# Are PCs used to project movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 4, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pcs-used-to-project-movies/146649 "2003-01-04T20:20:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pcs-used-to-project-movies/146649/1 "2003-01-04T20:20:10Z")
I went to the movie theater recently and before the commercials and trailers had started, you could see the Windows start bar projected just below the normal screen area. So a PC is being used for something. What? ---
**Author:** ![Zagadka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zagadka/32/7272_2.png) [@Zagadka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zagadka)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pcs-used-to-project-movies/146649/2 "2003-01-04T20:22:02Z")
A theatrical version of UT2K3? ---
**Author:** ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pcs-used-to-project-movies/146649/3 "2003-01-04T22:39:47Z")
Some theaters have switched to digital projection, and it wouldn’t surprise me if they used relatively normal PCs to accomplish this. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pcs-used-to-project-movies/146649/4 "2003-01-05T00:55:04Z")
Those annoying advertising/crap-trivia slide-show deals that run while the theatre is filling up are often PC-driven.