Hollywood in your Home 在家看新片首映式
Hollywood in your Home 在家看新片首映式
The Cinema and Home Cinema 電影院和家庭影院
Prima subscribers will be able to watch brand new films at home.
Do you wish you could watch the latest Hollywood releases without leaving the comfort of your home?
You might be able to do just that soon – if you've got the cash.
Prima Cinema is a new service in the USA that will offer subscribers the opportunity to watch brand new films on the day of their release.
At the moment, movie fans generally have to wait at least a couple of months before a picture is released on DVD or for digital download. For some people, that makes 'home cinema' just a phrase.
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But subscribers to Prima will be able to enjoy the latest blockbuster, romcom or thriller if they invest $20,000 (130,000 yuan) in a special set-top box.
That might seem a lot of money but the expenditure doesn't end there. Each film will cost $500 (3,200 yuan) and since every download will be around 30 gigabytes, subscribers will probably need a high-end internet connection.
Prima Cinema's founder, Jason Pang, is unapologetic. "Quite frankly, it does cost that much simply because of the security," he said.
He is sure that there are enough rich people with expensive home theatre setups to make this new venture work.
But what about the experience of going to the cinema? Could this new service mean the end of going to the multiplex to catch a flick on a Friday night?
Jason Pang thinks not. Of his typical customer, he says: "This is not a client that goes to their box office on a regular basis."
Glossary 詞匯表 (收聽發音, 請單擊英語單詞)
- release 新電影
- subscriber 用戶
- picture （口語）影片
- digital download 網上下載
- home cinema 家庭影院
- blockbuster 熱門大片
- romcom 浪漫情感電影
- thriller 驚悚片
- set-top box 機頂盒，接受器
- gigabyte 千兆
- high-end 高端的
- home theatre setup 家庭影院設備
- venture 商業經營項目
- multiplex 多銀幕電影院
- to catch a flick （口語）看電影
- box office 票房
