In order for the digital cinema ecosystem to function properly, theaters and studios both needed assurance that any studio’s movie would be able to play in any theater on any authorized projection system. The major Hollywood movie studios also sought assurance that digital presentations would meet their requirements for security as well as color, brightness, clarity and resolution. To establish the required level of interoperability and define the required quality, the studios came together to create a unified standard. Thus was born the Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC, which created the DCI Specification. This document includes detailed requirements.
