Some specialist outdoor national cinema companies are now marketing packages with inflatable movie screens and purpose built AV systems.

Portable home cinemas improved over time with color film, Kodak Super 8 mm film film cartridges, Home Theater Seating and monaural perfect but remained awkward and somewhat expensive. The rise of local video in the put off 1970s almost completely killed the consumer market for 8 mm film cameras and projectors, as VCRs connected to ordinary televisions with the proviso a simpler and more flexible substitute.