re: Top Gun in IMAX or Dolby?

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So out of that website, how do I tell if a theater is the full experience or not? Which formats are it?

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Traditional IMAX screens are about 80ft tall. That allows for the movie to be displayed in the 1.43:1 aspect ratio.

In order to get the full experience the movie needs to be shot in that aspect ratio and on 70mm film. Displayed by a 70mm IMAX projector. (15 perf/70mm to be exact). That allows for a much higher resolution. Basically Christopher Nolan is the only director using this format though.

There are now laser IMAX projectors that display in 4k but at older theaters their digital projectors are only 2.9k resolution.

There are also digital cameras that are catching up to 15/70 film cameras in terms of resolution. 15/70 is filmed in 18k, while digital cameras are filming in 8k.

So in the future the camera and projector won't be as big of a deal but the aspect ratio will still be what differentiates between real IMAX and digital IMAX.