was a regular imax viewer with sunway velocity but with oppenheimer i choose to try imax laser at ioi for second viewing. damn i have to say its a lot better, the imagine quality just stomped all over tgv. you never really realised how a bit blurry the xenon projector until you watch how clear the laser is. sure, velocity still had way bigger screen and superb immersive experience, but i found the image quality a bit lacking at times. but for audio the sunway velocity is a bit better, you can feel the feet thumping during oppenheimer's speech a bit shakier.


after this with Dune 2 i will definitely traveling to IOI which is sucks since velocity is nearer to my house. hoping TGV bukit jalil offers imax laser next, would be very dissapointing if they still used the old xenon projector, doesnt matter how big the screen is.

how big the dolby screen? its just better audio right with normal size screen right?. we dont have the full fat dolby cinema experience yet in malaysia

This post has been edited by anip94: Aug 3 2023, 05:07 PM

hearing good words about gsc big on this thread so wanna try to watch Oppenheimer this week, turns out all the showtime for the movie is no more and all have been allocated for The Meg

ive already did, with xenon and laser thats why i wanna try the gsc big next so i can direct comparison, but that ship has sailed hahaha. was thinking of trying Onyx too, but its too expensive for me at rm28 so no deal, its more expensive than gsc big, might as well pony up a bit more for imax if thats the case.

This post has been edited by anip94: Aug 4 2023, 05:47 PM

planning to watch Interstellar re-release on GSC, apparently only two place to watch on BIG in KV. can any sifu here recommend which is the better experience, Tropicana or Lalaport?

bad experience for me watching interstellar on BIG Tropicana Gardens. the aspect ratio is not suitable, the big black bars is very apparent. BIG reportedly equipped with 4k laser projector but from the image quality its doesnt appear to be at that resolution. maybe the digital source they got is just 2k but projected in a big screen?? resulting subpar image quality. watched imax laser recently for oppenheimer and the image quality is leagues ahead, it was stunning. the only positive things i can say for that experience is that the screen size is massive and the pricing isnt too bad which was rm22. was very excited for the dark knight next month, but from that experience maybe i just watched it on standard hall.


i have to agree with this, although the leather was nice, the lack of cushion and very hard armrest really sticks out. for premium experience you'd thought GSC would provide better seats.

This post has been edited by anip94: Sep 26 2023, 02:21 PM

the admin also teased about something bigger when someone asked about the aspect ratio https://twitter.com/TGVCinemas/status/1706898783181971522 im not sure what that is, unless its dual laser 1:43?? which doesnt makes sense why dont they just equipped this one with the same dual laser/specs too and not different ones between branches.

hows the aspect ratio? apparently the creator utilize wide screen, does the black bar very noticeable?

theyve officially released the dimensions for tgv bukit jalil imax screen size. 20m x 11m https://twitter.com/TGVCinemas/status/17086...3688172/photo/1 for comparison the biggest is 19.4m x 25.9m for sunway velocity. so the old one with crappy xenon projector is more than twice taller than the new laser

This post has been edited by anip94: Oct 2 2023, 11:39 AM

yeah, i think the image quality is just gsc being lazy and not entirely fault of the projector. they might have just use the 2k copy of Interstellar thats good enough for normal projector and standard hall. but when its projected into BIG screen its not gonna get as sharp. for reference i watched Inception re-release on GSC standard hall and i think the imagine quality was good. im also surprise that BIG have a fixed aspect ratio screen and not adaptive like standard hall. if anyone notices, the screen on standard hall can sometime shrink after all the advertising to fit the movie's aspect ratio hence eliminating any apparent black bar.


i think thats the max screen size for single laser projector, which sucks. if they wanted to match 1U and Sunway Velocity screen size then they had fit them with dual laser system. seeing how expansive that is i just cant see them being fitted in local cinemas. so if people actually wanted to experience proper immersive big imax screen then they have to watch blurry movies with the crappy xenon projector. and the end of the day the consumer still lose.

This post has been edited by anip94: Oct 4 2023, 04:32 PM

Velocity and 1U actually pretty close to IMAX GT (Grand Theater) experience with their massive screen, would be interesting to see if TGV will cough up for the more expensive dual-laser system which fits the GT hall or renovate the hall to shrink down the screen to fit the single laser spec. we will see

Hmm? which current popular mall in Klang Valley that doesn't comes with a cinema yet??? 🤔🤔 interesting.

newly open high scales mall in KV should be Damansara City Center under pavillion, and TRX Mall. but im pretty sure GSC already planned to open at TRX so its not there.

got some complimentary tickets and had the chance to watch killers of the flower moon on IMAX Pavi Bukit Jalil. i have to say the hall is bigger and the seating inclination is slightly better than Imax IOI. the screen size is expectedly smaller than 1U and Sunway Velocity and just as the same size as GSC IOI's which is expected since they share the same type of projector. The seat is better than GSC IMAX since it has the capability to recline but the legroom is disappointingly a bit tight since TGV obviously trying to fit as much as butts in the room as they can. it also way superior, than GSC BIG, which i can say bothering on being uncomfortable.

well as for the movie itself, the black bars were apparent. aspect ratio did not take the full screen. the movie was alright, but is it something that i recommend watching on Imax? not really. i think standard cinema will do, plus the movie itself will come out on AppleTV soon. also be aware of its long runtime, even longer than Oppenheimer if you could believe.

This post has been edited by anip94: Oct 18 2023, 02:43 AM

no mentioned of dual-laser at all, seems like both GSC and TGV only willing to shell out for single-laser. wondering whats this means for the legacy TGV's Imax halls which already much fitted with bigger screens than the current and upcoming IMAX Laser. some of them has been mentioned due for upgrade process but will they'll be slim down or be fitted with dual-laser?? which is very expensive.

if this is true then, another huge fumble for TGV as GSC once again bet them to the punch with dual-laser after being the first with laser. TGV despite used to having a long exclusivity deal with IMAX now is playing catch up, adoi 🤦‍♂️

its likely single laser. if its actually dual then they wouldnt shut up about it on the marketing.

GSC beating TGV to the punch again? 😁😁

late to upgrade to laser now they didnt get any dual laser too despite undergoing a lot of current imax hall upgrading renovation process. all they can brag about now is the 12 channel audio, which lets be honest if they didnt market it that way no one really would notice 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Dune 2 on sale now and for TGV theres a marathon for 1 and 2. whos in??

Also for GSC members redeem 500points to get rm5 tickets for any format. yes including IMAX

This post has been edited by anip94: Feb 17 2024, 01:16 PM

i can tell you which ones is not because ive been there but not the newly upgraded ones (1U, Velocity). IOI, Pavi BJ all just average.

haha kamon la if velocity is only 15mins away then 1U is not that far, at least for me anyway since im used to driving from KL to PJ. can take the MRT somemore. plus youre gonna be there at least for 5 hours i think its worth it. but all this talks is useless now i think. last i check the tickets for marathon is selling very fast. almost sold out unless you like the shit seats

This post has been edited by anip94: Feb 18 2024, 02:47 PM

are these the updated one? because fair few of those listed got an upgrade late last year with the laser projector change

Not interested in crossing the other side? haha heard SG got some decent IMAX cinemas hell a lot shorter than driving to go KL.


anyway, has anyone booked their Dune 2 IMAX ticket yet?