Comments on: 1,000,000 Ringside Seats! http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/22/1000000-ringside-seats/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:36:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mike Brisendine http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/22/1000000-ringside-seats/#comment-1047294 Mike Brisendine Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:28:25 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/22/1000000-ringside-seats/#comment-1047294 This was certainly being done in the 60's for Muhammed Ali fights. Though I'm sure the technology was a bit updated. I never got go to those original pay-per-view at a local colesium. But there was always the option to watch the fight the next Saturday on ABC's Wide World of Sports. This was certainly being done in the 60’s for Muhammed Ali fights. Though I’m sure the technology was a bit updated. I never got go to those original pay-per-view at a local colesium. But there was always the option to watch the fight the next Saturday on ABC’s Wide World of Sports.

]]> By: Charlie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/22/1000000-ringside-seats/#comment-1047287 Charlie Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:17:56 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/22/1000000-ringside-seats/#comment-1047287 Here are a couple of other early surround sound articles: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/04/three-dimensional-sounds-created-original-surround-sound-from-1934/ http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/05/full-orchestra-on-empty-stage/ Here are a couple of other early surround sound articles:
http://blog.modernmechanix.com.....from-1934/
http://blog.modernmechanix.com.....pty-stage/

]]> By: albear http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/22/1000000-ringside-seats/#comment-1047285 albear Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:13:07 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/22/1000000-ringside-seats/#comment-1047285 "The sound operator watches the action on the screen and, to produce the “three-dimensional” sound effect, manipulates the controls so that if an actor is speaking on the right hand side of the screen, the sound comes through loudspeakers on the right wall of the theater." The grand daddy of surround sound! That's gotta be annoying for the sound operator to move the volume switches manually every time someone talks at different angles. “The sound operator watches the action on the screen and, to produce the “three-dimensional” sound effect, manipulates the controls so that if an actor is speaking on the right hand side of the screen, the sound comes through loudspeakers on the right wall of the theater.”

The grand daddy of surround sound!
That’s gotta be annoying for the sound operator to move the volume switches manually every time someone talks at different angles.

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