Anyone who has gone to a Hindi movie in the US would have observed how the print is brought to the theatre just before the show and then taken to the next destination immediately after the show. Thus, depending on audience taste, revenues can be kept high . Haven't we all seen so many similar scenes in Movies like a sunrise in Mauritius or a view of the Savannahs . With the rise of digital technology, it will be possible to cut and paste any scene from a movie into another file a la Powerpoint and thus avoid expensive shooting overheads and star tantrums. It is not too big an increase in cost for new multiplexes.
Every show can have watermarks indicating theatre, time and date.
Thus , Foolproof reporting of playback data also prevents unauthorised shows. They used Texas Instruments and CineComm digital projectors for the test screening. This experiment allowed lay audiences to see digital projection systems running real movies, while movie industry experts could compare competing projection systems operating in real theaters. Officials at 20th Century Fox Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc have digitally transmitted a Hollywood movie across the country over the Internet and then digitally projected to a cinema audience, going from the studio in Hollywood to a theater in Atlanta without ever touching the film. Obstacles that will have to be overcome to ready digital technology for the masses Projector costs will have to drop quickly.