![]() ![]() There are also a few competing standards: MediaMation’s MX4D offers all of the same features as 4DX, while D-Box focuses more on moving seats. What is the difference between 4DX and DBOX?Ĭreated by the South Korean company CJ Group, 4DX aims to add another dimension to theaters with moving seats, strobing lights and weather effects, such as water, wind and fog. XD is a better single projection system than their standard projection that’s used for the D-Box theaters I’ve visited at Cinemark properties- it really just means enhanced seating. XD Experience Cinemark offers an XD experience, which stands for Extreme Digital, which is essentially a souped up theater. We remove the line between you and the screen to create hyper-realistic, immersive, one-of-a-kind entertainment experiences that pull you into the story like never before.ĭ-BOX has only been standard projection at the Cinemark installations I’ve been to. What is D-BOX? With D-BOX, you control the intensity so you can move with the movie and feel every scene as if you were in it. You only need one HEMC per cinema and it costs $4,999 inc GST. The XD stands for Xtreme Digital and its main features are: giant screen (wall to wall and floor to ceiling), very comfortable and adjustable seats, 11. The D-BOX HEMC (Home Entertainment Motion Controller) transmits the motion codes from your content source (DVD, Blu-ray, Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV, Free-to-air TV etc) to the D-BOX Actuator Sets in your chairs. Cinemark XD is a premium film experience offered by the Cinemark theater chain and a direct competitor to IMAX. These seats may be regarded as the “best seats in the house” as they offer patrons the chance to be closest to the action, especially if you are sitting in the front rows of the theatre. Stall seats are on the ground level of the theatre. As for my dbox review? Are Dbox seats worth it? I am unsure if I would pay for the D-Box experience again, but maybe, I think it really depends on the movie.Known as D-Box seats, these reclining chairs are comfortable, adjustable and reserved, meaning if you’re like me and purchase your ticket on the app before getting to the theater, you don’t have to worry about finding a good seat. It really did add to it, but at the same time, the $8 premium could be put to better use in seeing another movie. I don’t feel that it distracted me from my movie experience. The D-Box seat movements weren’t overused at all. The seats didn’t move during parts that were unnecessary. The seats moved during action and vehicle scenes. My D-Box Seat experience with this movie was great. Eye level with the screen Final Thoughts On D-Box Seats There were lots of scenes with other flying vehicles and explosions and combinations of both that made me feel like I was riding along. Later on, there were helicopter scenes where the seat banks as the helicopter banked. I was actually a tiny bit nauseated as I wasn’t expecting it but immediately recovered. The seats slowly swayed to give one the sense of floating. The beginning of the movie involved a little flythrough of space. I’m not going to spoil the movie, but I will point out some memorable parts. There was gonna be a lot of action with many things flying around based on the previews leading up to release. Independence Day: Resurgence was a great movie to try out the D-Box seat experience with. Matinee’s pricing for the D-Box Seats is $21.25 and in the evening it is $23.50. My ticket to see Independence Day: Resurgence this weekend was $19.50. The DBox Seat experience commands another $8 premium on top of that. I usually pay the $4 premium for 3D movies on top of the cheap rate since the big screen is the best place to see 3D. It’s about $6.50-7.00 for the basic movie. ![]() I’m usually cheap and try to get to the theater for the first showings of movies. I finally had my chance to try the immersive experience myself this weekend with Independence Day: Resurgence. There was actually a demo in the theater lobby, but I didn’t need to try it since I was going to get the full experience. The D-BOX theater technology has revolutionized the movie-watching experience by introducing synchronized seat movements. I’d heard about these seats for years and never really saw any theaters near me with the DBox seats installed. That way the action on the screen stays synced with what your D-Box seat is doing. Movies themselves have to be encoded with the movement information to be sent to the seats. For those that don’t know, D-Box seats are a premium experience that lets you “feel” the movie with the aid of moving seats.
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