Does anyone know where a list can be found of the participating theaters? I 
don't know if I would drive to Atlanta (2 hours), but I would consider it.

Randy

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From: "JNene" <[email protected]>
To: "GatorNews" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 6:33 PM
Subject: [gatornews] BCS championship to be available live in 3-D



LOS ANGELES (AP) — College football live in 3-D is coming soon —
possibly to a theater near you.

Thanks to an impressive — though not glitch-free — test broadcast of
an NFL game two weeks ago, Burbank, Calif.-based 3ality Digital said
Tuesday it had won the contract to shoot the Jan. 8 BCS National
Championship game in 3-D.

The game between Florida and Oklahoma will be broadcast live in 3-D to
80 to 100 movie theaters in about 30 U.S. cities, said 3ality Chairman
David Modell. Tickets are expected to cost $18 to $22, said Cinedigm
Digital Cinema Corp., which is working with 3ality to deliver the
broadcasts to theaters.

A startup named RealD is supplying the 3-D projector technology and
polarized lenses for audience members.

"We will take what we learned from the NFL shoot and apply it to this
so this broadcast gets better," said Modell, 47, former president of
the Baltimore Ravens.

This month's test 3-D broadcast of an NFL game between the Oakland
Raiders and the San Diego Chargers went black twice before the half as
the satellite signal went down. And some camera moves had people in
the audience crossing their eyes and removing their polarized lenses.

But audiences — test runs were done in Boston, New York and Los
Angeles — generally approved of the technology, which adds depth to
the field and gives a sense of being there in person. Shots of
cheerleaders were a big hit.

"There's been lots of post-morteming," Modell said. "Mostly it's been
warm handshakes, hugs and backslaps for having done a good job."

Modell said the format will be roughly the same as it was during the
test screening, which had eight 3-D camera crews beside their 2-D
counterparts, and a separate set of commentators.



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