• mundane@piefed.world
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    1 day ago

    I don’t understand going to the movie theater at all. Except for the sound, every other aspect of the experience is worse than my own living room.

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      1 day ago

      For me, it’s a social activity where I can enjoy with close friends. I also don’t have a 4K TV or surround sound system, so the audio and visual quality is miles ahead in the theatre than my 1080p TN LCD flatscreen and Bluetooth speaker.

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        9 hours ago

        Strange……A social activity where you are not allowed to interact with anyone at all and you are seated in a way that you really can’t look at each other.

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        1 day ago

        Original Sony Bravia Z Series. Don’t even use the Bluetooth speaker. Yeah. Theaters definitely hit different than at home.

        And it definitely is a fun experience to see movies on the big screen.

        • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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          1 day ago

          I got a modern 42 inch TV hooked up to an RCA stereo from the 90s with two big box speakers and I get that theatre sound right in my bedroom. A set like this is still only like $50-60 if you ca find 'em.

          You don’t need a 5 or 7 speaker system for perfect surround sound; just 2. Headphones might even sound better if you’re on a tight budget.

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            1 day ago

            Apartment living sucks. The walls here are cellophane thin. Headphones is the best I got.

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      1 day ago

      What got me back into theatres was going out and being around people without actually, you know, being around people “post”-COVID. That and I wanted to support my local indie theatre, 'cause it’s cool and stood a huge risk of going out of business during the pandemic.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      I don’t go anymore, but really as someone who wants to get out of the house more, I can 100% see it being as a good enough reason to get out of the house.