Friday, August 04, 2006

A great idea.

One of the most common complaints about movie theatres is people talking or using cellphones, also there are technical issues such as the picture out of focus. Modern theatres don't have the staff to monitor all the theatres. One of the big theatre chains in the US is trying something different to solve this problem. A few people in the audience will get a kind of remote control that will have buttons for projection problem, sound problem, talkers etc. The remotes will let the staff know there is an issue that needs to be dealt with and the customers don't have to miss any of the movie. I wonder how expensive they are. I'd love to get a couple for Western Film.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I like that idea better than adding more radio noise to block their phone calls. This solution addresses more than just telephone calls.

Many second year students will have "clickers" from their first year courses where participation was measured by attendance and the ability to push a button.

Maybe wfilm can buy a few of them from students?