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Thats an expensive and dirty solution to a solved problem. Many opera houses have subtitles in the backs of seats. While not as ideal as in your glasses, it is
by searine 8y ago
Thats an expensive and dirty solution to a solved problem.
Many opera houses have subtitles in the backs of seats. While not as ideal as in your glasses, it is certainly more comfortable, cheaper to buy and maintain, and clean.
I get that you have to glance down now and then, as compared to the glasses, but I really think that's a cost worth living with.
- eszed 8y agoMaybe.... Wiring up all the seats wouldn't be trivial, especially in a concrete building, like the National. Also, and I'm speaking from sad experience here, it'd be waaaay easier to persuade a sponsor to underwrite branded glasses than it is to solicit donations for an infrastructure project. Though they may be less robust, if the glasses break you can hand the patron another pair; when the seat-back LCD goes on the fritz you'll have to move them to another seat, which is always disruptive, and not always possible. Overall, I suspect the glasses end up being much cheaper.
- MrLeap 8y agoI assumed the parent was referring to an asynchronous, staticly rendered offline protocol running over paper. The cellulose displays are hosted in marsupial pouches stitched into the seat in front of you. Perhaps I am mistaken and some theaters have gone full xzibit on all the seats.