![]() ![]() That being said, newer or refurbished Cinemark theaters all come with XD seats included, even for the more affordable standard theaters. The seats in Cinemark XD theaters are very comfortable, and come with the ability to be reclined and heated! This means there are two rows of speakers along the side walls, 11 on each wall, with 5 “high” speakers and 6 “low” speakers. ![]() The low volume issue is compounded with the relatively high bass, which makes certain sounds muddy and not as clear.Ĭinemark XD has an 11.1 sound system. It’s not quiet by any means, but the sound just doesn’t seem to have as much “oomph” and carrying power as IMAX or Dolby Cinema. You just have the impression the sound is coming from everywhere.Īnother problem, at least when comparing to true IMAX, is that the volume is a bit on the low side. The directional audio isn’t very precise since you can’t place where a sound is coming from. However, Cinemark XD isn’t quite as good as IMAX or Dolby Atmos. In terms of sound, Cinemark XD sounds good and is certainly better than the standard Cinemark film experience. Sound quality is better than standard, but not IMAX quality No background noise from outside the movie hall.Īs for my personal experience I can say that whatever Cinemark had to do to pass THQ certifications certainly worked, since both the image and sound quality were excellent.Sound design of the theater hall, meaning proper placement of speakers for immersive audio.Image calibration, meaning screen luminance, image contrast, color calibration and accuracy, and focus resolution are adjusted to meet a very high-quality threshold.Correct projector settings, to prevent visual distortion or trapezoid effect.To obtain THX certification, a theater has to pass several quality tests to make sure viewers are getting the best possible film experience: THX certificationĪ neat feature of all Cinemark XD theaters is that they have THX certification for audio-visual quality. Most of the times it will be at the top and bottom, and sometimes on the sides. Whatever the case, know that most movies on Cinemark XD will have black bars. ![]() Part of the reason is that the screen seems to be brighter so the black bars don’t melt into the background.Īnother explanation is that Cinemark doesn’t have a policy to crop films so they fill their screen’s aspect ratio. Of course, IMAX and other theater chains have these problems too, but the black bars on Cinemark XD are much more visible. At least to me, that one stood out immediately (in a good way).Įverything happening on screen is clearer and better defined, but not so much that it ruins the suspension of disbelief.Ĭinemark XD uses a 16:9 aspect ratio, which means movies filmed in a 2.35:1 and 1.85:1 ratio won’t properly fit the entire screen and will have the dreaded black bars at the top and bottom of the screen so they can fill in everything. What will make a difference though is the increased resolution, from 2K to 4K. So even though “35 trillion colors” sounds like a very big, impressive number, it won’t really make that much of a difference in viewing quality. However, if I had to do a side-by-side comparison between XD and standard movies, I would struggle to point out which screen had better color quality simply because the differences are incredibly small and practically imperceptible to the human eye. As a movie goer, I found colors to be great and had nothing to complain about. In terms of image quality, Cinemark XD is much sharper and cleaner looking than the standard Cinemark screen because XD uses 4K projectors instead of the usual 2K for standard screens.įinally, Cinemark also makes a big deal out of the fact that the projectors in XD can reproduce “35 trillion colors”. In terms of actual, hard numbers the screen is 70 feet tall with 133 feet wide, which is very close to a true IMAX screen which usually measures 144 feet wide with 75 feet tall. Cinemark XD’s huge screenĪ Cinemark XD screen is huge and is marketed as being “wall to wall and floor to ceiling” On paper Cinemark XD offers tempting features, the question is just how good these features are individually, and how much they improve your movie going experience. ![]()
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