Jozabad: No, white people talk during movies too. They also text. Sorry, try again.

White people text and answer phone calls.
Black people talk loudly with the people they came with.
Asians drive a car through the theater wall while trying to park.
Jews get a refund because of all the whites blacks and asians ruining their movie.

/Stereotyping is fun!

Thats_Not_My_Baby: bazzanoid: [cdn.9laughs.com image 624x558]

I've always wanted to know- what kind of bird is that?!

It's a Pelican.

Dr. Who sucks.

/that's right I said it

Thats_Not_My_Baby: bazzanoid: [cdn.9laughs.com image 624x558]

I've always wanted to know- what kind of bird is that?!

Eastern White Pelican / Great White Pelican.

frepnog: i spent a couple hours last night watching Iron Man 2 on my home theater system. HD video supplied by a Nvidia 550, Dolby Surround, and to my ears sounded farking amazing. 6 speakers (well 7 actually, since I have two center channels connected to double the sound, since it seems in current films dialog gets buried under sound effects and music).

i just don't think this crap is necessary. neat, perhaps.

Instead of having two speakers you could just increase the volume of your center channel.

Also, for those curious which theaters have this new sound system:

• AMC® BarryWoods 24 (Kansas City, MO)
• AMC Burbank 16 (Burbank, CA)
• AMC Century City 15 (Century City, CA)
• AMC Downtown Disney 24 (Lake Buena Vista, FL)
• AMC Garden State 16 (Paramus, NJ)
• AMC Van Ness 14 (San Francisco, CA)
• ArcLight Sherman Oaks (Sherman Oaks, CA)
• Brenden Theatres at the Palms (Las Vegas, NV)
• Century at Pacific Commons and XD (Fremont, CA)
• Cinemark® West Plano and XD (West Plano, TX)
• SilverCity-Yonge Eglington Cinemas (Cineplex) (Toronto, ON)
• Cinetopia Vancouver Mall 23 (Vancouver, WA)
• El Capitan Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
• Kerasotes ShowPlace™ ICON at Roosevelt Collection (Chicago, IL)

From: http://m.engadget.com/2012/06/16/dolby -atmos-brave-theater-locations/

Ghastly: Cythraul: MaudlinMutantMollusk: Not to be confused with Dolby, Thomas, which will blind you with science

SCIENCE!

Came for this! Leaving satisfied.

Also...
[a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net image 640x426]
Me rocking out on stage on accordion with Thomas Dolby (only 6 sound objects).

I love you, Goodbye?

PsyLord: Can the human ear even discern 128 different sounds that are being played simultaneously?

Of course not, but he's got a wallet and a brain that can be duped into paying a little extra for what he can't here.

Bubba_the_Hutt: frepnog: i spent a couple hours last night watching Iron Man 2 on my home theater system. HD video supplied by a Nvidia 550, Dolby Surround, and to my ears sounded farking amazing. 6 speakers (well 7 actually, since I have two center channels connected to double the sound, since it seems in current films dialog gets buried under sound effects and music).

i just don't think this crap is necessary. neat, perhaps.

Instead of having two speakers you could just increase the volume of your center channel.

Also, for those curious which theaters have this new sound system:

• AMC® BarryWoods 24 (Kansas City, MO)
• AMC Burbank 16 (Burbank, CA)
• AMC Century City 15 (Century City, CA)
• AMC Downtown Disney 24 (Lake Buena Vista, FL)
• AMC Garden State 16 (Paramus, NJ)
• AMC Van Ness 14 (San Francisco, CA)
• ArcLight Sherman Oaks (Sherman Oaks, CA)
• Brenden Theatres at the Palms (Las Vegas, NV)
• Century at Pacific Commons and XD (Fremont, CA)
• Cinemark® West Plano and XD (West Plano, TX)
• SilverCity-Yonge Eglington Cinemas (Cineplex) (Toronto, ON)
• Cinetopia Vancouver Mall 23 (Vancouver, WA)
• El Capitan Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
• Kerasotes ShowPlace™ ICON at Roosevelt Collection (Chicago, IL)

From: http://m.engadget.com/2012/06/16/dolby -atmos-brave-theater-locations/

Just another way for them to justify jacking up the price of tickets by another $3-4.

bazzanoid: Thats_Not_My_Baby: bazzanoid: [cdn.9laughs.com image 624x558]

I've always wanted to know- what kind of bird is that?!

