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/me makes plan for weekend. I love that film.

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I share your pain :-/

 

Is the right answer!

Whatever the question...

 

Perhaps it depends. We don't have surround sound, and watch from a
sofa with its back to a wall. I could see me shivering at the sound of
a spider creeping down the wall behind me, less so at the sound of a
missile approaching from the hall.

 

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Ooh yes.

Although my own system does lack a bit in the rear speakers. I have
Castle Severns as my main ones (and often don't even bother with the
centre), but the rears are some cheap Missions, that probably aren't
really Missions (IYSWIM?).

 

At least I'm unique!

 

do they not charge you extra for that?

If not, that's something to put on my "to-do" list.

 

I know a pro film sound man who hates surround, too.

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I shall ask my bother about this. He does sound for TV and movies and is
pretty geeky on sound matters.

 

I can't stand it. I expect the sound to come from the thing I'm
looking at. Until the visual can be as immersive as the sound, it
just doesn't make sense to me.

 

To be honest, I dunno, but my TV Drive box has HDMI out and when I got
the new LCD I just connected it with a self-supplied HDMI lead rather
than the existing Scart and it worked fine.

This may not apply to non-TV Drive boxes though.

 

That's my take on it too, which is why I don't mind it in a cinema as
the screen is big enough for the picture to be "immersive", as you put
it.

 

It just emulates real life - how can that not make sense?

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I've had a quick look, and I think it only does apply to TV Drive
boxes (which I don't have, or want).

 

Because, to take Bear's example of Saving Private Ryan, the bullets
and the guns are on the screen, they're not behind me. I'm looking at
the screen.

 

Oh, and the screen doesn't emulate reallife yet. So I can't enjoy the
half-measure.

 

Does seem odd that they don't supply an HD capable normaly box, given
that a lot of the ppv content is available in HD now.

Although it annoys me that you can only get the BBC HD channel and not
the Discovery ones.

 

<g> I must admit I have yet to put it to the test.

 

But if you were there, you'd still only see what was in front of you
(albeit far more than you see on a screen), but you'd still hear things
behind you. I just find it makes it more realistic.

Perhaps it's just down to how immersed you can get in a film. I'm one
of those people who gets totally absorbed & can't stand distractions,
whereas the ex for example only ever treated the TV as background noise.

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I'm like that too

heh - my ex did the same. She'd just put the TV on, to have it on.
Drove me mad.