audio versus video

[PeruvianSkies]

Peruvianskies proposed a question in another thread:What do people want high end audio or video?I think its a great question.
In a movie watching experience what percentage do people think is video and what percentage audio?and why.

thanks
bill

To answer my own question....I would say about 85% video and 15% audio. This is NOT to say that people don't care about what they hear, but this seems to be the ratio when it comes to putting funds together...example: my friend spent $2200 on his LCD and $400 on his audio system (speakers + receiver all in one box).

[musicman1999]

Sorry,i was not to clear,i did not mean dollar wise.I meant if you sit down to watch a film is the video more important than the audio,or vise versa,or is it 50-50.Do you enjoy a film that has substandard video,if it has a killer audio track?Does it have to have good sound and video,maybe the story is more important.

bill

[PeruvianSkies]

Sorry,i was not to clear,i did not mean dollar wise.I meant if you sit down to watch a film is the video more important than the audio,or vise versa,or is it 50-50.Do you enjoy a film that has substandard video,if it has a killer audio track?Does it have to have good sound and video,maybe the story is more important.

bill

Ahhh. Well, let's put it this way...if you were in a movie theater and the image was out-of-focus I think people would complain much more regularly about it than they would if the audio was out-of-sync. If the audio was distorted they would less likely complain than if the picture was scratched and fuzzy. In terms of 'quality' I am about 50-50...If the film doesn't have a good quality recording and sound-design than it's less engaging for me and likewise the film needs to have good picture quality in order to achieve a visual narrative. Both picture and sound must work hand-in-hand in order to achieve a multi-sensory experience.