Eastern White Pelican / Great White Pelican.

/or pink-backed pelican. the pure yellow beak suggests it's the pink-backed, but the yellow blaze on the chest says eastern white.....
//either way, it's a pelican

I rather see the industry crackdown on the improperly calibrated sound systems.

Probably about half the movies I see the sound is painfully too loud, treble and bass totally off, etc. Any subtly in the mix is destroyed. When I watch the movies on my home theater system (Blu-ray DTS HD) there's a whole new level of clarity. There's something wrong when I'm getting a better audio experience at home.

fluffy2097: farking sound engineers.

They can't even get a stereo mix right, and they want to add an 8th speaker?

While we're at it why don't we have vibrating buttplugs on the seats tied to the sound system so everyone can have a speaker up their ass.

Heh... I've seen movies in IMAX, but never in CLIMAX.

Nurglitch: Krieghund: Theaters are really having a hard time convincing people they want to shell out $15 to sit next to someone texting through the whole movie.

Oh, but sound coming from the ceiling will make it all better.

You don't have to sit next to someone texting through the whole movie, you know.

No, it's usually worse. It's usually some jackass a few rows in front of me. Close enough that giant smart phone screen ruins the movie and too far to Gibs slap on the head.

Once and a while I try the theater again and on most occasions I wish I had stayed home and waited for Netflix. (Although Avengers was totally worth it)

Cythraul: MaudlinMutantMollusk: Not to be confused with Dolby, Thomas, which will blind you with science

SCIENCE!

Always came across as a Talking Heads ripoff, IMO.

Tapakip: Dr. Who sucks.

/that's right I said it

Ever since Tom Baker left.

Damn. My home theater only has 127 speakers.

bazzanoid: bazzanoid: Thats_Not_My_Baby: bazzanoid: [cdn.9laughs.com image 624x558]

I've always wanted to know- what kind of bird is that?!

Eastern White Pelican / Great White Pelican.

/or pink-backed pelican. the pure yellow beak suggests it's the pink-backed, but the yellow blaze on the chest says eastern white.....
//either way, it's a pelican

I guess I never realized pelicans were so damn big.

fluffy2097: They can't even get a stereo mix right, and they want to add an 8th speaker?

I just wish sound engineers would stop putting the "loud stuff" a trillion decibels above the dialog. Movies are STORIES about PEOPLE, not about explosions.

Ghastly: Cythraul: MaudlinMutantMollusk: Not to be confused with Dolby, Thomas, which will blind you with science

SCIENCE!

Came for this! Leaving satisfied.

Also...
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Me rocking out on stage on accordion with Thomas Dolby (only 6 sound objects).

Is that at the Mod Club in Toronto? I was at that show.

ChrisDe: Damn. My home theater only has 127 speakers.

ChrisDe: Damn. My home theater only has 127 speakers.

Not me. I finally got my googlephonic system with the moon rock needle. It sounds OK.

Bubba_the_Hutt: frepnog: i spent a couple hours last night watching Iron Man 2 on my home theater system. HD video supplied by a Nvidia 550, Dolby Surround, and to my ears sounded farking amazing. 6 speakers (well 7 actually, since I have two center channels connected to double the sound, since it seems in current films dialog gets buried under sound effects and music).

i just don't think this crap is necessary. neat, perhaps.

Instead of having two speakers you could just increase the volume of your center channel.


That's what I did on my marantz system, it can all be manually adjusted through either the web or a phone app and I always have to turn up the middle channel because as he said the vocals get pushed below everything else.

I personally really enjoy surround sound and I think a lot of bands need to take advantage of it more and I wish more wound think in terms of the whole venue and not just stereo. I was hoping SACD's would take off more than they did because they were able to provide a very nice full sound all the way around you. Nothing beats listening to Dredg's "el cielo" SACD, which was made at Lucas Skywalker ranch, and drinking a new brew to calm the nerves.

