Of Shrinking DVD Windows and Movie Theaters

[Audioholics]

<A href="http://www.audioholics.com/news/editorials/movietheatersDVDwindows.php"><IMG style="WIDTH: 125px; HEIGHT: 25px" alt=[cinemadelux2] hspace=10 src="http://www.audioholics.com/news/thumbs/cinemadelux2_th.gif" align=left border=0></A>Doug Shapiro of Bank of America Securities introduced Shari Redstone, President of National Amusements (a privately held chain of screen exhibitors). Of course, Shari is also in line to be a principle shareholder of Viacom and CBS - giving her an interesting perspective as a person who sees some of the current issues of movie theaters and movie production from both sides of the fence. We provided a brief synopsis of statements and commentary on a speech she made at Bank of America.

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[westcott]

I was amazed that it was divulged that 30% of us do not think the theater is the ultimate way to see a movie.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4102814.stm

I appreciate her optimism but feel it is unrealistic in this era where convenience seems to be far more important than quality. The video quality in theaters has not improved in years and with falling revenues, has deteriorated in many of the theaters I have patroned. But even if the video quality improved, DVD's offer a cost savings and convenience that just is not available at the theater.

My real concern is that MP3ish style download versions of our favorite movies will be the only thing available in the future in the name of convenience and reduced overhead.