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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/NoWork215 • Jul 16 '26
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The problem is they don't make 70mm Projectors anymore. all the ones in use have been refurbished/Frankenstein'd from old projectors.
723 u/SoftLink5162 Jul 16 '26 Why can't they make new ones? 1.4k u/Pheonix0114 Jul 16 '26 They can, they just don't. Why? I guess they don't think there would be profit in it? 22 u/sergeantmeatwad Jul 16 '26 Fun fact, they don't even sell them. They are only leased to movie theaters. It's like a 99-yr rental agreement or something ridiculous. They take a cut of revenue instead of a single payment 10 u/[deleted] Jul 16 '26 [deleted] 1 u/Ginger_Anarchy Jul 16 '26 Yeah it prevents them from winding up in a junkyard or someone's backyard after the theater shuts down.
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Why can't they make new ones?
1.4k u/Pheonix0114 Jul 16 '26 They can, they just don't. Why? I guess they don't think there would be profit in it? 22 u/sergeantmeatwad Jul 16 '26 Fun fact, they don't even sell them. They are only leased to movie theaters. It's like a 99-yr rental agreement or something ridiculous. They take a cut of revenue instead of a single payment 10 u/[deleted] Jul 16 '26 [deleted] 1 u/Ginger_Anarchy Jul 16 '26 Yeah it prevents them from winding up in a junkyard or someone's backyard after the theater shuts down.
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They can, they just don't. Why? I guess they don't think there would be profit in it?
22 u/sergeantmeatwad Jul 16 '26 Fun fact, they don't even sell them. They are only leased to movie theaters. It's like a 99-yr rental agreement or something ridiculous. They take a cut of revenue instead of a single payment 10 u/[deleted] Jul 16 '26 [deleted] 1 u/Ginger_Anarchy Jul 16 '26 Yeah it prevents them from winding up in a junkyard or someone's backyard after the theater shuts down.
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Fun fact, they don't even sell them. They are only leased to movie theaters. It's like a 99-yr rental agreement or something ridiculous. They take a cut of revenue instead of a single payment
10 u/[deleted] Jul 16 '26 [deleted] 1 u/Ginger_Anarchy Jul 16 '26 Yeah it prevents them from winding up in a junkyard or someone's backyard after the theater shuts down.
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1 u/Ginger_Anarchy Jul 16 '26 Yeah it prevents them from winding up in a junkyard or someone's backyard after the theater shuts down.
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Yeah it prevents them from winding up in a junkyard or someone's backyard after the theater shuts down.
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u/Hey_Neat Jul 16 '26
The problem is they don't make 70mm Projectors anymore. all the ones in use have been refurbished/Frankenstein'd from old projectors.