CCM Cinemas Installs Costa Rica's First RealLaser Cinema Projector

The Multiplex Plaza Occidente in San Ramón installs a Christie CP2315-RGB projector, in addition to Christie speakers, audio is lived in conjunction with Dolby Atmos.

The Costa Rican exhibition chain CCM Cinemas It has the first cinema in the country equipped with a pure RGB laser projector. This is room 4 of the multiplex Western Square In San Ramón (Costa Rica), where a projector has been installed Christie CP2315-RGB, in addition to speakers Christie Vive Audio In conjunction with Dolby Atmos. The operation has been carried out through the integrator Vidicom.

The complex in question is located in the Western Plaza mall of the city of San Ramón, province of Alajuela, the second in the country. This multicines, opened in 2004, had three screens and added the new room, which has been called Alpha 360, with capacity for 140 people.

"With the proliferation of streaming platforms, Multicines Plaza Occidente sought to reinvent himself to offer unique and impossible experiences for consumers in residential audiovisual systems," he explains Guido Vázquez Badilla, President of CCM Plaza Occidente.

And he adds that "that is why we have created this premium room whose objective is to offer the Costa Rican public a new highly refined film experience and excellent audiovisual comfort through the support of innovative film technologies of the last generation."

The room in question has a pantalla Harkness Clarus XC 1.7. of 10.6 x 5.72 meters and is equipped for 3D with the GXM X-Mirror System. It has Stadium Comfort seats and an optimized architectural design to offer the best film experience to its audience.

"For the projection we wanted to introduce the third generation of digital cinematographic projectors, specifically the RGB Christie Reallasser laser technology, to obtain spectacular colorimetry and contrast and an experience of great realism," says Vázquez Badilla.

The Christie CP2315-RGB installed is a projector of 13,500 lumens and resolution 2k Based on lighting technology Christie RealLaser, which guarantees an excellent image quality and brightness levels above the DCI standards throughout the natural life of the team.

For the sound of the room, the Line Array (La) speakers of Christie Live Audio in combination with Dolby Atmos have been chosen. "These speakers, which are the most advanced in the market, are a scoop in Costa Rica and constitute the perfect complement to create a 360 degree sound experience of great precision, balance, definition and comfort," says Vázquez Badilla.

The other three Multicines Western screens have Christie Xenon Lighting Projectors installed in 2013.

Juan Carlos Fiorentini Cuttate, General Director of Vidicom, emphasizes that “with this project we have sought to innovate with design and technology aspects to provide the client with a film experience differentiated with high profile and great comfort. For the Costa Rican exhibition industry, this room represents a reborn that allows maintaining the technological validity of the movie theaters and facing the streaming competition that attracts more users every day”.

CCM Cinemas is a 100% Costa Rican company founded in 1967, and pioneer in the country's film industry. It currently has 17 film rooms in different parts of the country.