Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Disney's guide to Home Theater Setup


I like the 1940s Disney animation shorts. They may not get to the hilarity level of Chuck Jones and Tex Avery's work at Warner, but some of them are really good. This How to Hook Up Your Home Theater short is new, but it feels like one of them and summarizes perfectly the dangers and absurd complexity of modern big home theaters, from impossible-to-open audio cable boxes to the sound system—with "center channel, left and right speakers, bit more to the left and bit more to the right speakers, surround speakers, surrounding surround speakers"— to huge screens. [Cartoon Brew via Dark Roasted Blend via Gizmodo]

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I agree with you wholeheartedly about Warner Bros. over Disney; but how strangely prophetic was this? LOL

Back to Warner Bros. I remember back in High School one time when Nelson and I got together with a few friends and watched all the classic Warner Brothers cartoons. That was the hardest I probably ever laughed. We'd watch a bit and die laughing, pause, throw in our comments, rewind and watch the same "toon" before moving to the next one.

Great memories!!!