Varven@lemmy.world to Memes · 4 months agoCan you hear this?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1376arrow-down119
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minus-squareArtemislinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 months agoAs a kid, I thought this was meant to test your sound system for the movie (aka lone CRT) and would blast it as loud as I could.
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoIt’s a marketing gimmick to make you want to go to theaters with proper sound. TBF pre-THX many theaters had absolute shit sound, they threw a few speakers near the screen and called it a day.
As a kid, I thought this was meant to test your sound system for the movie (aka lone CRT) and would blast it as loud as I could.
Wait, it’s not for testing?
It’s a marketing gimmick to make you want to go to theaters with proper sound.
TBF pre-THX many theaters had absolute shit sound, they threw a few speakers near the screen and called it a day.