In Reply to: "Enjoying good movies has nothing to do with [optical] quality." Huh! It certainly does in the theatre. nt posted by clarkjohnsen on February 24, 2006 at 13:35:22:
What, you trying to do AuPh on me? :-)But seriously, the movie theater experience has much more to do with image size, ambiance, idiots sneezing and eating their popcorn, that sort of things.
I watched so many old films in the theaters... lousy quality, but great experience. I get similar sensation when I watch Wages of Fear on my 96" screen at home.
To me the image quality is something one can quickly step over if films is good. Sure, good one is great, but it is like LP surface noise.
On an even more serious note, unless you truly just watch for image quality, once it gets to a certain level, it drops from the picture. The limited capability HD picture is already better than what you see in 85% of theaters.
But then... what do I know? I never watch any demo videos... I don't even listen to "demo" recordings...
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Follow Ups
- Huh! It certainly doesn't! - Victor Khomenko 13:52:48 02/24/06 (10)
- Re: Huh! It certainly doesn't! - SF tech 19:56:23 02/27/06 (2)
- Re: Huh! It certainly doesn't! - Victor Khomenko 13:28:26 02/28/06 (1)
- I understand your point... - SF tech 19:54:58 02/28/06 (0)
- Guess I'm just a *quality guy* in an unfocussed field. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:20:54 02/25/06 (1)
- Are we now down to the pro- and anti-iPod argument? - Victor Khomenko 08:42:09 02/25/06 (0)
- Well said but, let's remember, some films' (your Barry Lyndon, for example) - tinear 05:50:37 02/25/06 (1)
- While this is true, let's not lose the focus of this discussion - Victor Khomenko 06:44:47 02/25/06 (0)
- "To me the image quality is something one can quickly step over if films is good." - Unless you do it 'til you go blind! - Audiophilander 01:20:15 02/25/06 (0)
- size matters - Bersani 19:35:13 02/24/06 (0)
- Good Grief! This is worrying - dave c 16:16:48 02/24/06 (0)