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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey to receive the Dolby Atmos treatment

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The CinemaCon crowd may not have been keen on 48fps footage of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, but we defy anyone to say they don't want the best sound possible. A select few will get just that, as Dolby and Peter Jackson's own Park Road Post Production have announced the film will be mixed for the speaker-packed Atmos technology. If you're lucky enough to live near one of the select establishments it's installed in, we doubt you'll be grumbling about the immersive audio, even if the frame rate makes those orcs look unsettlingly real.

Update: That link of "select establishments" is somewhat out of date and, although the official list of locations you'll be able to see The Hobbit in Atmos has yet to be released, Dolby says there should be between 80 and 100 screens capable of delivering the over-the-top audio experience by the film's debut.

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Designer LEGO, pan Bjarke Lykke Madsen prezentuje zestaw LEGO® The Hobbit™ 79003 An Unexpected Gathering (po polsku to chyba byli „Nieproszeni goście”?). Zestaw nieodparcie kojarzy mi się się z zieloną łodzią podwodną, ale to nie znaczy że go nie kupię. Kupię, choćby dla figurek i nowych elementów - płytki z dziurką i brązowych kafelków z nadrukiem.

A swoją drogą, dobrze się stało że LEGO przeprosiło się wreszcie z YouTube, tłumaczenia dlaczego nie publikują tam filmów były kuriozalne. Szkoda tylko ze podany pod filmem link „LEGO.com/TheHobbit” prowadzi donikąd.

Zielona łódź podwodna Bilba

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Designer LEGO, pan Bjarke Lykke Madsen prezentuje zestaw LEGO® The Hobbit™ 79003 An Unexpected Gathering (po polsku to chyba byli „Nieproszeni goście”?). Zestaw nieodparcie kojarzy mi się się z zieloną łodzią podwodną, ale to nie znaczy że go nie kupię. Kupię, choćby dla figurek i nowych elementów - płytki z dziurką i brązowych kafelków z nadrukiem.

A swoją drogą, dobrze się stało że LEGO przeprosiło się wreszcie z YouTube, tłumaczenia dlaczego nie publikują tam filmów były kuriozalne. Szkoda tylko ze podany pod filmem link „LEGO.com/TheHobbit” prowadzi donikąd.

Zielona łódź podwodna Bilba

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Designer LEGO, pan Bjarke Lykke Madsen prezentuje zestaw LEGO® The Hobbit™ 79003 An Unexpected Gathering (po polsku to chyba byli „Nieproszeni goście”?). Zestaw nieodparcie kojarzy mi się się z zieloną łodzią podwodną, ale to nie znaczy że go nie kupię. Kupię, choćby dla figurek i nowych elementów - płytki z dziurką i brązowych kafelków z nadrukiem.

A swoją drogą, dobrze się stało że LEGO przeprosiło się wreszcie z YouTube, tłumaczenia dlaczego nie publikują tam filmów były kuriozalne. Szkoda tylko ze podany pod filmem link „LEGO.com/TheHobbit” prowadzi donikąd.

Red posts high frame-rate video demonstration to smooth out misconceptions

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Red posts HFR demonstration to smooth out misconceptions

If you're still unsure about what you'll be getting into if you see the 48fps version of "Hobbit," Red has jumped into the fray with an article on its website and, most importantly, high quality HFR (high frame-rate) videos. It delves into all the aspects of the tech, starting with a primer on the minimum frame rate required to perceive motion, illustrated by a pair of clips to show the threshold. From there it details "judder" when panning at 24 fps versus 60 fps, motion blur, the possibility of brighter projection with HFR in 3D and of course, action at slower versus faster frame speeds. Finally, it demonstrates the hated "TruMotion" soap opera-esque interpolation method on modern TVs, and why that's different from true fast-frames. Sure, Red has a vested interest in seeing upcoming HFR films from its Epic camera succeed, but a little education might be what's needed to break old habits.

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Red posts high frame-rate video demonstration to smooth out misconceptions originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Aug 2012 08:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Peter Jackson’s 48 fps version of The Hobbit said to be a ‘limited release’ only

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All told, we can't deny Peter Jackson's caused some madness since announcing the scheme to shoot his upcoming Hobbit film at a high frame-rate, rather than sticking with the more common 24 fps, Hollywood-style method. Regardless, rumor now has it Warner Bros. is supposedly planning a "limited release" of the 48 fps version because, according to Variety, the studio "wants to protect the format" by choosing to go the select-viewing route -- that said, WB's allegedly hoping to "expand the HFR release for the second and third installments." Still, nothing's set in stone just yet, so we'd hold off on throwing any temper tantrums (or celebrating, depending on which side you're on) until we hear something official from Warner.

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Comic-Con fans go crazy over Hobbit teaser, but not the 48fps version

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DNP Jackson wows ComicCon crowd with Hobbit preview, clarifies 24fps screening decision

Two different audiences and two very different screenings. After unfamiliar 48fps Hobbit footage was pretty universally panned back at Cinema-Con, Peter Jackson decided to play it safe and show Comic-Con fans the traditional low frame-rate teaser. Their response? They loved it. Which would, you'd think, give the head hobbit a clear message: his film works better without the wacky frame rate, but that's just not how he sees it. Writing on his Facebook page, he said "I've always been happy to bet on myself" and the 48fps version of Hobbit is "something really special" when you watch the entire movie. In other words, he's sticking to his orc sword, and in the meantime we're left to wonder what would have happened if the Comic-Con crowd -- who are perhaps more his kind of people than Cinema-Con goers -- had been shown the tricked out footage.

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Comic-Con fans go crazy over Hobbit teaser, but not the 48fps version originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 16 Jul 2012 06:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Editorial: Despite shaky 48 fps Hobbit preview, high frame rates will take off

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Well actually, the Hobbit preview wasn't shaky, it was smooth -- maybe too smooth -- and that's the point. "It does take you a while to get used to," Peter Jackson has admitted, referring to the surprisingly fluid motion of his 48 fps movie footage. But is he right to think audiences will even give it a chance? The launch of high frame-rate (HFR) cinema is surrounded by publicity in the run-up to the Hobbit's debut on December 12th, but it equally has a lot going against it. For starters, the film's 48 fps preview wasn't exactly received warmly. On top of that, the video-style apperance of HFR has a long history of being disliked by movie-goers -- past attempts since the 1970s have all flamed out.

85 years after the first 24 fps movies, the same number of frames are still going stubbornly through the gate (digital or otherwise) each second, so that must be what "filmic" is, right? Or will we look back on 24fps as the bad old days? Read on to see if these new/old-fangled frame speeds might survive, and though a 48 fps Hobbit trailer isn't available, we've provided a couple of clips to help you judge what two-dimensional HFR looks like.

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Editorial: Despite shaky 48 fps Hobbit preview, high frame rates will take off originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 28 May 2012 13:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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