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Memories of a cinephile

Meeting Brando

Reading Time: 2 minutesI happened to meet Brando once, around spring or summer 1973 … This was on Catalina Island (a large private island, off southern California). I was working alone on an isolated rocky shore, setting up food web experiments, and had Read more

By Frederic Briand, 2 yearsNovember 13, 2023 ago
Smart home cinema

Smart lighting 2/4

Reading Time: 2 minutesContinued from post here   Installation For all brands, the installation of smart bulbs, strips, plugs, switches, and sensors is done through the brand’s app. Albeit not perfect, all apps are constantly improved and make the process simple. In addition, Read more

By Kostas Stergiou, 2 yearsNovember 10, 2023 ago
Smart home cinema

Smart home naysayers – Batteries

Reading Time: 3 minutesSmart home and smart home cinema are very creative hobbies. Smart devices and the platforms in which they are embedded allow us to set automations that make our everyday life easier. We save time, money, and energy, protect the environment, Read more

By Kostas Stergiou, 2 yearsNovember 7, 2023 ago
Smart home cinema

Smart lighting 1/4

Reading Time: 4 minutesPlugs, switches and bulbs Light is everything. It is the most important aspect of home decoration and atmosphere that drastically changes our emotions and mood. Thus, any (smart home)  cinema starts from smartening the lights. The way to achieve a Read more

By Kostas Stergiou, 2 yearsNovember 5, 2023 ago
Memories of a cinephile

CSI, the Book and not FishBase

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn January 2005, I had a stroke that paralyzed my right arm and caused several other complications.  During my recuperation, I could not work – my favorite occupation – and I began watching TV. Yes, I was one of those Read more

By Daniel Pauly, 2 yearsNovember 2, 2023 ago
Smart home cinema

Home cinema is also magic and can be smart

Reading Time: < 1 minute  In movie theaters, there is always someone, who for us is the anonymous staff, making sure that lights turn off,  on or dimmed when required, the temperature within the theater is pleasant, the screen opens wide, the projection of Read more

By Kostas Stergiou, 2 yearsOctober 25, 2023 ago
Movies, actors and directors

Going to the cinema is magic

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCertainly, home cinema  complements the cinema entertainment activity. Nothing replaces the experience of a movie theater. This is true both socially and in terms of entertainment satisfaction and immersiveness. Going to the cinema is magic. We enjoy the big screen, Read more

By Kostas Stergiou, 2 yearsOctober 25, 2023 ago
Movies, actors and directors

Movies are a key form of art

Reading Time: 2 minutes    Cinema cannot exist on a blank screen, no matter how good a 4K or 8K screen is and how deep the black is. We must project something on the screen and this something is most often a movie. Read more

By Kostas Stergiou, 2 yearsOctober 25, 2023 ago

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