Silly acting problem

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If you like gore and comedy, Cocaine Bear is good.

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And I thought ours was a bargain at €6!

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That’s terrible! Worse than the back of an aircraft seat (mind you I’ve never flown Emirates first class - Allah only knows what they have).

OTOH, they don’t allow dogs in our local cinema. At home, I used to hook up a cheap data projector up to a laptop; nowadays there are bluetooth ones, so one doesn’t have trailing wires. We don’t have a TV set, but I’m sure someone techier than me will offer a relatively simple way to improve your movie viewing.

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22pouce screens but the choice of movies is not great…

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Huh! I was expecting fully immersive VR at the very least…

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This was 10 years ago …

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Could you not get something like an HDMI out cable from a pc to your telly and play on your phone, but watch on the big screen?

Or doesn’t Chromecast on an Android phone ‘cast’ the picture to another device from phone?

I have similar setup and for recent years have always felt I could do this if I wanted to watch a lot of films

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wifi works for us… :+1:

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Until we got fibre the bandwidth wasn’t good enough for chromecast…and now I can’t remember password for TV to link them :rofl:

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It’s normally the WiFi password I think

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Hugh Grant is wonderful. Enjoyed most of his films since Four Weddings and a Funeral. He is, indeed, aging exceptionally well.
Izzy x

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Now Emirates 32” screens in 1st class and 6,500 channels of movies, TV shows, music and games, on demand and in multiple languages available in all classes.

And Disney channel for your falcon

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Thank you all for your kind suggestions.

I have iPhone (Mini) and a Macbook. No telly in the house. I could watch things on the Macbook but it is heavy to hold up. I tried using the IKEA tray table ti hold the Mac but that all begins to feel rather EHPAD.

There is a cinema 5km from our village but my husband is not keen on the parking situation in town and no matinée showings that aren’t dubbed with French.

So, I’ll just be grateful I have a phone and WiFi, and visit HK in my dreams.

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You can pick up a flat screen tv quite cheaply… no need to actually use it as an everyday tv :wink: … just for wifi thingies… it would drive me mad to only have OH’s phone or the chromebook size screen for my favourite YouTubes etc.

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I have one like this for my ipad pro. Not sure if macbook is significantly bigger?

https://www.etsy.com/fr/listing/1363244100/grand-coussin-pour-tablette-console-de?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=tablet+support&ref=sr_gallery-1-7&pro=1&frs=1&organic_search_click=1

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Perhaps one of these might be an elegant solution:-

https://tinyurl.com/2p82z9n5

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Less EHPAD certainly!

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Just because something is useful for “the elderly” doesn’t mean those who use them are elderly themselves. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

In the 1980/90’s I reckon nearly every household, in our extended family, had at least one of these…
Extremely useful for all ages and situations
and I wish we still had ours…

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Long ago I gaily bought an antique Ecole des Beaux Arts easel to hold a TV. Never did get the TV.

What I can use to watch films on the Macbook are these that I use for work, sadly no longer available at France IKEA

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354893069207?hash=item52a1467b97:g:nQQAAOSwXExkpLE3

I keep one upstairs and one downstairs. Works well to keep the machine from getting hot sitting in my lap. I just need to not put the teacup down beside the screen :scream: again.

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Why does stuff have to ’ happen '? Films can be entertaining and slow.