$99 Take A Break Package!
February 26, 2010 by gary
Filed under Cool Stuff
Take A Break Romance Special for Two with breakfast!!
Just $99 per night for two people!
Late Summer (9/1/10 – 9/31/10 Sunday through Thursday nights only)
Autumn (10/1/10 – 11/15/10) : Just $74 per night for two people! (Sunday through Thursday nights only) No Minimum Stay!
Call 800.334.3581 for reservations!
The The Winds Resort Beach Club’s Take A Break Special package includes accommodations in an Island View Camellia Guest Room with a wetbar and refrigerator, a full hot Southern breakfast buffet each morning, daily housekeeping, complimentary use of bicycles and discounts to area restaurants and shops.
• Add Dinner For Two for $65.00 (gratuities not included) at choice of 3 nearby restaurants:
Roberto’s Italian Ristorante:
Dinner Includes: Two Entrees (special menu for Winds Guests), Bottle of House Wine, Salad, Dessert, Non-alcoholic Beverages.
Sharky’s Waterfront Restaurant (overlooking the intra-coastal waterway)
Dinner Includes: Two Entrees (any menu item), 4 Glasses of House Wine, Salad, Dessert, Non-alcoholic Beverages.
Cinelli’s Italian Restaurant(overlooking the intra-coastal waterway):
Dinner Includes: Two Entrees (any menu item – except steak), Bottle of House Wine, Salad, Dessert, Non-alcoholic Beverages.
Bourbon Street:
Any two entrees on the menu, two sides per entree, a bottle of wine and choice of dessert at table side.
Featured Area Property
February 15, 2010 by gary
Filed under Real Estate
Oceanfront On Ocean Isle Beach! 249 W First St
One-half of duplex in premier oceanfront location on west part of beach. Extra wide and extra deep lot.
Completely renovated and beautifully appointed. This is your affordable way to own a gorgeous 4 BR/4 bath oceanfront home and share 50% of the expenses. Read more
Local Theaters Go Digital
February 15, 2010 by gary
Filed under Cool Stuff
The technology used for projecting movies onto the screens at movie theaters hasn’t changed much over the decades but now it has taken a giant leap!
Coastal Cinemas in Shallotte has just changed over from using the traditional 35 mm film to all-digital projection. Engineers there recently installed new Sony 4K Digital Cinema Systems technology into their 10-screen theater, providing for viewing in high-definition for regular and 3-D movies.
The new 4K format produces four times the number of pixels in its images than other digital projectors. The first major motion picture to incorporate this new technology was James Cameron’s recent blockbuster “Avatar.” Sony claims it will soon become the norm.
At Coastal Cinemas, three of the 10 screens will now show 3-D movies. Several of these are soon to premiere there. These include “Toy Story 3 and “How to Train Your Dragon”. Sony has created a partnership with RealD combining the 4K projector system with RealD’s 3D technology, creating an intense experience for moviegoers.
The new projectors also make the method of building film to be projected onto the screen obsolete and this will create an lighter workload for theater employees.
Before the installation of the digital projector, theater staff had to build the movies using film reels placed on circular tables called “platters”. The projectionist then fed the film through a number of rollers, then had to thread the film through the projector with it finally ending up on another platter.
With the change to digital technology the staff will receive movies on hard drives to be downloaded into the digital projectors instead of receiving large canisters of film every week to feed through the projector.
Using no film will mean there are fewer moving parts, no splicing and none of the wear and tear that gradually breaks down film.
