Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Gee LP (A) on March 23, 2005 at 22:15:05

In Reply to: Re: Audiophilus Uninterruptus posted by thoriated_tiger on March 23, 2005 at 15:29:29:

I agree with Victor on this one. The first time I saw "Citizen Kane" I was watching on a 19" tv (it also was only a black and white set, but that really didn't matter in this instance). The first time I was in New York and staying at the 47th St. Y, I watched "Hiroshima, mon amour" late one night on a tiny 9" set. I was absolutely mesmerized both times.

It is the work that matters. Beautiful DVD on a widescreen TV with surround sound enveloping you? Nice, but I've watched "The Wild Bunch" edited for TV and with commercial breaks every 6 minutes on my parents' old TV set. I didn't care...I was watching "The Wild Bunch", and despite TNT or TBS's best efforts, I could still get immersed in it!

It's better to watch a great movie using a chewed-up print projected on a sheet than to see 99% of last year's Hollywood output in a HPS-4000 theatre (although I wish we had one of those around here!).