Bubba_the_Hutt: frepnog: i spent a couple hours last night watching Iron Man 2 on my home theater system. HD video supplied by a Nvidia 550, Dolby Surround, and to my ears sounded farking amazing. 6 speakers (well 7 actually, since I have two center channels connected to double the sound, since it seems in current films dialog gets buried under sound effects and music).

i just don't think this crap is necessary. neat, perhaps.

Instead of having two speakers you could just increase the volume of your center channel.

Also, for those curious which theaters have this new sound system:

• AMC® BarryWoods 24 (Kansas City, MO)
• AMC Burbank 16 (Burbank, CA)
• AMC Century City 15 (Century City, CA)
• AMC Downtown Disney 24 (Lake Buena Vista, FL)
• AMC Garden State 16 (Paramus, NJ)
• AMC Van Ness 14 (San Francisco, CA)
• ArcLight Sherman Oaks (Sherman Oaks, CA)
• Brenden Theatres at the Palms (Las Vegas, NV)
• Century at Pacific Commons and XD (Fremont, CA)
• Cinemark® West Plano and XD (West Plano, TX)
• SilverCity-Yonge Eglington Cinemas (Cineplex) (Toronto, ON)
• Cinetopia Vancouver Mall 23 (Vancouver, WA)
• El Capitan Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
• Kerasotes ShowPlace™ ICON at Roosevelt Collection (Chicago, IL)

From: http://m.engadget.com/2012/06/16/dolby -atmos-brave-theater-locations/

Awesome, Gonna be in Vegas in July, and while I don't normally go see a movie while there, The Dark Knight Rises releases while I'm there. Looks like I'll be making a trip to the Palms.

redmid17: Everyone always wants new things. Everybody likes new inventions, new technology. People will never be replaced by machines. In the end, life and business are about human connections. And computers are about trying to murder you in a lake. And to me, the choice is easy.

I wonder if a gift basket would ease your worries.

Joel, can you come in here, please. (Looks at Stereo) Do you hear anything odd, Joel? A preponderence of bass perhaps? This is not a toy for you and your friends to play with, Joel. You will be expected to use it properly or you will not use it at all.

SpectroBoy: ChrisDe: Damn. My home theater only has 127 speakers.

ChrisDe: Damn. My home theater only has 127 speakers.

Not me. I finally got my googlephonic system with the moon rock needle. It sounds OK.

That's cause you have shiatty cables my man.
You have *got* to have these or go home to your cardboard box



/12 foot pair -ONLY $7250

Annnnnd their midnight showing is already sold out! But since it's Vegas, they added a showing at 3:15am, haha. Love it.

SpectroBoy: fluffy2097: They can't even get a stereo mix right, and they want to add an 8th speaker?

I just wish sound engineers would stop putting the "loud stuff" a trillion decibels above the dialog. Movies are STORIES about PEOPLE, not about explosions.

If you can understand what the actors are saying, why would you need to see it again to get all the things you missed the first time?

TheGhostofFarkPast: Bubba_the_Hutt: frepnog: i spent a couple hours last night watching Iron Man 2 on my home theater system. HD video supplied by a Nvidia 550, Dolby Surround, and to my ears sounded farking amazing. 6 speakers (well 7 actually, since I have two center channels connected to double the sound, since it seems in current films dialog gets buried under sound effects and music).

i just don't think this crap is necessary. neat, perhaps.

Instead of having two speakers you could just increase the volume of your center channel.


That's what I did on my marantz system, it can all be manually adjusted through either the web or a phone app and I always have to turn up the middle channel because as he said the vocals get pushed below everything else.

I personally really enjoy surround sound and I think a lot of bands need to take advantage of it more and I wish more wound think in terms of the whole venue and not just stereo. I was hoping SACD's would take off more than they did because they were able to provide a very nice full sound all the way around you. Nothing beats listening to Dredg's "el cielo" SACD, which was made at Lucas Skywalker ranch, and drinking a new brew to calm the nerves.

yeah, no. I can turn the center all the way up and it would still get drowned. simply adding a second center channel fixed the problem nicely, and I don't have to keep adjusting the goddamned volume (turn it way up to hear people talking during quiet scenes, and then BOOM BOOM BOOM quickly turn the sound down because something exploded, the music went psycho, guns start blazing, ect).

