Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI) was created in March 2002, and is a joint venture of Disney, Paramount, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal and Warner Bros. Studios. DCI's primary purpose is to establish and document voluntary specifications for an open architecture for digital cinema that ensures a uniform and high level of technical performance, reliability and quality control.
DCI Releases High Dynamic Range D-Cinema Addendum, Version 1.1, and
Direct View Display D-Cinema Addendum, Version 1.1
Approved for Distribution 1 March 2023
Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC, Member Representative Committee
Changes to the HDR Addendum can be summarized as follows:
- add explicit XYZ tristimulus values to Tables 3, 4 and 5
- clarify measurement conditions for tracking performance and color accuracy
- update to common DCI document style
- improve precision of values in Table 3
- remove ft-L representations of luminance
Changes to the DV Addendum can be summarized as follows:
- add requirements for Inactive Area Black Level
- rename Stereoscopic Contrast Ratio to Stereoscopic Extinction Ratio
- apply common DCI document styles
See the DCI Specification page of the DCI web site for further information.
DCI Publishes CTP Version 1.3.3
Approved for Distribution February 8, 2023
Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC, Member Representative Committee
DCI has published a revision of its Compliance Test Plan (CTP) from version 1.3.1 to version 1.3.3. CTP version 1.3.3 contains the following refinements:
- Removes support for the following Test Subjects and corresponding test sequences:
- Digital Cinema Server
- Link Decryptor/Encryptor
- Standalone D-Cinema Projector Consolidated Test Sequence
- Clarified that the Test Subject of each Test Sequence is a single device and, accordingly, added a test sequence for a Projector designed to work with an IMB or IMBO
- Removes support for Remote SPBs
- Allows SSD in addition to HDD storage
- Uses encrypted test material for Test Procedure 7.3.2 "Companion SPBs with Electronic Marriage"
- Allow either 19 or 20 bits of location data in the FM payload
Importantly, CTP 1.3.3 also merges the "CTP Addendum on Testing" dated October 13, 2022, into Section 11.2 of the CTP. Readers will no longer need to refer to the separate document.
Pursuant to DCI's Compliance Test Plan Change Policy Statement, the revision of CTP 1.3.2 to CTP 1.3.3 is a Stage 1 change, taking effect immediately. See the Compliance Test Plan (CTP) page for CTP version 1.3.3.
The CTP Version 1.3.3 is available both as an online HTML edition and as a PDF file. The PDF version contains pagination and includes page numbers whereas the HTML version does not. The HTML version is considered the definitive instance of the Compliance Test Plan, Version 1.3.3. There is a redline version that compares CTP 1.3.3 to CTP 1.3.2, showing additions and deletions. The redline is available in an online HTML edition.
DIGITAL CINEMA INITIATIVES, LLC, ANNOUNCES
PURDUE SCHOLARSHIP IN HONOR OF JIM WHITTLESEY
Hollywood, California - February 18, 2017 - Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC, (DCI) announced today that it has created a scholarship fund at Purdue University in memory of Jim Whittlesey (1953-2017). Jim received his BSEE from Purdue University in 1981.
Jim was known and beloved throughout the entertainment industry as a d-cinema pioneer and ambassador. DCI is forever grateful to Jim for his invaluable contributions to its organization and to the digital cinema community.
Jim worked for DCI from 2003 to 2005 during the initial development of the DCI System Specification, becoming its Director of Technology. He returned to consult for DCI in late 2014 until his untimely passing in January 2017.
The DCI scholarship donation of $12,000 will aid students in electrical engineering and computer science. DCI invites you to honor Jim's legacy by making contributions to the Jim Whittlesey Scholarship Fund at: connect.purdue.edu/InMemoryofJimWhittlesey.
About Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC
Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC, (DCI) was created in March 2002, and is a joint venture of Disney, Fox, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Universal and Warner Bros. The primary purpose of DCI is to establish and document specifications for an open architecture for digital cinema that ensures a uniform and high level of technical performance, reliability and quality. See www.dcimovies.com for more information.
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