Reel change comes to Roseburg theaters | The News-Review - NRtoday.com: Digital images will take over as crews tear out green metal 35 mm film projectors and replace them with black plastic digital projectors.
Two screens, one in each theater at the Garden Valley Cinema 8 and Harvard Cinema, were changed several years ago to show blockbuster 3-D films such as “Avatar.”
Now, it's time to convert nine remaining screens, said General Manager Nathan Davies.
The Roseburg movie houses will join theaters across the country in a flurry of renovation as Hollywood abandons 35 mm film to adopt the newer medium.
Scott Hicks, whose Portland company, American Cinema Equipment, is installing the digital equipment in Roseburg, said about 60 percent of the U.S. theaters have already converted to digital.
Although the images will be clearer, cleaner and more stable than the 35 mm images, Hicks and Davies agree that moviegoers likely won't notice the change.