This edition of the Newsletter represents an internal milestone for your faithful Publisher. It’s the start of a new schedule, with these being written on Wednesdays.
Long-time readers know that for 13 years, I’ve been writing and scheduling these emails on Saturdays. Aside from the 10 times a year I take off, two-day weekends have been a rarity for me and my lovely Treasurer.
But when the Mixing Light software developers recently offered to upgrade my newsletter workflow as long as the content was finished by EOD Wednesday… it was an offer I couldn’t refuse.
So there it is! After 13 years, I’m getting my weekends back! And I’ll shave about 90 minutes off the schedule as I hand part of this workflow to other members of the Mixing Light team.
Change of subject:
Pixar’s Inside Out 2 on Samsung Onyx Premium Screens
Inside Out 2 premieres this weekend. According to Variety, the primary reference grade was on a 300nit Samsung Onyx direct-view theatrical LED screen.
I have comments on that down below.
But my request is: If you live near one of these screens, I’d love it if you checked out this premium format, with a movie graded to it, and emailed back your thoughts and commentary. Was it comfortable? More immersive? Too much? Did it feel different from Dolby Vision? What did your non-industry friends who joined you think?
I’ll also open up a thread in the Mixing Light forums if you’re a Premium member and want to chat about it.
Where can you see one of these screens? Good question. Unlike Dolby Vision or Imax, Samsung doesn’t make it easy to find.
It took some
prodding with Chat GPT-4o to get a semi-comprehensive list. You can find a screen in the US in LA, Richmond, Texas, and Frederick, Maryland. In Europe, you need to be in Vienna, Zurich, the UK, Spain, France, Germany or Romania.
For more details on this format, I asked GPT to summarize, which you’ll find at the end of the conversation, which I just linked above.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend. I know I will!
Happy Grading!
I’ll see you next week!
Sincerely,
Pat Inhofer
Chief Photon Wrangler, Publisher
MixingLight.com
