Dolby Atmos Sound

[Moonliner]

Dolby Atmos (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/07/dolby-atmos-locations/)


Dolby's Atmos is being rolled out to a few selected locations to show off the groundbreaking new technology. It lets sound mixers project sounds over your head and around you with pinpoint accuracy


I would love to hear this, but of course the Bitter East Coast is not invited to the party...

There are several SoCal locations.

[Kevy Baby]

There are several SoCal locations.So when are you coming out?

[Moonliner]

So when are you coming out?

Leap day. Regular as clockwork.

[lashbear]

So when are you coming out?

HEY!! We've got dibs on him first. :p

[Moonliner]

Disney's Brave will be the first film shown in Dolby Atmos at select theaters (http://www.avsforum.com/t/1415406/introducing-the-dolby-theatre-dolby-atmos-disney-pixars-brave#post_22133485) strategically placed as far from the bitter east coast as possible.

[Gn2Dlnd]

The AMC in Burbank, but not at Downtown Disney in Anaheim?

Easier drive from the studio, I guess. :/

[CoasterMatt]

The AMC in Burbank is up the street from the company that is doing the Atmos installs.

[CoasterMatt]

I hope that none of the overhead speakers let's go over an audience.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Lets go of what?

[Moonliner]

Lets go of what?

Falls from the ceiling an injures/kills people.

[Moonliner]

I have to say, even without an Atmos theater near me for the moment, I'm still excited to see the theater industry fighting back against falling ticket sales by upping their game.

Atmos, higher frame rates, better food, better seats, this is the way to get me into the theater more often.

[mousepod]

I have to say, even without an Atmos theater near me for the moment, I'm still excited to see the theater industry fighting back against falling ticket sales by upping their game.

Atmos, higher frame rates, better food, better seats, this is the way to get me into the theater more often.

That, plus quality filmmaking will do it for me.

[innerSpaceman]

How much is going to be charged extra for Atmos Sound? AMC, for example, is charging more for any theaters with decent sound systems. Sorry, but that's most certainly not the way to get me into the theaters more often.

Seems to me the way theaters are battling falling attendance is with gimmicks they use as excuses to charge higher ticket prices. Good luck with that.

[Snowflake]

AMC Van Ness is not one of my favorite venues, but I will do it!

I love the building it's in, though

[lashbear]

Atmos, higher frame rates, better food, better seats, this is the way to get me into the theater more often.

I call it "Watching movies at home on the 3DTV" :p

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I am not that old but I remember when going to the theater was a million times worse....every seat involved staring upward and dodging tall people, audibly sticky floors, seats that squealed loud enough for most of the theater to hear with the tiniest shifting of weight, picture quality involving stuck hairs and dancing dust, barely stereo sound unless you were seeing some huge blockbuster, none of this an exaggeration...and yet the movies were a treat and a weekly aspiration. Only the popcorn was better, because they were still using that super-high fat coconut grease that no one knew about yet.


I still appreciate stadium seating, cup holders, movable armrests. I still wish I were at the movies every week, even though right now, if I have to pay a sitter, it will cost the two of us at least $50 to see a regular movie. Not including the not-as-good-as-it-used-to-be popcorn.

[/CPcurmudgeon]

[Alex]

Since I see lots of art house movies in the theater I still see plenty of stuff in crappy venues.

But even in good venues I've never yet said "what I need is more sound." I'm sure I won't have a problem with Atmos but I doubt I'd ever pay extra (if it is optional) to get it.

And if stadium seating hadn't been invented we wouldn't be able to see every single cell phone that is opened during the movie.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I neither support nor opposed the following views, simply present them for your edification:

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[SzczerbiakManiac]

VGDM×2

[Alex]

I generally agree with The Oatmeal, but as someone who is in a movie theater 2-3 times a week this could not be further from the truth:

"...older people are always quiet and respectful during a movie..."

If given a choice and wanting to play the odds on silence during the movie I'll take a couple of teenagers obviously on their fourth date over an elderly couple or, god forbid, a trio of septuagenarian women.

[Moonliner]

Although, depending on the movie the endless supply of Mountain Dew / Popcorn sludge could make being in the dome worth it.