Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Cinemas set for digital revolution (14 Jul 2005) Film critics are divided in their views of how digital film looks on screen, however. While some contend that it lacks warmth, others say it looks more beautiful. Paul Brett, a former head of exhibition and distribution at the British Film Institute (BFI), pointed out that a strip of celluloid has black bars dividing each frame. Digital film does not have these and, as a result, "in layman's terms, it's 15 percent brighter." "It just pops off the screen at you in a luminescent fashion." Article URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4681859.stm Read 238 more articles from BBC News sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Making a 'digital UK' a reality     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy