7 miracle IMAX World
Do you feel familiar with one of the pictures above? It is correct! That is "Keong Emas", one of the symbols kebanggan of Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) that is located in the eastern part of Jakarta. Why should we proud? Not only because the picture appears in the article one of the global, but because it is recognized as one of the 7 best in IMAX theaters worldwide.
What is IMAX?
IMAX comes from the English language abbreviation Image Maximum is a film projection that has the ability to image size and resolution that is greater than other conventional film. Standard IMAX screen is 22 meters wide and 16 meters long (72.6 x 52.8 feet), but can be greater. (Wikipedia)7 greatest IMAX Theaters
The number of IMAX theaters around the world can not really say much if compared to the Cineplex. However, under this there are 7 IMAX theater is said to be the best, largest, and most offer a frenzied scene of what the IMAX can offer.
1. Cinesphere - Toronto, Canada
IMAX is a Canadian company of origin, so yaa valid only if they establish the first installation there. 1971 is the year where the IMAX theater, Cinesphere established with a capacity of 752 seats, the screen size of 86 x 60 feet, and have a Disney-style dome shape. The location is in the Ontario Place, which is an amusement park on the outskirts of Lake Ontario.
2. L'Hemisferic – Valencia, Spanyol
If you are bored just looking to design a theater rounded dome-shaped, the theater is owned by Spain can make you berdecak amazed. Construction created a giant eye-shaped, with the theater located on the pupilnya, and also functions as a Planetarium. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, this theater is completed in 1998 and regarded as one of the real existence of Valencia as the "city of art and science."
3. Darling Harbour – Sydney, Australia
The capacity, IMAX Darling Harbor is not the biggest in the world, that is only 540 seats, but a matter of screen size, so far there is no emulous own size of 117.2 x 96.5 feet. Proyektornya is not enough with only 1 bulb, a 2 watt bulb strength 15,000, and require a super-system "pumping 1600 cubic meters of air and 36 liters of water that has been disuling through the buffer every minute." Sound system is very large, also with the power of 15,000 watt digital surround. For rabid fans of Star Trek, might be able to spend more money to go to Sydney and watch it there.
4. Futuroscope – Poitiers, Perancis
Located in the Parc du Futuroscope, a thematic park based and multimedia technologies, Kinescope theater, is the only type that has IMAX most comprehensive, ranging from normal, dome, 3D, dome 3D and flying carpet style. Type "flying carpet" to bring the display on the second floor, so that gives sensation of float in the air.
5. The Golden Snail – Jakarta, Indonesia
Mungkin dikatakan sebagai teater yang paling mengagumkan sekaligus paling organik. Bentuknya menyerupai salah simbol nasional Indonesia, yaitu tipe keong apel emas. Sempat menjadi teater IMAX dengan layar terbesar pada masa periode 1985 – 1991, dan tentu saja kapasitas kursinya yang sangat besar, yaitu 930 kursi atau mungkin yang terbesar di seluruh dunia. Sekarang ini lebih banyak berfungsi sebagai pemutar film tentang keindahan Indonesia bagi para turis. Yang menarik, teater ini sama sekali belum pernah menampilkan film tentang keong apel emas itu sendiri.
6. Science Museum of Minnesota – Saint Paul, Amerika Serikat
Although it does not have the biggest screen, but the theater has one of the largest dome in the world. In addition, keunikannya ganda is to have a screen that can be exchanged. This is a pioneering concept of convertible screen, the screen is flat and also the dome that can play movies for IMAX dome, or called as Omnifilm. The other is a unique theater projector features the largest permanent electronic. But the main reason to enter it in this list is the very structure mekaniknya extraordinary. The outside of the theater should be built around the screen mechanism.
7. Prasads IMAX – Hyderabad, India
Theater is actually replace the IMAX Adlabs in Mumbai was established. What makes it into the list? Not the screen size, not capacity, but the IMAX theater is the most popular around the world. Screen size of 72 x 95 feet, 635 seat capacity, and have a sound system be 12,000 watts. Theater the most frequently visited this play blockbuster films such as Harry Potter and Spiderman.
About IMAX himself, heard gossip that there are plans to start several Cineplex menginvasi with the concept of "IMAX Experience". For more news, please click here.
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