Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!leah!rpi!batcomputer!cornell!rochester!rit!tropix!moscom!ur-valhalla!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!sunybcs!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!TAURUS.BITNET!zifrony From: zifrony@TAURUS.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.society.futures Subject: Re: TV vs Movie theatre Message-ID: <8906181131.AA04345@s4.tau.ac.il> Date: 22 Jul 89 11:31:10 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Organization: The Internet Lines: 26 In his article, ... Put a pair of headphones on. The room/house disappears and you are IN the > film. The bigger the screen and the better the sound the better the > illusion. Laser disks watched this way are a very interesting experience. maybe with the introduction of flatter TV screens, which may be a yard or more in diameter to the home audience , one may fake the illusion of a movie theatre. This technology is here, or just outside the door. There are also projector screens, connected to videotapes, which are quite large. In fact, our local cinemateque uses them from time to time when projecting video films (which are not available on regular film). The need for a sterophonic headset, may be replaced by a room sealed to outside noise. It may be better for your ears too. -- Doron Zifrony E-mail: BITNET: zifrony@taurus.bitnet Msc. Student INTERNET: zifrony@Math.Tau.Ac.IL Dept. of CS ARPA: zifrony%taurus.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu Tel Aviv Univ. UUCP: ...!uunet!mcvax!humus!taurus!zifrony Israel CSNET: zifrony%taurus.bitnet%cunyvm.cuny.edu@ csnet-relay -- Disclaimer: I DON'T represent Tel Aviv University. The opinions hereby expressed are solely my own.