Big TVs Or Going to the Cinema

Years ago, when cinema first became popular, for a lot of people it was the only way for them to see movies, because most of them didn't have their own televisions. The thing is though, cinema has always had a much better quality viewing experience than home televisions, so it has remained the ultimate way to experience a movie.

The Invention of Video Cassettes

For a long time, the one problem with both cinema and TV is that you needed to watch a film at a specific time. With the invention of home video systems such as VHS and Betamax, movie fans were able to either record films from the TV or rent films from a video library. However, there was still the problem of quality, as cinema was still a far superior experience than watching a video at home.

The Rise of DVDs

Part of the quality issue was dramatically improved with the invention of the DVD. This enabled anyone to play high quality digital video in the comfort of their own home. As long as you didn't scratch the discs, DVDs remained at the same quality, as opposed to gradually wearing out like VHS cassettes would. Throughout the 90’s and 00’s, the DVD was the king of the entertainment world. However, for many people, depending on what TV and speaker setup they had, it still didn’t quite give them the full cinema experience.

These days, you can get much closer to the real cinema experience in the comfort of your own home, by getting high quality speakers and a large widescreen TV. For example, with a plasma TV screen of 50 inches or more, and being sat closer to the screen than you would be in a cinema, you’re going to get a very cinematic feel. And you won’t miss having someone sat behind you who won’t stop talking through every scene.

The thing is though, even with all this new technology we can have in our homes, isn't there something still missing from the home cinema experience? Going out of the cinema is just something special. It gives you a reason to spend time with your friends and experience something together. And if we're really honest with ourselves, we know that no home cinema equipment is going to fully replicate the full-on movie experience you get when you go to the cinema

The only problem with visiting the cinema is that it costs you more money than it does to just stay at home with a DVD. But also, when you're at home, you can fit your movie watching around the other things you want to do. You can also eat your own food. Just relax and watch your favourite movie while eating your dinner.