Gerry557 wrote:I suspect its an individual choice depending on your own circumstances. If you have a dvd player, 32 inch TV and a Netflix account, a top rate cinema might give you that wow factor.
75 inch tvs and surround sound is more common these days so the difference is getting smaller.
A projector with big screen, media player and Atmos surround are almost there and possibly better than some cinemas.
I don't agree. Even an average cinema will be far better than anything you will get at home.
Gerry557 wrote:There are advantages and disadvantage to each. Being in the latter category for tech I like to watch at home mainly. No travel, can pause the movie when I want, watch at my convenient time etc.
And those are exactly the reasons I prefer the cinema! I do have to travel and get out of the house. I can't pause the movie so I have to give it my concentration.
Gerry557 wrote:A priority streaming service might take off, paying extra for the latest show.
I can't see it. It was tried during the pandemic and didn't really work then.
How do you price a 'same time as cinema' streaming service? If you charged the equivalent that the film company would be receiving from the cinema then you would need to be charging up to £50 for a single film - can't see many people paying for that. You could try reducing the charge to build the volume, but then you would be cutting into your cinema audience.
I can see that they might go with a 'short time after the cinema' streaming service, cutting the time between the release and streaming to a few weeks, and that way getting away with charging a more acceptable £10-£20 for it.