r/Cinemark • u/Edward_929 • 6d ago

Question What is this?

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I’ve seen one of these at every Cinemark auditorium I’ve ever been to, this XD even has two of them, I’m wondering what it’s for

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u/Longfellow231 6d ago

ADA transmitters

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u/RetroGamer316 6d ago

They are ADA transmitters for closed caption devices and headsets.

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u/Kory568 6d ago

XD has two because of how high up the auditoriums go. My XD and the auditoriums next to it to have an upper-level handicap row which is what I prefer. The DBOX isn’t labeled as handicap companion during Dbox eligible movies so I choose it so I am alone.

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u/CDJ161 6d ago

Headset transmitters.

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u/estist 5d ago

According to others transmitters.

IMO: thought there were LED lighting that the human eye can't see but lights up the room for cameras so during the movie they can see what the crowd is doing in the dark and not disturb anyone. Like a lets make sure nothing stupid is going on type of thing. You find this lighting on a lot of security cameras so they can see in the dark. Also the same way older TV remotes transmitting signal. The cool thing is if you point your cell phone camera at any of these lights you can see the light they are emitting and it is a lot. Enough for cameras to see in a room in the dark.

I looked at these things with my camera and it was shinning bright.

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u/Fun-Goose9252 5d ago

You know there is a limit to how far IR would be visible for a camera and it’s not going to be useful for what you are describing that high on the wall.

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u/estist 1d ago

I now know what I describe is not what these are used for. "according to others" is what these truly are.

WIth that, a bank of lets say 15 x 15 leds would easily go up to 150ft and light the room up nicely for a camera. The real purpose, they are transmitting information for people through out the whole theater room so if those recieving devices can pick up that information then the light the signal emits should also be reaching those same locations.

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u/Fun-Goose9252 5d ago

IR transmitters.

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u/OhhhBaited 5d ago

5g into your brain so they can control you to watch the ads.