UK Lottery funds digital movie projection

Comment #9

CASH Only — Sat, 12 Jun 2004 14:22:41 GMT

Visual arts centre ...VERY British.

Comment #8

Todd — Mon, 24 May 2004 21:11:36 GMT

Oh, I see your point. Those do seem to be awful decisioins on their part. Seems like a waste of money. Kind of like when the US government wastes taxpayer money on stuff like the Elephant Dung Virgin Mary art exhibit in NYC. (Art is most definitely in quotes.) That kind of spending makes one sick.

Comment #7

jazam — Mon, 24 May 2004 20:52:23 GMT

Todd,I agree culture should be accessible to all but unfortunately in the UK the ticket prices are inflated and most productions are in the capital. This cuts off the majority of the population that buy lottery tickets. However my main point was that the UK lottery is not known for it's intelligent spending. Past examples include paying out just 28,000 to WWII veterans' groups while paying out 500,000 to help asylum seeker rejects fight deportation. They've also shelled out for several British... [ More ]

Comment #6

Todd — Sun, 23 May 2004 22:15:31 GMT

Everyone is free to see an Opera - not just the wealthy . In my dirt-poor days I did lots of things like seeing Operas and Symphonies, and I'd recommend them for people of all financial standings.I am not aware of any program sponsored by the UK Lottery that earmarks funds for programs that exclusively benefit the wealthy .If they are doing subsidies for opera tickets you should take advantage of it.

Comment #5

jazam — Sat, 22 May 2004 20:59:59 GMT

Hi all,although this is one example of the UK lottery spending it's money wisely believe me it's a rare dvent. Unless of course you believe that the working classes should subsidise opera tickets for the wealthy etc etc.J

Comment #4

DoctorEw220 — Fri, 21 May 2004 17:14:57 GMT

but i am. thanx todd.

Comment #3

Todd — Fri, 21 May 2004 16:04:27 GMT

There are a number of them installed in certain major markets in the US. You'll probably hear a lot more about them next year when Star Wars Episode III comes out - May 19, 2005 in case you're wondering. (I'm not too much of a Star Wars geek, eh

Comment #2

twisted — Fri, 21 May 2004 16:02:40 GMT

Definitelly impressive. I heard about these digital projectors using satellites long time ago. To be able to produce a crisp image on a theater screen, you would need a HUGE bandwidth from the satellite. I also wonder if this means an increase in movie piracy. Sure they would have some security measure prohibiting copying, but people always find a way. And with digital copies, I can only imagine very high quality bootleg copies of movies.But I would like to go check out one of these digital... [ More ]

Comment #1

Todd — Fri, 21 May 2004 14:44:26 GMT

This is one the cool things about the UK Lottery: they don't just fund education and politically-correct programs, they do really cool stuff like this that regular people can benefit from.I wish the States had set-asides for different funds that actually benefitted the people who play the lottery, instead of everything going to fund politically-correct school history books that distort and re-write history.

UK Lottery funds digital movie projection

Lottery Post — Fri, 21 May 2004 14:41:16 GMT

The UK Film Council is to furnish some 150 cinemas across Britain with digital projectors in an effort to increase the viewership of independent films.The council has been awarded 19.25m ( 13m, US$23.14m) by the countrys national lottery to install the systems, which will dramatically reduce the cost of distribution of films, according to the BBC.Traditional film projectors require film prints, each of which cost around 1500 ( 1000, US$1800) per reel. Independent and foreign films often cannot... [ More ]