In article ,
Kalman Rubinson wrote:
And the cinema will have reasonable acoustic treatment - essential for
anything like this to work as intended.

That, too, was noted in my message. Unfortunately, too few home
theaters are so treated.

Really applies to any room for serious listening. The present fad for bare
wood floors, shutters rather than curtains and minimalist furniture does
sound no favours.

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*Why is 'abbreviation' such a long word?

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On Sun, 17 May 2009 18:17:05 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

You must search hard to find a film without music.

I've found a way of doing it. You disconnect all the speakers except
the centre one. You get all of the dialogue (and it is audible) and
none of the crap.

Brilliant - most films are vastly improved.

d