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Visual maybe just due to screen size, but audio? No way. 5.1 on a even modestly specced surround receiver is at least as good as any theater. There are fewer a
by Karunamon 11y ago
Visual maybe just due to screen size, but audio? No way. 5.1 on a even modestly specced surround receiver is at least as good as any theater.
There are fewer and fewer reasons to go to the theater. Why would you pay upwards of $10 for a ticket, $20 for a popcorn and soda to sit in someone else's filthy chairs to be advertised to for 30 minutes straight and listen to people chatting and children screaming?
Unless you're there for the social aspect, i.e. with friends, the value just ian't there.
- douche 11y agoExactly. I can watch a movie on my own couch, with my own popcorn and soda, and my friends and family basically for free. With a 40"+ flat screen that costs about the same as four or five trips to the theater. I've noticed in the last few years that there are fewer and fewer movies that I'm even vaguely interested in seeing. Maybe when I was living at home and near a theater that offered $4 tickets, and no ads, I might take a flier on a potentially bad movie, but at $12-15 a pop at the chain cinemas around here, when the movie doesn't start on time because they are showing 45 minutes of ABC commericals... Nope
- Thlom 11y agoRegarding ads: 45 minutes sounds crazy. At least in most of Europe the advertisements are programmed to end 10-15 minutes after scheduled time or the feature to start 10-20 minutes after scheduled time. depends on the cinemas agreement with the advertisement company.