Las Vegas—Mar 22, 2004
GDC Technology Showcased the World’s First Installed D-Cinema Multiplex Server with ShoWest $100M Dollar Reel
GDC Technology, the leading developer of digital cinema solutions today
announced that it has completed the world’s first 2K digital cinema deployment
in Eng Wah Organization’s flagship five screen multiplex theater at Suntec City
in Singapore. The five digital cinemas are the first of twenty digital cinemas
and one outdoor screen that will be installed by the end of the second quarter.
“With Digital Cinema exhibition and distribution fast-becoming a sound business
proposition the adoption of the technology globally on a large-scale is
imminent”, said Dr Man Nang CHONG, GDC Technology’s CEO. “We are proud to be the
first digital cinema server company in the world not only to install the world’s
first Digital Cinema Multiplex but also to participate in creating the world’s
first all-digital cinema chain. We look forward to taking our innovative
Cineplex Server solution to multiplexes around the world”.
At SHOWEST, GDC Technology’s DSR™ Cineplex Central Server – GB1000 has been
chosen to showcase the $100 Million Dollar Reel, a montage of clips paying
tribute to the top-grossing movies of 2003. The DSR™ Cineplex Central Server –
GB1000 is the ideal solution for D-cinema Multiplex that requires to schedule
and playback from a central storage of slides, commercial clips, HD content,
D-cinema movies to all the different screens. The DSR™ Cineplex Central Server
offers real-time, simultaneous access of the digital movies in a network storage
environment, minimizing the storage cost and the time needed to transfer content
from one standalone D-cinema server to the other while maximizing the
operational efficiency in a D-Cinema Cineplex by having the freedom to real-time
scheduling of any movie to any screen from a jukebox of movies. DSR™ Cineplex
Central Server leverages on standard IT hardware such as 2Gbps FC RAID storage,
FC switches and gigabit switches that are scalable in multiple dimensions,
capacity, performance and functionality.