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if you don't mind me asking, what do you actually like about the cinema experience that you can't get at home? I get that the image quality is better than the a

if you don't mind me asking, what do you actually like about the cinema experience that you can't get at home? I get that the image quality is better than the average consumer tv, but it's not prohibitively expensive to get a good home theater setup, especially if you weigh the cost against eight years worth of movie tickets + the residual value of the equipment at the end.

v64 6y ago
Speaking for myself, I live in an apartment with thin walls and can't blast my sound as loudly as it would be in a theater.
- jolmg 6y ago
  If you had good headphones/earphones, would you no longer prefer a theater?
  - v64 6y ago
    No, I don't particularly enjoy wearing them and avoid them to prevent causing hearing damage.
est31 6y ago
A good home theater setup alone won't give you the same experience as the quality of the content delivered to cinemas is way better. It's only scantly compressed compared to what is sent over the network via streams. A single movie sent to theaters via mail can take up hundreds of gigabytes, if not more.
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Unklejoe 6y ago
For me, it's the fact that I'm going "out". It's somewhat of a special occasion. Similar to the difference between going to a restaurant to eat versus just getting takeout from the same place.
magicalhippo 6y ago
For me it's the scale. As in proper big screen. There's only three theaters in town I really enjoy visiting and then only their main auditoriums (~700-900 seats). My favorite has (or at least until recently had) the largest THX certified auditorium[1]. If I can't get the proper big screen then indeed it's better to just watch at home. That said, it helps that the audience here is for the most part quiet and sitting still. [1]: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/23154 http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/23154

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if you don't mind me asking, what do you actually like about the cinema experience that you can't get at home? I get that the image quality is better than the a

by leetcrew 6y ago

v64 6y ago
Speaking for myself, I live in an apartment with thin walls and can't blast my sound as loudly as it would be in a theater.
- jolmg 6y ago
  If you had good headphones/earphones, would you no longer prefer a theater?
  - v64 6y ago
    No, I don't particularly enjoy wearing them and avoid them to prevent causing hearing damage.
est31 6y ago
A good home theater setup alone won't give you the same experience as the quality of the content delivered to cinemas is way better. It's only scantly compressed compared to what is sent over the network via streams. A single movie sent to theaters via mail can take up hundreds of gigabytes, if not more.
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Unklejoe 6y ago
For me, it's the fact that I'm going "out". It's somewhat of a special occasion. Similar to the difference between going to a restaurant to eat versus just getting takeout from the same place.
magicalhippo 6y ago
For me it's the scale. As in proper big screen. There's only three theaters in town I really enjoy visiting and then only their main auditoriums (~700-900 seats). My favorite has (or at least until recently had) the largest THX certified auditorium[1]. If I can't get the proper big screen then indeed it's better to just watch at home. That said, it helps that the audience here is for the most part quiet and sitting still. [1]: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/23154 http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/23154