HOME THEATER FORUM
1997 - 2007
Local Meets
Before Home Theater Forum held its first national membership event, there were the local meets. These were small events secluded to a particular city or town. The average meet would consist of members meeting at someone’s home, watching a DVD on a home theater system, and then visiting a local retailer. This page is dedicated to those individuals who took part in these local gatherings.
John Beavers and his San Francisco Bay HT group meet
Everyone gives a huge “thumbs down” for the pending DIVX format in February ‘99
Shawn Eyer hosts his very own SF Bay HT group meet
(Left) Shawn Eyer, Donna Maynard, Dennis Pagoulatos, Anson Mah. (Right) Chauncey listening to sound alterations
(Left) The group meets in front of the Paradigm Home Theater. (Right) Robert “Obi” George and the XBR 300
Time to eat and time to tweak!
On Friday, May 26th, a select group of Home Theater Forum members were invited to Twentieth Century Fox studios for a very special evening event. The group was taken on a private tour of the studio, treated to dinner, and then taken into a large screening room to watch a DVD screening of INDEPENDENCE DAY. We now share with you pictures taken from the event. We hope that these pictures convey the excitement our members had that evening. We wish to thank PETER STADDON, of FOX HOME VIDEO for making all of this possible.
Early arrivals inside the conference room on the 25th floor of Fox Home Entertainment Building
(Nakatomi Building in DIE HARD). Left to Right (clockwise): Jackie Macri, John Macri,
Steve Nemshick, Tim Ferris, Jerry Simmons, Lee Bombard (in back), Timothy Travis (blue shirt),
Scott Hodson (#94), Rick DeHaven (seated) and Rodney Peterson (standing).
(Left) Watching bits and pieces of the ID4 disc in the conference room, awaiting Peter Staddon's arrival. (Right) The lot of Fox Studios (and beyond) as viewed from the 25th floor.
(Left) Peter Staddon is our host for the evening. (Left) The group meets in front of the Little Theater on the Fox lot.
(Left) Off to the Wardrobe Department! Here, in one of the offices, encased, the dress That Robin Williams wore in Mrs. Doubtfire. (Middle) Mike Peters, our Tour Guide, holds up the two costumes (SUPERHERO, COWBOY) worn by the characters in There's Something About Mary. (Right) Mike Peters models one of the Alien costumes.
The set for NYPD Blue. This is the front of the 15th Squad's Stationhouse.
(Left to Right): Jack Briggs, Lewis Besze (foreground), ?? (backround), Rodney Peterson, Rick DeHaven, Tom Young (stripped shirt), Brian Kirchhoff, Stephanie Kennedy, Steve Nemshick (behind Stephanie), Tim Ferris, Lee Bombard (sunglasses), Jerry Simmons, Leah Grow (white top), Timothy Travis (in light blue), Scott Hodson (sunglasses), Greg Conti (blue shirt, shaved head, white pants), Mark Cappelletty, Brad Braithwaite (behind Jackie), Jackie Macri, John Macri.
Walking on the NYPD Blue set
(Left) An Empire Strikes Back mural on the side of Soundstage 21. The "Nakatomi Building" and the Park Hyatt Hotel can be seen in the background. The Park Hyatt was used in one or more of the Lethal Weapon movies. (Right) Make a left turn at Julie Andrews to head down to the screening rooms. This mural resides on the back face of the parking garage at Fox Studios.
