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I'm looking for a theatre display again.....
nickbuol:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on July 12, 2012, 04:34:25 pm ---
That brings up a fair point. Is all that expense worth it for a man without kids? A family spends $60 at the movies. A single guy spends $10-12. How many $11 movie tickets do you have to buy to pay for that home theater setup? 200?
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Very true. I used to have to argue that point with my wife.
Counter-point: How many movie theaters are the perfect temperature (my wife is always cold), has a cheap supply of fresh popcorn and drinks or lets you bring your own goodies (beer/wine/Skittles), starts the movie when YOU want to see it, has comfy seats, allows pets (or is that "pests" ;) ), will pause the show in case you need to go to the bathroom, allows you to text (pausing optional), can jump from movie to music party on the fly, doesn't smell funny, doesn't have sticky floors, if the people next to or behind you are too loud, you can tell them to be quiet/get out/or just turn up the volume, so on...
It is something that we've managed to justify. Our lives are so hectic that it is great at the end of a day to recline back and "crash" while watching something to get our minds off of the crazy day. Plus, I live in Iowa where it can be well over 100F (with humidity) in summer, and below 0F in the winter plus wind chill. Spring and fall are very short seasons for us.
nickbuol:
--- Quote from: Gray_Area on July 12, 2012, 04:40:56 pm ---
What do you all think of this site, and price?? (Have to register an all that to see shipping I think.)
LG Infinia 55LW5600 55-Inch Cinema 3D 1080p 120 Hz LED-LCD HDTV
member price: $ 315 VIP price : $ 287
http://www.hotabiz.com/us-productinfo.asp?id=7310
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A quick google search of hotabiz.com review doesn't make me want to give them any money.
Plus $315 (let alone $287) for a 55-inch tv is bogus. That TV should be around the $1000-$1500 price range.
Either they are scamming to steal your money, or they are scamming to get you to pay $1000 shipping. Either way, it is a scam or shady at best, and that isn't very promising.
saint:
First thing I thought at those prices was to wonder where they were stolen from :)
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: nickbuol on July 12, 2012, 04:45:26 pm ---Counter-point: How many movie theaters are the perfect temperature (my wife is always cold), has a cheap supply of fresh popcorn and drinks or lets you bring your own goodies (beer/wine/Skittles), starts the movie when YOU want to see it, has comfy seats, allows pets (or is that "pests" ;) ), will pause the show in case you need to go to the bathroom, allows you to text (pausing optional), can jump from movie to music party on the fly, doesn't smell funny, doesn't have sticky floors, if the people next to or behind you are too loud, you can tell them to be quiet/get out/or just turn up the volume, so on...
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Well, most of those are usually nonissues at a decent theater. But the easiest counterpoint is that a 100" screen with a consumer surround sound system is also absolutely nothing like a good movie theater. At all. That's an important part of the comparison. It's not just the environment. It's also 20' of screen size and about 7500 watts of sound system.
shmokes:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on July 12, 2012, 05:00:45 pm ---
--- Quote from: nickbuol on July 12, 2012, 04:45:26 pm ---Counter-point: How many movie theaters are the perfect temperature (my wife is always cold), has a cheap supply of fresh popcorn and drinks or lets you bring your own goodies (beer/wine/Skittles), starts the movie when YOU want to see it, has comfy seats, allows pets (or is that "pests" ;) ), will pause the show in case you need to go to the bathroom, allows you to text (pausing optional), can jump from movie to music party on the fly, doesn't smell funny, doesn't have sticky floors, if the people next to or behind you are too loud, you can tell them to be quiet/get out/or just turn up the volume, so on...
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Well, most of those are usually nonissues at a decent theater. But the easiest counterpoint is that a 100" screen with a consumer surround sound system is also absolutely nothing like a good movie theater. At all. That's an important part of the comparison. It's not just the environment. It's also 20' of screen size and about 7500 watts of sound system.
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By far the biggest problem with a commercial theater is simply selection. What if you didn't get a chance to catch, say, Xmen: First Class last summer? What are you gonna do if you wanna see it? You gotta watch it at home. What if you feel like watching Dr. Zhivago? Gotta watch it at home. And so on. There are about eleventy bajillion more movies in existence than there are playing at your local movie theaters.
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