Creating CinemaScope Using 2 Projectors
By Robert Archer
Use two projectors to form a CinemaScope image and avoid using vertical stretch processing and anamorphic lenses.

Since its introduction to the public a few years ago as a home theater concept, anamorphic home cinema systems have grown steadily in acceptance.

Custom installers have used CinemaScope solutions to combat not only that pesky letterboxing, but the commoditization of the video category.



With the help of anamorphic lenses, super-wide screens and high-performance projectors, integrators have been able to offer a step-up theater experience to clients. CinemaScope has been, for the most part, universally applauded for its ability to deliver high-definition images in the correct aspect ratio without adding much time to the installation process.

There are some, however, who contend that as good as anamorphic-based home theaters are, they can be better through the alteration of the CinemaScope system equation.

One of those voices belongs to video expert Joe Kane, chief executive officer of Joe Kane Productions (JKP). Kane says installers interested in offering an unprocessed CinemaScope image can do so without adding extra work to the installation.

Good, Better, Best Widescreen

For those not familiar with CinemaScope, it is a name the film industry uses to refer to a lens system made approximately 50 years ago. Today the term is commonly used to describe wide aspect ratios of 2.35:1 up to 2.66:1.

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