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On a related note: I have an idea/vision for a next generation movie theatre, but I decided to put it on the backburner for a while, perhaps forever, due in par
by mkramlich 15y ago
On a related note: I have an idea/vision for a next generation movie theatre, but I decided to put it on the backburner for a while, perhaps forever, due in part to all the legal & bureaucratic obstacles related to the MPAA and studio/theatre system. But there are so many obvious ways to make theatres better than what we have today.
- sliverstorm 15y agoI dunno, I kind of like movie theaters as they are. You'd really have to wow me to sell me on "next-generation movie theaters"
- chroma 15y agoWhen movie/game night is at my place I'm going to say, "Welcome to my next-generation movie theater."
- nitrogen 15y agoHow about being able to get a group of people together to watch a new movie of your choosing on demand, in relatively small private rooms, on equipment far better than you could afford?
- sliverstorm 15y agoHow will you address the large jump in showing costs brought about by "small private rooms"? I don't want to pay $500 for a movie ticket.
- nitrogen 15y agoVia digital projection on smaller screens, with movies stored on a very large high-speed NAS. If, and it's an insanely huge if that I have no intention of actually trying to address, Hollywood studios would be open to a licensing model that preserves their per-ticket revenue, it should earn them the same amount of money, and save theaters the expense of showing a movie to an empty auditorium with a power-hungry high-brightness bulb. Hence, ticket prices should be roughly the same. You could further appeal to discerning consumers and directors by building in an automated calibration system that adjusts for changes in the projector bulb and matches specifications before every showing. Note: I'm not the top-level poster.