Home cinema

Home cinema, also commonly called home theater or home theatre, refers to home entertainment systems that seek to reproduce a movie theater experience and mood using video and audio equipment in or outside a private home. As of 2015, system users typically use a large projected image from a video projector or a large flat-screen high-resolution HDTV system, a movie or other video content on a DVD or high-resolution Blu-ray disc, which is played on a DVD player or Blu-ray player, with the audio augmented with five or more surround sound speakers and at least one low-frequency subwoofer.

Introduction

In the 1950s, playing home movies became popular in the United States as Kodak 8 mm film projector equipment became more affordable. The development of multi-channel audio systems and later LaserDisc in the 1980s created a new paradigm for home video. In the early to mid-1990s, a typical home cinema in the United States would have a LaserDisc or VHS player fed to a large rear-projection television set. Some people were using expensive front projectors in a darkened viewing room.

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Six talking points from the UK exhibition sector’s annual conference

Screen Daily 21 Mar 2025
Exhibitors are relaxed about a quick transition to the home when a film has not worked theatrically, but conversely would like to see the home release delayed when a film is continuing to draw audiences to the cinema.
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Want to enjoy a stay at Malayalam superstar Mammootty’s home? Here's how you can enjoy a bit star dust

Gulf News 21 Mar 2025
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Screen Daily 21 Mar 2025
The 2025 Berlinale saw m-appeal pick up two major prizes ... I grew up with no TV at home ... When I started going to the cinema in my teens, was a film that marked me ... There is hope younger people are going to the cinemas, not only the old ladies ... .
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The Daily Mail 21 Mar 2025
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The Daily Mail 21 Mar 2025
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Your guide to home cinema systems: the best speakers and setup

The Times/The Sunday Times 20 Mar 2025
To soup up a home cinema set-up, the first consideration is cost, whether the aim is simply to boost the audio performance of a telly or go full-whack into replicating a super-immersive cinema-at-home experience.
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Supporting the Shinnecock at Sag Harbor Cinema

The East Hampton Star 20 Mar 2025
A panel discussion titled “Supporting the Shinnecock,” moderated by Shawn Sachs, a cinema board member, will feature the empowerment work of the outreach group, and a short film about its home repair ...
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Global Cinema Federation report highlights need for more appealing films

Screen Daily 20 Mar 2025
The report said that while customers are generally spending less on entertainment than six months ago, cinema spend is holding stable relative to other out of home entertainment ... at the cinemas (6%).
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Jaaved Jaaferi says audience must watch small films in theatre to keep indie cinema alive: ...

Hindustan Times 20 Mar 2025
In conversation with HT, the actor opens up about the film and the state of independent cinema in India ... People sometimes say, 'We will watch this one at home'.
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Björk announces “limited” global cinema release of ‘Cornucopia’ concert film

NME 20 Mar 2025
“Now, through a long-standing partnership fostered by Will White, SVP of Content Sales, the film will find its rightful home on cinema screens in a collaboration with Trafalgar Releasing ahead of ...
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Amazon Big Spring Sale 2025: Here’s What You Need To Know

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The Best Film of Every Year Since 1950, by Jung Freud

The Unz Review 20 Mar 2025
My knowledge(and interest) in cinema is more extensive in regards to the post-war era ... While Mussolini invested heavily in the Film Industry, the Fascist Era in Italy wasn’t a golden age of cinema either ... The closest thing to a physicist of cinema.
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49th Cleveland International Film Fest preview: New leadership’s soft reboot

The Morning Journal 20 Mar 2025
This will be the festival’s fourth year at Playhouse Square, since leaving its longtime home, the since-closed Tower City Cinemas, and being strictly virtual in 2020 and ’21 due to the pandemic.
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Global Cinema Federation report highlights need for flow of appealing theatrical releases

Screen Daily 19 Mar 2025
The report said that while customers are generally spending less on entertainment than six months ago, cinema spend is holding stable relative to other out of home entertainment ... at the cinemas (6%).
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