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Posted by Khee Mao on 09/19/06 22:25
<matt@mailinator.com> wrote in message
news:1158702459.854245.24080@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
> scowart@mail.arc.nasa.gov wrote:
>> You're entitled to enjoy your viewing however you choose. And I wish
>> you well.
>
> er, then why is this thread still alive?
>
>
>> But, I can't go along with a "5.1" equaling "crap."
>
> but it is. more gear is 100%, unadulterated, crap. *to me*. and because
> all that matters in one's own home's is what one thinks, then what i
> say goes. its crap, and to be avoided. this is indesputable, and any
> attempts to do so are illogical. however, for your home, you may
> disagree, and i certainly wouldnt take issue or argue that! what you
> say goes.
>
>
>> I also can't go along with the notion that the video or visual sensory is
>> so
>> predominant over the audio or aural sense.
>
> when it comes to film, this is also indesputably the case (tho for
> different reasons than my above statement being indesputable). its a
> simple test, going back to the roots of film (originally there was no
> electronic "video", so for this discussion "video" simply means
> "visual").
>
> what is film? a series of streamed images.
>
> what is a stream of images w/o any sound? a silent film.
>
> what is a stream of sound? audio.
>
> now, what is audio, w/o any video? a film? of any kind? no. it is
> simply audio.
>
> therefore -- the *defining* attribute of a film is video, not audio.
> visual, not aural. remember "movie" is short for *moving images*. films
> require images, but they do not require audio.
>
> put another way: the defining attribute of music is audio (sound waves
> to the ear), while the defining attribute of film is video (light to
> the eye). w/o video, there is no film.
>
> therefore, visual is the sense of primary concern when it comes to
> "watching movies" (note that even the english language emphasizes this
> w/ the verb of "watching"). while it is true that more often than not
> one is both watching & listening to a film, a film is still a "visual
> medium". it is also taught as such: telling a story with pictures. and
> being a visual medium, excessive non-imagery is often frowned on, like
> excessive expository dialogue.
>
> so if i could pick only one component to be superior to the other, id
> pick the video component (thus this thread). what would you pick? your
> audio, i take it?
>
>
>> whatever gear you choose and however you choose to enjoy it. But not
>> to the point that the audio side of things gets disrespected.
>
> well, i guess if not wanting surround sound is disrepecting audio, then
> im one disrespecting mofo.
>
>
> matt
>
shut up and buy some speakers and a receiver already.
Khee Mao, your idol, hath spoken.
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