Eh, what you saw is probably about what the majority of moviegoers will see, though.
Most theaters can do 3D and a large majority can actually do 48fps (Its part of the digital standard) as long as its 2K. 4K 48fps was only standardized a few years agp. What most theaters lack is Dolby Atmos and DolbyVision (I believe Disney Springs AMC is the only DV theater in Orlando)
There’s probably only a dozen theaters in the country that will show it in 4K 3D 48fps.
The Hobbit was in 48fps and it’s now impossible to find a print of it anywhere.
The Hobbit was digital, not a print. And almost any theater can do 48fps at 2K if its digital. Its built into the software. This is the standards :
he DCI specification calls for picture encoding using the ISO/IEC 15444-1 "
JPEG2000" (.j2c) standard and use of the
CIE XYZ color space at 12 bits per component encoded with a 2.6
gamma applied at projection. Two levels of resolution for both content and projectors are supported: 2K (2048×1080) or 2.2 MP at 24 or
48 frames per second, and 4K (4096×2160) or 8.85 MP at 24 frames per second. The specification ensures that 2K content can play on 4K projectors and vice versa. Smaller resolutions in one direction are also supported (the image gets automatically centered). Later versions of the standard added additional playback rates (like 25 fps in SMPTE mode). For the sound component of the content the specification provides for up to 16 channels of uncompressed audio using the
"Broadcast Wave" (.wav) format at 24 bits and 48 kHz or 96 kHz sampling.
Playback is controlled by an
XML-format Composition Playlist, into an
MXF-compliant file at a maximum data rate of 250 Mbit/s. Details about encryption,
key management, and logging are all discussed in the specification as are the minimum specifications for the projectors employed including the
color gamut, the
contrast ratio and the brightness of the image. While much of the specification codifies work that had already been ongoing in the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (
SMPTE), the specification is important in establishing a content owner framework for the distribution and security of first-release motion-picture content.
48fps 4k is a recent addition.