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Theaters haven't been worth going to for 2 decades now. I don't understand people's obsession with it. My giant screen at home looks and sounds better, I'm more comfortable, more relaxed, and can go at my pace.
Screw theaters. I haven't been to one in like 15 years. Super not worth it and everyone I know IRL who goes mostly complains.
I think I've been in this boat without necessarily realising. Last film i saw at the cinema was the hobbit. I had no idea they'd decided to split the story from that short children's book up into multiple films, so I was very confused and disappointed by the end.
I was shocked to learn that most projectors are only 2k.
The downgrade to digital projectors is what killed cinemas for me. It's just a stuttering blurry mess with a poorly calibrated speaker setup to match.
I'd like to like the cinema but they removed the magic and left the 8$ small popcorn in It's place.
I haven't been to my local IMAX theater in nearly a decade because the sound system went to absolute shit and they still haven't updated it.
Even before I went down the audio rabbit hole I felt it was a huge upgrade just having a cheap pair of bookshelf speakers and decent looking TV. Now with OLED becoming ubiquitous it's too easy to make an amazing setup that doesn't break the bank. Theaters need to do some drastic changes to bring back their value, but honestly it might just be better leaving them in the history books.