Doremi Cinema announced today it has provided new ShowVault servers
and Integrated Media Blocks (IMBs) to Syufy Enterprises of San Rafael, CA with
the collaboration of Rydt Entertainment
Systems, a division of Moving Image Technologies of Fountain Valley, CA.
Installations have commenced at the Solano Drive-In in
Concord, CA. By September of this year, installations will have been completed
in six other locations across the southwest including San Jose, Sacramento and
Goleta in California, Sparks and Las Vegas, Nevada, and Glendale Arizona.
Syufy Enterprises, which owned and operated the Century Theater chain
before it was acquired by Cinemark in 2006, has been a remarkable regional
competitor in the first-run movie industry for over 60 years. The current installations
will serve the properties Syufy operates known as "West Wind
Drive-Ins." Rydt Entertainment provides design, procurement, installation
and service to the creative and production communities for screening, digital
intermediate and other critical viewing rooms. Rydt also provides full FF&E
services to commercial cinema exhibitors.
“As one of the first
adopters of digital cinema in the Drive-In space, we knew that Doremi was, and
will continue to be, the perfect solution for us. Our customers have been
delighted with the results of our first install in Concord, CA., and Doremi has
been a terrific partner in this effort.” said Michael Ghiorso, VP of Special
Projects, Syufy Enterprises. “This is an exciting rollout for our company and
the first of its kind in the industry. West Wind Drive-Ins will be the largest
all-digital Drive-In chain in the world, and may even be the first.”
“Doremi has a demonstrated
long–term commitment to the preservation of the American Drive-In,” added
Hannah Cash, Senior Sales Manager for Doremi. “We have been chosen as the
preferred server in nearly every Drive-In that has made their conversion to
Digital Cinema thus far. We are the proven and most reliable choice for small
businesses because we are in it for the long haul. Doremi has made it a
priority to support the niche markets like drive-ins, art houses, and
family-owned cinemas because of the positive impact that they have on their
communities.”
In
the past year, Doremi has shipped more than 13,800 of its digital cinema
servers and Integrated Media Blocks, catapulting total sales-to-date well
over the 37,000 unit mark, effectively taking over 62-percent of the digital
cinema U.S. market (DLP® based) and 56-percent of the overall cinema market in
general (DLP® based).
About
Syufy Enterprises:
Syufy Enterprises is a family owned company with
headquarters in San Rafael, CA. Syufy Enterprises owns and operates seven West
Wind Drive-Ins with four in California, two in Nevada and one in Arizona. Other
businesses under the same family direction include commercial real estate,
resort-style athletic clubs, restaurants, golf course, public markets and
others under development.
