What Is Your Favorite Way of Watching a Movie
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alamo drafthouse (Score:4, Insightful)
you asked what's my favorite, not what I do most often, so i put at the theater. nothing like having your beers delivered to your seat, and them throwing people out for talking.
Missing option (Score:5, Insightful)
DVR
Re:alamo drafthouse (Score:5, Insightful)
I don't mind getting my own beer from the fridge, and the ability to pause a flick when someone has something to say is priceless compared to tossing them out. Add in the niceties of setting the volume to your own comfort level and scheduling the picture to start whenever you feel like it their is no way mass showings can compare to the convenience of a home theater.
Torrenting (Score:5, Insightful)
Sorry, entertainment industry dicks, but until your releases meet the following criteria:
* Available digitally on day 1 of release ...I will continue to torrent. But the minute you do meet these requirements, I have no problem paying you for your product. Unfortunately, by the time you figure it out you will probably not be around anymore. :(
* Reasonable compromise between file size and quality
* Can play the media without your buggy piece of crap software
* No oppressive DRM such as rootkits
* Transportable to different players and locations
* No imaginary or irrelevant services or features bundled into the cost (I'm not paying you for anything but the content)
DVD (Score:5, Insightful)
Obligitory pirate infographic (Score:5, Insightful)
If you are a pirate, this is what you get [i-am-bored.com]
Re:alamo drafthouse (Score:5, Insightful)
My personal favorite is streaming from my own media server.
I didn't want to pick the "streaming" option because I presume that was selection intended to refer to some lame ARM based streaming appliance.
Re:Digital Media Player (Score:4, Insightful)
This. In 2012, it should have been one of the options.
Re:alamo drafthouse (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Torrenting (Score:5, Insightful)
Most of your requests are reasonable, but the first one isn't.
Movies are expensive to make, and to recoup their investment, the industry relies on a tiered pricing structure in which people pay more to see it earlier. You pay the most to see it in first run theatres, a bit less if you wait until its in the cheaper theatres, even less than that if you wait until its on DVD, and you pay nothing if you wait for it to show up on TV. There's nothing unreasonable about them rolling out the film in such a way.
Now, if you meant that its available digitally on day 1 of the DVD release, then yeah, I agree 100%.
Re:At the theatre (Score:5, Insightful)
Actually if I go to the theatre I am less distracted than if I watch at home. At home, there are always other matters that tempt my attention away from the screen. Once seated in the theatre, I've committed myself to 90 minutes or more without any chance to tend to chores, email, reading, or other matters, so I can focus exclusively on the story in front of me. Yeah it's expensive and sometimes there are inconsiderate people, but I'm more likely to get the fullest enjoyment that way.
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Re:Favorite vs Most Common (Score:2, Insightful)
but I already have a PS3
You give money to Sony. Your opinion is worthless.