PsyLord: Can the human ear even discern 128 different sounds that are being played simultaneously?

you've never heard my father play the butt trumpet!

Dammit, Dinobot beat me to it. :-(

Captain Steroid: Dammit, Dinobot beat me to it. :-(

I was surprised I was the first one to post it actually.

/)

SpectroBoy:
I just wish sound engineers would stop putting the "loud stuff" a trillion decibels above the dialog. Movies are STORIES about PEOPLE, not about explosions.

But that's really the only reason I go to a movie nowadays - to go to a theater with near-bowel-emptying sound.
I can stay at home to watch a movie with just dialog, with no real benefit from going to see it in a theater.

frepnog: TheGhostofFarkPast: Bubba_the_Hutt: frepnog: i spent a couple hours last night watching Iron Man 2 on my home theater system. HD video supplied by a Nvidia 550, Dolby Surround, and to my ears sounded farking amazing. 6 speakers (well 7 actually, since I have two center channels connected to double the sound, since it seems in current films dialog gets buried under sound effects and music).

i just don't think this crap is necessary. neat, perhaps.

Instead of having two speakers you could just increase the volume of your center channel.


That's what I did on my marantz system, it can all be manually adjusted through either the web or a phone app and I always have to turn up the middle channel because as he said the vocals get pushed below everything else.

I personally really enjoy surround sound and I think a lot of bands need to take advantage of it more and I wish more wound think in terms of the whole venue and not just stereo. I was hoping SACD's would take off more than they did because they were able to provide a very nice full sound all the way around you. Nothing beats listening to Dredg's "el cielo" SACD, which was made at Lucas Skywalker ranch, and drinking a new brew to calm the nerves.

yeah, no. I can turn the center all the way up and it would still get drowned. simply adding a second center channel fixed the problem nicely, and I don't have to keep adjusting the goddamned volume (turn it way up to hear people talking during quiet scenes, and then BOOM BOOM BOOM quickly turn the sound down because something exploded, the music went psycho, guns start blazing, ect).

Sounds like you paralleled your center channels. The drop in impedance would cause a volume increase. Just be sure you don't drop below the minimum allowable or you will loose that channel.

Cuchulane: When they develop a sound system with audience chatter cancelling, I'll go back to the theater.

It's called an "usher", try going to a place with one or more of those installed.

why is the main character named after shiat?

/mierda

Chip Douglas: I got you the big screen TV, deluxe karaoke machine, and THX quality sound that would make George Lucas cream in his pants!

Bubba_the_Hutt: Instead of having two speakers you could just increase the volume of your center channel.

The guy who's being paid to master the farking audio could possibly, maybe do his job too. That would work a hell of a lot better then assuming that someone can just turn up the center channel, or has one at all.

Wobble: frepnog: TheGhostofFarkPast: Bubba_the_Hutt: frepnog: i spent a couple hours last night watching Iron Man 2 on my home theater system. HD video supplied by a Nvidia 550, Dolby Surround, and to my ears sounded farking amazing. 6 speakers (well 7 actually, since I have two center channels connected to double the sound, since it seems in current films dialog gets buried under sound effects and music).

i just don't think this crap is necessary. neat, perhaps.

Instead of having two speakers you could just increase the volume of your center channel.


That's what I did on my marantz system, it can all be manually adjusted through either the web or a phone app and I always have to turn up the middle channel because as he said the vocals get pushed below everything else.

I personally really enjoy surround sound and I think a lot of bands need to take advantage of it more and I wish more wound think in terms of the whole venue and not just stereo. I was hoping SACD's would take off more than they did because they were able to provide a very nice full sound all the way around you. Nothing beats listening to Dredg's "el cielo" SACD, which was made at Lucas Skywalker ranch, and drinking a new brew to calm the nerves.

yeah, no. I can turn the center all the way up and it would still get drowned. simply adding a second center channel fixed the problem nicely, and I don't have to keep adjusting the goddamned volume (turn it way up to hear people talking during quiet scenes, and then BOOM BOOM BOOM quickly turn the sound down because something exploded, the music went psycho, guns start blazing, ect).

