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Author Topic: Way to go Cineplex you sure know how to ruin a presentation Terry Lynn-Stevens Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1081 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Dec 2012 posted 08-25-2013 01:26 PM                     For $15, you get to not just hear the speakers, but you get to see them while you watch the movie. This is from an AVX cinema with Atmos sound.  |  IP: Logged Alan Gouger Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 501 From: Bradenton, FL, USA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 08-25-2013 02:38 PM                        I recently visited an AMC theater in Webster NY to see "Were the Millers" It had a Curved screen, I think it was a Torus the corners were round. From where I was sitting a reflection bouncing off one of the speakers would appear during bright scenes and there was Moire. Both were distracting.  |  IP: Logged Edward Havens Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 614 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Mar 2008 posted 08-26-2013 09:55 AM                     Out of curiosity, where else do you expect a cinema operator to put the surround sound speakers?  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-26-2013 10:06 AM                        I think he is getting at the fact that the speaker intrudes on the screen from the seat point of view. You can see the speaker poking in to the right side of the picture. Either the front-most surround speaker is too close to the screen, or the seat is too close to the wall. When we put in surround sound, we removed the seat closest to the wall from both ends of each row to avoid this exact problem. Going by that picture, I would be more irritated by the bright star lights on the walls than the speaker 'intrusion.'  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-26-2013 12:25 PM                        You realize the MPAA is coming after you for taking that picture? And wow, those star lights are obnoxious  |  IP: Logged Ron Lacheur Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 650 From: British Columbia, Canada Registered: Feb 2002 posted 08-26-2013 02:16 PM                     Those star lights are supposed to dim when the trailers start.  |  IP: Logged Jarod Reddig Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 513 From: Hays, Ks Registered: Jun 2011 posted 08-26-2013 08:39 PM                     So your the one I keep seeing with his phone out during a movie!! Lol  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 08-26-2013 10:48 PM                     Why would you sit that far off to the side anyway? Of course if you're practically in the aisle (or snuggling with the side wall) you'll have the speaker intruding in the image...but like Mike pointed out, it would have been wise for Cineplex to not install seats that far to the sides. And I agree that the "stars" are far more annoying than the speaker is.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 08-26-2013 10:53 PM                     The first mistake was to pay the $15 admission fee. The star lights are more annoying than the speakers.  |  IP: Logged

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