:04:46 +0000

Saw this over at gamers.nl. Columbia to Rebuild 'Castle' Game Columbia Pictures is returning to the video game well once more -- this time for "Return to Castle Wolfenstein."... Read more...

Apple: new 10gb iPod & Cinema HD 23-inch Flat Panel Display

Thu, 21 Mar 2002 03:08:51 +0000

neo1980 posted this first on our BackPage forum so he gets the credit ;) Apple Computer will unveil a new iPod at Macworld Expo Tokyo that comes with a 10GB hard drive and... Read more...