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I rememeber, as a young boy, going to the movie theaters on a Sat. or Sun. matinee & seeing 3 features, a batch of cartoons, & a newsreel ( pre-TV days ) for $ .25 & later on $ .50. Refreshments were dirt cheap. Also, if you wanted to stay & see it all over again, you could. Mary Hopkins said it right in later years: " Those were the days ". Your search for sound & video ends here! Jay Sonin, General Manager Music Hunter Distributing Company 25-58 34th Street, Suite # 2 Astoria, NY 11103-4902 [log in to unmask] 718-777-1949 ----- Original Message ----- From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 12:29 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] The TV thread... > There is another viewpoint to this argument. Wine drinkers want what Tom > has defined or simply to numb their senses. There are different kinds of > wines. Young people may want a caffeine buzz. Different objectives. > > There are plenty of young people at movie theatres, which is one reason I > don't go there much anymore. I dislike crowds, cell phones shining in my > eyes, and people talking or smacking on popcorn while I try to watch a > movie that I paid too much to see in the first place. In the day of real > film (not digital projectors) add to this list the wretched condition of > the print after it has been run for a while. And the lousy sound quality > of some theatres. I learned a long time ago that all the arguments for > film being superior to TV jut don't hold up so well in the real world. > > joe salerno > > On 12/8/2010 9:18 AM, Tom Fine wrote: >> It's all about convenience and ubiquity with the younger generations. >> They don't really care about media quality as much as they care about >> media quantity and accessibility at all times and in all places. It's >> like thinking about fine wine (here made akin to high-resolution media >> played back on good equipment in a comfortable but not necessarily >> convenient location) vs. Coca-Cola from a vending machine. It's are you >> thirsty or do you wish for a deeper sensation of taste and feeling? I >> think younger people don't even know the deeper experience is out there >> because they are drowning in a sea of thirst-slaking. This argument is >> made by high-end audio mags and dealers all the time. They say if you >> expose your average younger kid to better sound and video, they'll want >> it, they just didn't know it was out there. I haven't seen any >> large-number evidence of exposure translating to desire, however. The >> sea of junk-media is time-sucking and all-encompassing, so when is there >> time to enjoy "fine wine"? >> >> -- Tom Fine >