• @Tavarin
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    11 year ago

    Unless your TV is 40 feet, it isn’t beating the theater experience.

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      1 year ago

      Once you’re at a correct distance for the screen, 65" or 40’ doesn’t matter, in a theater I’m just farther away and still end up losing some of the image and have to deal with the other watchers.

      As I said, once you’ve got proper equipment at home you just don’t care for the theater experience. I’ll never say it’s the same thing, I still enjoy it much more.

      • @Tavarin
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        21 year ago

        Nope, completely different experience. Sitting a few feet from a 60" TV does not have the same sense of scale as a 40’ screen, unless you’re sitting at the very back of the theater. A 40’ screen feels huge.

        I have a very nice home setup, but the theater is bigger and better.

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          11 year ago

          See, better is totally subjective. To me it isn’t better, my setup, tuned how I like it, without other people around, without having to turn my head left and right to see the whole screen, without having to show up in advance to make sure I’m sitting in a spot that’s appropriate for the screen… That’s much better. To me.

          I haven’t been to a theater in years and never plan to go back.

          • @Tavarin
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            01 year ago

            I haven’t been to a theater in years

            Clearly, cause now a days they have designated seating and actively displayed sales, so you can always sit exactly where you want, and go to show times with fewer people so you don’t have as many around. I’ve gotten the perfect seats in nearly empty theaters every time I’ve seen a movie for the last few years, and it’s always been an awesome experience.

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              1 year ago

              You know there’s nothing new about these things, right?

              🙄

              And having to choose when I go based on how busy it is is still an inconvenience because I don’t get to watch the movie when it’s convenient for me.

              • @Tavarin
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                11 year ago

                I’ve never had it be inconvenient, just wait 2 or 3 weeks after release and most movie showings are pretty empty. It’s not like you can legally watch the movie at home at that point anyway.

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                  01 year ago

                  That last argument is worthless since not everyone cares to watch movies as they come out so it’s the viewing experience itself that needs to be compared, not the fact that both experiences can’t necessarily be enjoyed at the same moment in time.

                  • @Tavarin
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                    11 year ago

                    I was stating it as not a disadvantage of waiting 2 weeks for an empty showing. The viewing experience in a theater with an empty showing kicks the crap out of any home viewing experience.