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Author Topic: Guild Theatre get new seats (Menlo Park, CA) Mike Croaro Master Film Handler Posts: 394 From: Millbrae, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 07-16-2006 10:49 AM                     Hi Folks: Was pleasantly surprised to see that the Guild Theatre in Menlo park, CA has new seats. The old seats were Heywood-Wakefield seats that had been recovered and resprung approx. 5 years ago. Thew new seats are a good improvement. Mike  |  IP: Logged Eric Hooper Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 532 From: Fort Worth, TX, USA Registered: May 2003 posted 07-18-2006 11:23 AM                     I went there for the first time a few weeks ago. I did notice the seats were quite comfortable. HOWEVER, it does not excuse their crappy shitty sound system. And they have the nerve to advertise Dolby Digital and even run a Dolby Digital trailer. I guess you may have a processor installed, but what's the point if you don't fine tune it and run it through crappy speakers.... This is becomming a rampant problem at most Landmark theatres here in the Bay Area. I've stopped going to them... (Sorry Carl, but Brokeback sounded REALLY BAD at the Cal..)  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 07-19-2006 03:23 AM                        even when you saw it the first time downstairs? i seem to remember you seeing it in #3 as well and i agree the upstairs theaters don't sound that great. but i've always thought #1 sounded quite good. not as good as the one time i went out to daly city, or perhaps #1 at the grand lake, but impressive nonetheless. what about the sound was bad? yeah, i know that might be a very hard question to answer.  |  IP: Logged Eric Hooper Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 532 From: Fort Worth, TX, USA Registered: May 2003 posted 07-19-2006 11:15 AM                     Carl, I sent you a PM. I don't want to air any dirty laundry on here anymore. Although I will say this in general to all theatres/projectionists: It's hard when you work at the theatre, you get used to running your own sound equipment, and it sounds good to you because it's what you're used to hearing, and you loose sight of what it's supposed to sound like.  |  IP: Logged

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