POLL: Rather sit and watch big-screen HDTV or Stage Production?

[Jp!]

Uh. LATELY THEY COULD, davester. (aka - there have not BEEN any SFX!!@##@#$)

[rz]

I agree with some of the posters above. I have been to a couple of Broadway-type shows, albeit on a much smaller scale. Personally, I don't care for them. Given the choice of seeing a "stage production" live or on TV, I'd prefer neither... but if pressed I'd prefer TV because I wouldn't be thinking about how much money I wasted on something I don't care to be watching. But if you had said a concert or a football game, then I definitely prefer the real thing.

[M A V I C]

Most stage productions I don't care for, so I voted for the HDTV. At least then I have a better chance of watching something I'd actually want to see.

FWIW, I'd rather watch a movie in a home theater than a public theater. If the theaters actually regulated stuff like people talking/shouting then it wouldn't be quite so clear cut.

[Chupa Chupa]

Yeah seems like an incomplete question. I rather watch "24" on TV than live on stage. OTOH The Producers movies don't stand up to the live show. You have to match the right medium with material. It's not a A or B proposition.