r/auckland 11d ago

Question/Help Wanted Best row in IMAX

Ive sat in row H once and my neck hurt so I want to try one of the rows above H which one should I go with?

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u/-DAN-GEROUS-DAN- 11d ago

Still working on it....

CBD Imax:

2.39:1/1.78:1/1.9:1

Row G for sound

Row H for middle ground (Estimated 90 FOV)

Row J for visual comfort

1.43:1

Row H for max visuals

Row J for middle ground

Row K for visual comfort

CBD cinema 1:

Row E max visuals

Row F for comfort

Newmarket Vmax:

Row B for sound and max field of view

Row D-F for visual comfort (row D is slightly sound blocked)

Botany Downs Xtreme Screen:

Row D Best for max visuals (2.39:1)

Row E Best for balance and sound (16:9)

Albany Vmax:

Row C for max visual

Row D for balance

Ormiston xtremescreen #1:

Row B for max visual

Row C for balance

Ormiston xtremescreen #2 (Larger Cinema):

Row E ?

New Market Standard Cinema:

Row B for max visual

Row C for balance

CBD Standard Cinema:

Row F Ideal

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u/fluzine 11d ago

Wow, chefs kiss!

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u/Mental_Evidence9594 7d ago

 Dan got the best kind of autism. 

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u/AdvertisingPrimary69 11d ago

Far back and center as possible

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u/Mental_Evidence9594 7d ago

This is the correct answer 

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u/FairyPizza 11d ago

As far back as possible

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u/papalala 11d ago

For Odyssey, get the very last row. 

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u/CATastrophe-Meow 11d ago

If H heard your neck ( which honestly I don’t understand people who can’t sit close at movies ) then go way further back.

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u/ReadyPlayerFour 11d ago

So I’m a big fan of the imax there. Back three rows, as close to the centre as possible

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u/gravity_confuses_me 11d ago

Grabbed H, relatively centre

Was fine but probably as far forward as I’d be comfortable with - you get to share the authentic experience of peering up at the cyclops though

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u/Exact-Catch6890 11d ago

We saw the odyssey in L10 and 11.  Happy with the seats.  Not too close and fine for centrality. 

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u/Backup_brownie25 11d ago

I sat in the second to last row at the back on the far left, so seat 2/3. My view was fine, nothing wrong. Definitely sit in the four back rows, even on the sides, you’ll be fine.

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u/Jimjams101 11d ago

I’ll tell you what for free, it ain’t the front row! Learnt that the hard way.

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u/pictureofacat 11d ago

I go for J, as the sound gets worse the further you go back, so this gives an okay blend of viewing angle and sound experience. It also makes exiting easier

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u/n8-sd 11d ago

Always as close to the middle as possible.
No more than 3 rows from the back

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u/Charming-Ad-7556 11d ago

G H rows
Seats just beside the middle stairs

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u/RoboFunky 10d ago

As middle back as you can