Movies Without Film ... In 3D!

I'm up for digital 3D movies. How 'bout you?

Today's medianote is about the movie industry's historic conversion to digital projection in movie theaters. This comes at a time when audiences at theaters are dwindling and DVD releases are rapidly becoming more profitable than theatrical releases of movies.

According to a recent article in the Hollywood Reporter, the movie companies and the theater owners are working through issues related to technical standards including, no doubt, security. The studios' worst nightmare has to be that an unguarded hard drive--whether it be in Iowa or Iran or just down the street--could lead to endless bootlegging of perfect copies of that film. Also, the two parties have to work out an economic model where both the studios and the theater owners share the costs of the changeover and reap its benefits.

Besides the uniformly crisp audio and visual quality, the digital rollout will also include some digital 3D films. Sounds like fun. Gimme a pair of those dorky cardboard 3D glasses.