Cell Phone jamming

allix · Post by **allix** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:46 pm

You guys were talking about it at the cinema, one cinema owner did it in Ireland and was banned.
http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/200 ... y16487.asp

schotty · Post by **schotty** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 4:43 pm

Got my vote to blanket the cell reception in all cinemas. I would actually be happy to bend over and pay the retarded ticekt prices then. A reach-around would be nice, but one step at a time ...

Vogateer · Post by **Vogateer** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:54 am

Honestly, why can't cell phone makers just make their phones accept a signal that turns them to "vibrate" mode? You could send a signal to turn to "vibrate" before the movie, then after it's over send a signal to "return to previous setting." Would it really be that hard, or am I missing something obvious that makes this impractical?

Post by **dann** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:03 am

Vogateer wrote:Honestly, why can't cell phone makers just make their phones accept a signal that turns them to "vibrate" mode? You could send a signal to turn to "vibrate" before the movie, then after it's over send a signal to "return to previous setting." Would it really be that hard, or am I missing something obvious that makes this impractical?

Hmmm. I'm not sure I would want to give someone this much control over my phone. Still I can see your point.

Still, everyone should put their phone on vibrate or turn it off during a performance. If you have to make that phone call then leave the theater.

Vogateer · Post by **Vogateer** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:53 am

I think the ideal is to have a setting on the phone to accept the "vibrate signal" sent from a theater. If you decide not to use that feature of the phone, and it rings during the movie or performance, then you're out of there.

Easy to spot problems with this, though. Idiots are actually answering the calls during the movie, so the vibrate mode doesn't stop that. Theater owners obviously aren't willing to hire ushers to kick these morons out, so you probably do what I do: Don't go to the theater. It's ridiculously expensive unless you go to the dollar theater, and the experience is much better when you just rent the DVD because you can avoid the inconsiderate jerks if you just stay at home.

So yeah, the real answer is a strict "kick you out" policy enforced by the theaters (with the amounts they charge you think they could manage this), but if this system could stop the forgetful person's phone from ringing, it would be a slight improvement.