Films from the 1930's: Better in the theater or on Blu-ray

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What percentage of the old movie theaters had excellent maintained projectors? And could even the best projector then handle a perfectly brand new film reel? When I watch Modern Times on Blu-ray, the clarity and crispness looks like it was filmed yesterday but when a brand new projector projected a brand new film reel of Modern Times, did it have that same look? I mean were the top quality movie projectors back in the early days even good enough to show the highest potential of a brand new clean film reel?

I also wonder if there were movie fans back then that chose to go to excellent quality movie theaters over good ones (aka us choosing a Dolby Atmos or Imax theater over a regular very good theater with no fancy sound or image gimmicks).