home theater, projection tv screen
     Home theater systems have changed a lot over the past twenty-odd years but at the same time, they have remained fundamentally the same. A guy I worked with had a 1988 Kloss Nova Beam projection television with a surround sound system hooked up to it. The projection TV screen that came with the projection TV was slightly curved and really produced an excellent picture if everything was adjusted properly. It was adjusted properly and with the surround sound hookup, the total experience was very good for the time. I remember the first movie I watched on my friend’s projection TV. It was They Live staring the wrestler Roddy Piper. It’s a science fiction film directed by John Carpenter that hypothesizes a ubiquitous alien infiltration into our world with a takeover of our society by the aliens. There’s one scene in the movie where the home theater experience with surround sound really comes into play. Roddy Piper’s character is staying at a homeless camp that is raided by the police. The sounds of the police invasion of the camp with bulldozers crushing the homeless people’s property while a helicopter flies overhead and the visual effect of flashing lights, fleeing homeless and marching police completes the experience. All I could say was “Wow!” Look below and you can play the scene from They Live that I’m talking about. Better yet, get the movie and play it on your own home theater system.