SURROUND-SOUND AND HOME CINEMA
As entertainment media, TV and the cinema have evolved in very different ways. Cinemas have long been regarded as superior to television in terms of sound and picture quality and ambience. The latter is enhanced by the fact that everybody in the audience wants to see the film, having paid to do so; and by having the place in darkness, with nothing to distract the viewer from the picture and sound. Many enthusiasts seek to recreate all these conditions at home now that the systems, media and hardware exist for it; or at least to get as close an approach as possible to the true cinema experience.
35 mm and 70 mm film, optically projected onto a large reflective screen, and viewed under the right circumstances, ...
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