E&S News
E&S Strikes Distribution Deal with The Stephen Low Company
We’re proud to announce that we have concluded a distribution deal with The Stephen Low Company to make films from their library available to E&S digital dome theaters and AEOS Theaters worldwide!
Houston’s NASA-Approved True8K Planetarium
Once the unprecedented pinnacle of sports stadium infrastructure, Houston’s original Astrodome still stands today, an abandoned homage to a bygone area.
Specialty Cinema Reaches for E&S True8K
On 19 April 2017, leaders and directors of more than 50 science museums across China gathered in the world’s largest fulldome (digital dome) theater, at the China Science and Technology Museum in Beijing. for a demonstration of Evans & Sutherland (E&S) True8K™ technology.
E&S’ True8K Digital Dome Demo in Beijing
On April 19, 2017, the largest planetarium and digital giant screen dome theater in the world hosted a demo of an Evans & Sutherland (E&S) True8K™ Digistar 6 digital dome system at the China Science and Technology Museum (CSTM).
Probing the Depths of the Universe
or over 50 years the Bangkok Planetarium has been impressing visitors but more recently, thanks to Christie® Boxer and Evans & Sutherland’s Digistar 5 system, the immersive cosmological experience it now offers has made the planetarium a must-visit destination. Deep space journeys and close-ups of objects in the farthest depths of outer space are attracting new visitors and enticing familiar patrons to return.
Liberty Science Center
The newly renovated Jennifer Chalsty Planetarium at the Liberty Science Center is the world’s largest IMAX dome theater and will soon have the world’s largest digital giant screen dome system with a True8K™ Digistar 6 system from Evans & Sutherland (E&S).
Mars One Thousand One
An international crew of astronauts is about to embark on the first interplanetary journey in history, the first manned mission to the surface of Mars. Reporter Miles O'Brien is reporting live from his Space Headquarters TV Studio in New York while events unfold for...
Adler Planetarium Boosts Image Quality
The Grainger’s Digistar 6 system is billed as providing 8K resolution. It is comprised of “six Sony SRX-T615 4K projectors with 18,000 lumens per projector and 12,000:1 contrast,” according to the company.
European Southern Observatory
Evans & Sutherland (E&S) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) are pleased to announce that ESO has selected the E&S Digistar system for their ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre scheduled for opening in November 2017.
Adler Planetarium Selects 8K Digistar 6
The Adler Planetarium operates two domes, all day, 363 days a year – presenting nearly 5000 planetarium presentations each year. For this demanding schedule, the Adler is refurbishing both of their dome theaters with 8K resolution Digistar 6 systems from Evans & Sutherland.