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Home Theater

Author: HOWARD FERSTLER

Home Theater Film reprints (usually 16mm) of movies have been available on a limited basis for decades, but the concept never caught on for a variety of reasons. However, since the late 1980s, video copies of motion pictures have been available for home playback, first as prerecorded tape with hi-fi video sound (available for sale or rental), later on a smaller scale in laserdisc form, and more recently on a very large scale indeed as the DVD. Home theater has expanded to the point where it is…

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