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My 35mm home theater

12.83.72.110

Posted by Dave on September 24, 2002 at 07:52:31

In Reply to: Wrong. I've seen over half of your list. posted by Harmonia on September 23, 2002 at 22:26:21:

Dawn Patrol was released in 1938... just a wee decade or two before my time....

I worked in a film library full time for three years out of high school, then summers while I worked my way through college, doing everything from cleaning to repairing to viewing films to write catalog copy and rental pitch commentary for trade shows.... this was one of the larger libraries in the country at the time with many thousands of titles in stock. Remember this was pre-video tape, so rental customers included schools, colleges, prisons, government agencies, private industry, etc.

One of perks was being able to cue up a film to watch each day during lunch (one hour only so we usually only saw half a film each day); and I was able to bring home as many movies as I cared to watch on nights/weekends. In my second year the boss gave me a 35mm projector to keep and I built a soundproof box for it and invested in a movie screen instead of projecting the image against the wall... eventually my parents let me set the system up permanenty in their basement and I had the projector cleaned and serviced..... bypassed the projector's built in speaker in favor of a single beat-up but still serviceable Klipch Cornwall for glorious mono sound. In addition to the projection setup I had a pinball machine, my beloved little Sony Trinitron and my stereo which consisted of a hulking JVC receiver, Miracord turntable, Pioneer reel-to-reel and ESS AMT-1B monitors... had a full drum kit too... and of course a big 'ol ratty couch and comfy chairs..... needless to say, it was a very popular hangout for me and my friends.

I can't begin to tell you how much fun it was to roll a movie in those pre-VHS/LD/DVD days... the only TV channels available then were CBS/NBC/ABC and a couple of fuzzy UHF stations... although I think that one of the first broadcast cable stations was just beginning to air on UHF (anyone remember "ON-TV"?). I watched hundreds of movies during those years, REAL FILM, not video, which was an experience that I believe still betters even the best current DVD/surround sound presentation in many ways.

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