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I got a nice home theater myself! I don't have to worry about people ruining the big-screen experience!Most of the time, I would rather watch movies on my home theater setup. I can pause when I need to use the restroom, and I don’t spend a small fortune on popcorn.
The economics of drive-in theaters don't work anymore. Most of the ones that still exist in North America are supported foundations. They do invoke a certain nostalgia for many.I voted for the drive-in, as I kinda miss them and there's a certain novelty value involved... These venues were just past their prime when I was a kid, though I was fortunate enough to have one in my area that stayed open for a few years after I got my driver's license. Truth be told, the picture quality was crap and the movies they played were leftovers that had premiered a couple years earlier. By this time, the sound was broadcast over a low power FM transmitter on a vacant frequency, so it was as good as the stereo in your car was. But it still was cool for some reason. Unlike the cinema, you could roll up your windows if people next to you were being obnoxious. Unfortunately, the screen got blown down during a particularly violent thunderstorm circa Y2K, and even though the place was still turning a small profit, the owners decided to call it quits. That was the last drive-in I've seen open, though I think there were a few in other places that lasted a few more years.
My next choice would be home theater, though I used to like going to a cinema once in awhile. I almost never watch movies alone, so I usually team up with at least one other person before pulling up a seat.
Good projectors cost a fortune. Am I missing something here?Not necessarily movies specifically (Youtube videos for me) but I need to try to figure out how in the heck the projector works. So I can watch whatever it is on the giant screen in the back of the room.
I've got a perfect theater ambiance here, the previous owners of the house were like, REALLY into movies so this room was built to mimic a traditional theater... curtains (instead of a door) and deep red walls and everything. It's the perfect place to watch whatever... but I still dont know how the projector works.
A bit of a waste really, only watching stuff on this monitor instead (and it's not exactly a monitor anyone would consider to be anything special, particularly for a gaming PC). I just need to sit the heck down and go through the manual for the projector, and sorta hope that it's simpler than I think it's going to be. I've a feeling it's not going to be too easy to do.
But it's something I really should get started on... my father retired recently, and I figure he might want to watch stuff with me (and with my stepmother as well if she wants), it'd be nice if I could have the blasted thing functional for whatever it is he'd like to watch.
Good projectors cost a fortune. Am I missing something here?
Why not simply get yourself a Roku device to watch any number of streaming media sources through a widescreen tv connected to all sorts of other devices?
When I used to use wireless in Windows I also used to "cast" whatever was on my computer, to my widescreen tv.
I dunno, I usually have no idea how much things cost.
I've never seen a Roku thing, I dont know what that is. Even if I did, if it were to be used in this room, it'd still have to go through the projector. My PC monitor is absolutely not the correct device for a great viewing experience.