Quote Originally Posted by Kevio
I'm fairly certain that the stuff they send to the theaters around here is not the 16 megapixel stock.

Do you have a reference for this 16 megapixel figure?
That's the equivalent for good quality 35mm film stock -- the stuff used to shoot the movies. The quality of the release print will depend a whole lot of other factors (i.e., whether it's a wetgate print or one created from a 5th generation negative). But, considering that most digital cinema cameras and theater projectors are currently at the 2k resolution level, any 35mm release print will easily top that resolution and look a helluva lot better when projected onto a large 60'+ screen. The only claims that digital cinema/projection is even close to 35mm quality are for the 4k cameras and projectors, which cost a lot more and are not widely adopted.