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/^t/Video is surely one of the most important inventions at the end of the 20th century in technology, let alone in entertainment. As a competition to the 'obsolete' movie theaters video became more and more popular. Many claimed that it was just a matter of time that movie theaters would vanish for good and everybody was going to watch films on their TV screens at home. The 'old-fashioned' moviegoers were terrified because their opponent's arguments seemed very convincing and real: easier and cheaper access and exploatation, coziness - one doesn't have to leave one's home to see a picture, and so on. Yet the worries showed up to be unnecessary. Somehow, movie houses got the upper hand on video and are still the most substantial 'conveyers' of films. There are several factors that contributed to it.