Sounds like you paralleled your center channels. The drop in impedance would cause a volume increase. Just be sure you don't drop below the minimum allowable or you will loose that channel.

yep. parallel. works fine.

rpm: Cuchulane: When they develop a sound system with audience chatter cancelling, I'll go back to the theater.

It's called an "usher", try going to a place with one or more of those installed.

Great mildly amusing Joke...

Female Patron at the theater: "Usher! Usher!! This man next to me is masturbating!"
Usher: "Well why don't you just get up and move to another seat?!?!"
Female Patron at the theater: " I can't. He's using *my* hand!!!!


/Bah Dum TISH!!!

This sounds like quite a strategem

Tapakip: Dr. Who sucks.

/that's right I said it

Uh oh, don't be surprised if your neutron flow is suddenly reversed!

Not to be confused with Doby, Larry

frepnog: TheGhostofFarkPast: Bubba_the_Hutt: frepnog: i spent a couple hours last night watching Iron Man 2 on my home theater system. HD video supplied by a Nvidia 550, Dolby Surround, and to my ears sounded farking amazing. 6 speakers (well 7 actually, since I have two center channels connected to double the sound, since it seems in current films dialog gets buried under sound effects and music).

i just don't think this crap is necessary. neat, perhaps.

Instead of having two speakers you could just increase the volume of your center channel.


That's what I did on my marantz system, it can all be manually adjusted through either the web or a phone app and I always have to turn up the middle channel because as he said the vocals get pushed below everything else.

I personally really enjoy surround sound and I think a lot of bands need to take advantage of it more and I wish more wound think in terms of the whole venue and not just stereo. I was hoping SACD's would take off more than they did because they were able to provide a very nice full sound all the way around you. Nothing beats listening to Dredg's "el cielo" SACD, which was made at Lucas Skywalker ranch, and drinking a new brew to calm the nerves.

yeah, no. I can turn the center all the way up and it would still get drowned. simply adding a second center channel fixed the problem nicely, and I don't have to keep adjusting the goddamned volume (turn it way up to hear people talking during quiet scenes, and then BOOM BOOM BOOM quickly turn the sound down because something exploded, the music went psycho, guns start blazing, ect).

That dolby surround doesn't have an option for dynamic environments so you don't have overtly loud or quiet? I understand it's a computer and it's not as robust as a dedicated amp like I have but you would think it would have some check box to help level out that crap out.

Thats_Not_My_Baby: bazzanoid: [cdn.9laughs.com image 624x558]

I've always wanted to know- what kind of bird is that?!

I always thought that was a pelican.

On the plus side Dolby Atmos, sounds way better than Dolby Stamos.

TheGhostofFarkPast: frepnog: TheGhostofFarkPast: Bubba_the_Hutt: frepnog: i spent a couple hours last night watching Iron Man 2 on my home theater system. HD video supplied by a Nvidia 550, Dolby Surround, and to my ears sounded farking amazing. 6 speakers (well 7 actually, since I have two center channels connected to double the sound, since it seems in current films dialog gets buried under sound effects and music).

i just don't think this crap is necessary. neat, perhaps.

Instead of having two speakers you could just increase the volume of your center channel.


That's what I did on my marantz system, it can all be manually adjusted through either the web or a phone app and I always have to turn up the middle channel because as he said the vocals get pushed below everything else.

I personally really enjoy surround sound and I think a lot of bands need to take advantage of it more and I wish more wound think in terms of the whole venue and not just stereo. I was hoping SACD's would take off more than they did because they were able to provide a very nice full sound all the way around you. Nothing beats listening to Dredg's "el cielo" SACD, which was made at Lucas Skywalker ranch, and drinking a new brew to calm the nerves.

yeah, no. I can turn the center all the way up and it would still get drowned. simply adding a second center channel fixed the problem nicely, and I don't have to keep adjusting the goddamned volume (turn it way up to hear people talking during quiet scenes, and then BOOM BOOM BOOM quickly turn the sound down because something exploded, the music went psycho, guns start blazing, ect).

