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General => Home theater humor => Topic started by: alangouger on January 17, 2017, 09:51:23 PM

Title: Hi Tech going the wrong direction.
Post by: alangouger on January 17, 2017, 09:51:23 PM

No better place to post this. This is just silly.

https://www.dramafever.com/news/how-to-make-a-private-home-theater-with-just-cardboard-and-your-smart-phone/ (https://www.dramafever.com/news/how-to-make-a-private-home-theater-with-just-cardboard-and-your-smart-phone/)

Title: Re: Hi Tech going the wrong direction.
Post by: AVSMike on January 17, 2017, 10:01:39 PM

There goes the hometheater business. Bet it gets pretty hot and stuffy in that box for a couple hours. :)

Title: Re: Hi Tech going the wrong direction.
Post by: richlife69 on January 18, 2017, 10:47:01 AM

Makes me cringe!  You can just see the next step in VR...

Title: Re: Hi Tech going the wrong direction.
Post by: alangouger on January 20, 2017, 10:21:41 AM

Im waiting for the "Runco" Theater In a Box:)

Title: Re: Hi Tech going the wrong direction.
Post by: AVSCraig on January 20, 2017, 12:53:43 PM

Hard to have a glass of wine in there with my movie !  :(

Title: Re: Hi Tech going the wrong direction.
Post by: kohe321 on January 20, 2017, 01:04:53 PM

Watching movies with VR glasses is something I can't stand the thought of for many reasons. One big reason is that movie watching is an inherently social thing to me. There is an intangible energy shared among an audience watching a good movie together. Imagining a future where people go to the movies or get together at home to watch a film, only to strap on a pair of VR headsets and disappear into their own world, really removes all of the magic of cinema entirely.

Luckily I doubt that's ever going to be reality. HT and regular cinemas will continue much like they are now. :)

Title: Re: Hi Tech going the wrong direction.
Post by: DavidHir on January 20, 2017, 01:20:37 PM

My first "home theater" experience when I was about 7 or 8 years old.  You could actually project onto the wall with it.  I don't remember what the contrast was like.  ;D

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Fisher-Price-Movie-Viewer-Theater-/232184092642

Actually started with this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-FISHER-PRICE-MOVIE-VIEWER-WITH-7-WORKING-CASSETTES-TESTED/322377290298?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D40791%26meid%3D529c2688a800447696939269bef42051%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D232184092642

I even had the original, unaltered Star Wars!

https://www.google.com/search?q=star+wars+movie+cartridge&sa=X&biw=1063&bih=478&tbm=isch&imgil=CdOR92hA3NAttM%253A%253B11u2gu8aQ0DMgM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.retrothing.com%25252F2006%25252F07%25252Fstar_wars_movie.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=CdOR92hA3NAttM%253A%252C11u2gu8aQ0DMgM%252C_&usg=__Xh1MTC5MhGdzjJW-w4wqg370oio%3D&ved=0ahUKEwjy2r3gq9HRAhVMSCYKHfIgCNAQyjcIKw&ei=blWCWPLrBsyQmQHywaCADQ#imgrc=PJ1JAAc6suXBQM%3A