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Old 04-05-2017, 08:21 PM   #2240
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Originally Posted by xbs2034 View Post
I assume that's the Metreon, right? If so, definitely go IMAX laser, I saw Force Awakens there last year when I was visiting family in the Bay Area and I believe it's up there with Lincoln Square as the largest movie screens in America.
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Originally Posted by UFAlien View Post
Yup. As a matter of fact the Metreon's is the SECOND-biggest movie screen in America - 97.6 feet wide by 75.6 feet tall. Of course Fate of the Furious is in scope and as far as we know doesn't expand for IMAX, so it'd "only" use about 40 feet of the screen's height.

Still absolutely massive. Unless unmasked screen area bothers you I'd definitely go IMAX. In fact since I have nothing better to do, here's a quick SketchUp, to scale, of the screen size versus a typical human:

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Looks like that's what we'll be doing. Thank you for the input.
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