On 3/28/06, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > A question to people who know better than me: is it right that except > the general atmosphere of *being there* there is no reasonable > difference between sitting at home in front of big TV screen and sitting > on those top rows? <snip>
Boris, To my way of thinking, the difference in being in a big arena for a major league sporting event is "experiencing the event". As others have said, to actually watch the nuances of the sport, TV is the way to go. To be part of 20,000 (for hockey or basketball) or 65,000 (for baseball) or 80,000 (for American football) or 120,000 (for motorsports) is to be part of the throng, cheering for the home team, booing the visiting team, being part of the excitement of knowing that you're actually influencing (in some small way) the outcome of the game. http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5806/2203/1600/game.jpg In motorsports the largest widescreen TV with 1000 watts of surround-sound home theatre can never come close to the visceral experience of several dozen big-block V8's rumbling, tires squealing, the smell of smoke and gasoline, or in the case of F1, several dozen 3.5 litre V10's screaming at some 18,000 RPM (and at those revs, "scream" is the word). So, to answer your question, you'll "see" more on TV, you'll "experience the whole event" by being there. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
