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projector

[pruh-jek-ter] / prəˈdʒɛk tər /


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Launched in the U.S. in 1896, with the New York premiere of Thomas Edison’s Vitascope film projector, silent movies astonished audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Mastering this unusual system has proved a challenge but an exhilarating one, with the print moving at 180 feet per minute, twice the speed of a conventional projector.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

“It’s sort of a variation on what we already know,” says Morris of learning to work the projector.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

"I've read the safety information and it should be cheap and easy enough to make a pinhole projector."

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Then all the screens in the Erudite lobby—at least those that weren’t destroyed in the attack—flicker on, including a projector positioned over the wall where Jeanine’s portrait used to be.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

Now the Leicester Square cult cinema has secured the new lease with no break clause, offering it security so the "projectors will keep rolling for years to come".

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Examples include liquid-crystal panels used in projectors and optical chips found in telecommunications systems.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

Those unable to find glasses used other methods, including colanders as pinhole projectors to cast multiple images of the eclipse.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

That said, Cinemark reportedly installed Imax 70mm projectors at three of its theaters ahead of “The Odyssey’s” release, and there are 11 more theaters projecting “The Odyssey” in Imax 70mm than there were for “Oppenheimer.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

He searched between all of his holographic projectors mounted in the catwalks above the stage, and under auditorium seats, and in the bandstand.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles


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