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Created: 08/28/2007
Video description: On August 23, Dolby Laboratories held an event at its headquarters in San Francisco, showcasing the differences between the look of a movie on film, as opposed to in a digital format. CNET News.com's Greg Sandoval takes a look at the technology movie theaters are using to project films digitally--and at what problems they face in making the conversion.

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