That dolby surround doesn't have an option for dynamic environments so you don't have overtly loud or quiet? I understand it's a computer and it's not as robust as a dedicated amp like I have but you would think it would have some check box to help level out that crap out.

i run the pc thru my home theater receiver. have played with every setting i could find. messed with audio settings in the players, farked with the receiver settings, shifted speakers around, and not much would change it. voices would get drowned. I know I am not imagining the problem since so many others have the same thing - have to CRANK the volume just to hear the characters speak during quiet scenes and quickly turn it down some when the action starts. it is farking annoying. and was solved by doubling the center.

and from time to time STILL have the problem because I am convinced sound engineers hate us.

TheGhostofFarkPast: Bubba_the_Hutt: frepnog: i spent a couple hours last night watching Iron Man 2 on my home theater system. HD video supplied by a Nvidia 550, Dolby Surround, and to my ears sounded farking amazing. 6 speakers (well 7 actually, since I have two center channels connected to double the sound, since it seems in current films dialog gets buried under sound effects and music).

i just don't think this crap is necessary. neat, perhaps.

Instead of having two speakers you could just increase the volume of your center channel.


That's what I did on my marantz system, it can all be manually adjusted through either the web or a phone app and I always have to turn up the middle channel because as he said the vocals get pushed below everything else.

I personally really enjoy surround sound and I think a lot of bands need to take advantage of it more and I wish more wound think in terms of the whole venue and not just stereo. I was hoping SACD's would take off more than they did because they were able to provide a very nice full sound all the way around you. Nothing beats listening to Dredg's "el cielo" SACD, which was made at Lucas Skywalker ranch, and drinking a new brew to calm the nerves.

Also making sure everything is calibrated properly makes a big difference. I had a neighbor who calibrated my first receiver and when I replaced that one I made sure to get one that auto calibrates.

I'll have to check out "el cielo." My favorite song to demo my home theater system is, as phd as it may sound, "Money for Nothing" turned up really, really loud.

Bubba_the_Hutt: TheGhostofFarkPast: Bubba_the_Hutt: frepnog: i spent a couple hours last night watching Iron Man 2 on my home theater system. HD video supplied by a Nvidia 550, Dolby Surround, and to my ears sounded farking amazing. 6 speakers (well 7 actually, since I have two center channels connected to double the sound, since it seems in current films dialog gets buried under sound effects and music).

i just don't think this crap is necessary. neat, perhaps.

Instead of having two speakers you could just increase the volume of your center channel.


That's what I did on my marantz system, it can all be manually adjusted through either the web or a phone app and I always have to turn up the middle channel because as he said the vocals get pushed below everything else.

I personally really enjoy surround sound and I think a lot of bands need to take advantage of it more and I wish more wound think in terms of the whole venue and not just stereo. I was hoping SACD's would take off more than they did because they were able to provide a very nice full sound all the way around you. Nothing beats listening to Dredg's "el cielo" SACD, which was made at Lucas Skywalker ranch, and drinking a new brew to calm the nerves.

Also making sure everything is calibrated properly makes a big difference. I had a neighbor who calibrated my first receiver and when I replaced that one I made sure to get one that auto calibrates.

I'll have to check out "el cielo." My favorite song to demo my home theater system is, as phd as it may sound, "Money for Nothing" turned up really, really loud.

I hate to say it, but if i really want to show off my sound system, I throw in "Avatar". The movie sucks but the surround is some of the most incredible sound design I have ever heard.

fluffy2097: Bubba_the_Hutt: Instead of having two speakers you could just increase the volume of your center channel.

The guy who's being paid to master the farking audio could possibly, maybe do his job too. That would work a hell of a lot better then assuming that someone can just turn up the center channel, or has one at all.

I agree that one shouldn't have to buy a surround system just to enjoy a movie. When DVDs first came out the sound was terrible.

An alternative to turning up the center channell is placing the thing squarly in your lap. Also works with subwoofers...

Jozabad: wildcardjack: Cuchulane: When they develop a sound system with audience chatter cancelling, I'll go back to the theater.

What you do is drive to a very very white part of town. So white the only way you'll hear people talking during the movie is if they've been federally required to bus black people in.

No, white people talk during movies too. They also text. Sorry, try again.

I saw Prometheus the night it came out and the pasty-white 20-somethings with probably their first ever girlfriends would not STFU blabbering on about who killed who in Call of Duty during the movie.