Cinemas may soon replace the 125-year-old projector screen with gigantic TVs

In the not-too-distant future, theatergoers may be watching movies on huge TVs instead of the movie projectors they’re used to. Samsung recently unveiled a large LED screen—like the TVs in many houses—for movie theaters. Previously, only film projectors were equipped to play films in cinemas that nowadays usually use sheets made of white vinyl. But the South Korean tech giant’s new digital 4K-resolution screens reportedly comply with guidelines from the Digital Cinema Initiatives, a joint venture by movie studios Disney, Fox, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros. that sets the standard for technical performance, reliability, and quality in digital cinemas.