Dolby Laboratories

My nonprofit held a screening here, and it was just fabulous. Dolby was wonderful to work with and everything went swimmingly. The pre-​function space outside the theatre is great for some cocktail and schwag tables and has some decent views through the huge windows. The actual theatre is small but super comfortable. Our movie was a comedy, but I bet something with a lot of action and explosions would be incredible with that sound system.

My organization held a film screening here and I must say the whole experience was phenomenal! Thank you Dolby! Everyone from the event manager, projectinist to the receptionist was such a pleasure to work with!
The venue itself has a cool quality about it. The screening room which is located on the third floor has a nice lobby where we can a light reception for folks to mingle and eat/​drink. That room has a cool view of the city skyline too!
The screening room was comfortable for all our guests and awesome acoustics.
Everyone had a great time and I would love to come back!
Thanks Dolby you rock!

came here for a screening of pacific rim and the experience was awesome! it could have been any movie and just being there with the dolby at. mos sound system would have been enough. every seat was a good seat and the chairs were like regular oversized padded armchairs.
such a neat experience!

Saw Star Trek: Into The Darkness here the other night. The place was really cool. The sound was AMAZING (as you would expect…). Though the screen is small, the sound more than makes up for it. Couple that with large seats and a free showing, and I am so, so down.
VIP treatment for sure. Thanks to my friends for the invite and ticket!

got a tour from a fellow vet Leslie, hope i get an invite to the hobbit. but any way… MINDBLOWING, as a student of electronics and audio this was a life changing experience the people were open to talk to me hope i actually get a chance to work there who knows. but it was awsome…

Caught a screening of a film for the Jewish Film Festival. It was a nice building. Interesting that they established it in San Francisco. It’s a nice addition to the film community in SF. The screening space is up to date but old-​fashioned. The crowd is nice.

I saw Fair Game and Waiting for Superman at this theater. It is small and intimate with comfortable seating. Best sound system I have experienced. Very pleasant way to watch a movie.

Just wow!
I was invited to a «How to Train Your Dragon» Screening today. I watched the movie twice already but I really wanted to check out the Dolby Labs. You can only get invited or you have to know an employer at Dolby who can take you to the screenings.
I’m so happy that I decided to go. It was the best movie experience I ever had. The sound was unbelievable and the perfectly calibrated 3D glasses made me feel like being in the movie.
The two screenings I attended before were also in 3D but watching it with perfectly calibrated Dolby 3D was a different experience. Today I’ve seen how 3D screenings supposed to look like. If this quality would become the standard for all 3D theaters I can definitely see a future in this technology.
Same goes for the sound. AMAZING!
The Screening Room is not very big but just the right size for a small group of invited people. If you ever had a chance to check out the dolby labs, definitely do it. It’s worth it!

This is the way to watch a show. Last night I went to the screening of «Allegiance», a musical scheduled to hit Broadway in 2012 (you heard it here first). The musical was phenomenal — can you really go wrong with George Takai? He was even there to talk about the musical — a trekie’s wet dream.

A PRIVATE SCREENING ROOM? LIMITED ACCESS? Oh yes yes I want to be ELITE!
Pros: Feeling super elite, the quality of the speakers, best angle from every seat, no noisy people (well almost), intimate setting
Cons: The chairs oddly enough didn’t look like my usual theater-​going experience. They were light-​colored, but actually quite comfortable. No food/​drink allowed, but who would want a private couch covered with sticky stuff
Invited by a coworker (who is part of the Producer’s Guild of America), I couldn’t turn down the opportunity to be part of a small screening. Despite the fact that the film we were watching (The Duchess) did not require excellent sound or look… I was impressed.
Because of the nature of the guild, I was one of the very few twentysomethings among a group of well-​dressed ladies in pearls. Not sure if that’s the typical crowd at screenings. My friend and I had arrived from the nearby yummy taco truck with drinks in our hand. Unfortunately, I noticed the no food/​drink sign at the same time as a woman at the door apologized that no food/​drink were allowed.
We backed down the small stairway to a nearby table with small trash bins. I knew my friend was feeling a bit awkward with the uppercrust of society so I kept on an air of «this is how it normally is». But, we quickly finished our drinks. The woman smiled and apologized saying she understood how weird it was not to have food and drinks to a movie. She was nice not to admonish us too harshly.
Although the invite said, «PLEASE ARRIVE PROMPTLY». It did not start promptly. Nature of the Guild or nature of the screening room. I guess it would be the former.
After a few announcements, the film started. Quality quality. Outside the room, I had read that the room is available for rent for small events. I have been to another screening room that was more like a theater, but the Dolby Lab Screening room definitely is in its own class. Perhaps it was the clientele, but I felt suddenly in the upper crust of society enjoying a movie with quality sound and picture.
The only thing missing: crumpets and tea.

Perhaps I’m a bit of a private screening room snob, but this place didn’t rock me like I expected. The sound wasn’t as I expected… though I’m willing to see a different movie and give it a second chance… but the seats (which reminded me of a doctors office) were comfy at first and then you could really start feeling the springs. Not my favorite, but I’ll update this after a second visit.

I work at Dolby Labs, and this is probably the best sounding theater you’ll ever be in. Like the other reviewers said, get to know a Dolby employee, and they can take you into the screening room as their +1.
In short, it’s an awesome experience — with an emphasis on both sound and video quality. The entire theater has been maticulously sound proofed. The whole room is basically suspended from the rest of the building with little blocks, so that it’s very isolated acoustically. Even though the building is right near the highway, you can’t hear a thing when it’s slient.
Even the air conditioner is specially designed to quietly let the air flow down the sides of the room. If they turn the AC off along with the lights, you can literally hear your heartbeat. It’s THAT quiet. On the flip side, the dynamic range of the room is amazing, and as the other viewer pointed out, the explosive sounds in the movies sound like real crisp explosions. This is not your grandma’s movie theater.
The chairs are designed to be acoustically similar to human skin, so whether the theater is empty or full, the acoustic properties of the room remain unchanged.
Basically, this is an audiophile’s wet dream. It’s also where they do a lot of movie screenings for critics in the area.

get to know someone at dolby and beg them to take you to a screening in the dolby theater. it’s rockin. it’s cushy and comfortable with awesome seats, but the sound is what sets it apart and it’s really to die for.
i saw syriana there (after i’d already seen it once) and the part at the end where the missile drops and hits the caravan of cars literally made me scream (i NEVER scream in movies) but DAMN the sound was just THAT good/​loud/​crisp/​amazing!
i guess that’s what dolby does though, no a big surprise that their theater blows everyone else clear out of the water.
make new friends. see dolby screenings. call your local doctor and put in an order for new eardrums while grinning widely.

This place is the shiznit. C’mon, it’s the Dolby Labs!
We got a private screening here a while back and WOW… I want their screening room in my house. It’s probably something like 200.4, forget the 5.1. All the sounds are so realistic– when you see someone on one side of the screen talking to a person on the other side, the voices come from alternating directions. And the chairs, besides being completely comfy, are made to absorb as much sound as an average person when empty, and are not affected when filled, so you get proper acoustics in the room, no matter how many or few people you have. Sheer genius.