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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 681 |
| Posted: | | | | Okay, I'm finally in the Full HD and Blu-ray era... haven't bought any home theatre audio yet, but likely will do so later this year.
Purchased the television and blu-ray player last Monday (July 14th) and got them delivered today.
TV: SONY KDL-46X3500 (replacing an ancient 28" Panasonic tubetelly...) BD: SONY BDP-S300
Haven't tested the HDMI upscaling of my old SAMSUNG DVD-HD850 yet. I will continue to use that player along with BD because it's region free. Ratatouille Blu-ray currently playing in the background, and I'll have to say that the picture quality is amazing. | | | Mika I hate people who love me, and they hate me. (Bender Bending Rodriguez) | | | Last edited: by Draxen |
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Registered: July 25, 2008 | Posts: 3 |
| Posted: | | | | Video : Sanyo PLV-Z2 1280x720 LCD Projector w/ custom made 110" 16:9 screen Audio : Yamaha HTR-5790 800 watt 7.1 THX Receiver driving 8 JBL speakers Inputs: Samsung BD-P1400 Blu-Ray player, HTPC, XBOX 360, 200CD Jukebox Theater: Custom built cabinetry/furniture (by yours truely), Berkline 40384 Motorised HT seating in Leather/Vinyl Current DVD Collection: 723 Titles, not all entered in my Dbase, and not nearly enough Blu-Rays Photos of the home theater: Planned additions: Epson 1080p HD Projector, Yamaha or Onkyo HDMI Receiver, 4X Buttkicker transducers +1000watt amp, Motorised drapes, InfraRed Lighting control |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 106 |
| Posted: | | | | There's only one word for your place C_Doc...magnificent! If you had fridge & microwave in there...I don't think I'd ever leave. |
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Registered: July 25, 2008 | Posts: 3 |
| Posted: | | | | 'Fridge is around the corner (dont want the light bothering the movie now do we?) and the microwave is upstairs, but I'm gonna build a wet-bar at some point. |
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Registered: June 27, 2007 | Posts: 2,049 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting C_Doc: Quote: Video : Sanyo PLV-Z2 1280x720 LCD Projector w/ custom made 110" 16:9 screen Audio : Yamaha HTR-5790 800 watt 7.1 THX Receiver driving 8 JBL speakers Inputs: Samsung BD-P1400 Blu-Ray player, HTPC, XBOX 360, 200CD Jukebox Theater: Custom built cabinetry/furniture (by yours truely), Berkline 40384 Motorised HT seating in Leather/Vinyl Current DVD Collection: 723 Titles, not all entered in my Dbase, and not nearly enough Blu-Rays Photos of the home theater:
Planned additions: Epson 1080p HD Projector, Yamaha or Onkyo HDMI Receiver, 4X Buttkicker transducers +1000watt amp, Motorised drapes, InfraRed Lighting control Wow, that just looks great. May I ask how much you paid for that? If you don't want to tell me the exact amount just give me an estimate. I am really curious. Also did you set that all up yourself or did you have a professional company do it? | | | Check out my Youtube channel under https://www.youtube.com/user/alittleolder |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 17,804 |
| Posted: | | | | Nice, really nice equipment! | | | Thorsten |
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Registered: July 25, 2008 | Posts: 3 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Stephan.klose: Quote: Wow, that just looks great. May I ask how much you paid for that? If you don't want to tell me the exact amount just give me an estimate. I am really curious. Also did you set that all up yourself or did you have a professional company do it? I'd have to give a ballpark figure of $8-10K for everything, including materials used to build the cabinetry, etc. It was never a lump-sum paid out though. My theater has been built up over several years of upgrades and equipment swaps (much to my wife's dismay) I'm always the bargain hunter though, so quite often I got very good prices on the equipment (example, less than cost for the the Berkline seating, and ~100$ for the screen I made myself instead of $800+ for a commercial one) As for the collection value? Higher than the equipment, and I'm looking forward to see my MSRP total once I get my Dbase built. All the work on the cabinetry and installation was done by me. The sound and image (especially on a Blu-Ray title) is just stunning. |
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| W0m6at | You're in for it now Tony |
Registered: April 17, 2007 | Posts: 1,091 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting flyersfan: Quote: If you had fridge & microwave in there...I don't think I'd ever leave. Astronaut nappies? | | | Adelaide Movie Buffs (info on special screenings, contests, bargains, etc. relevant to Adelaideans... and contests/bargains for other Aussies too!) |
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Registered: June 27, 2007 | Posts: 2,049 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting C_Doc: Quote: Quoting Stephan.klose:
Quote: Wow, that just looks great. May I ask how much you paid for that? If you don't want to tell me the exact amount just give me an estimate. I am really curious. Also did you set that all up yourself or did you have a professional company do it? I'd have to give a ballpark figure of $8-10K for everything, including materials used to build the cabinetry, etc. It was never a lump-sum paid out though. My theater has been built up over several years of upgrades and equipment swaps (much to my wife's dismay) I'm always the bargain hunter though, so quite often I got very good prices on the equipment (example, less than cost for the the Berkline seating, and ~100$ for the screen I made myself instead of $800+ for a commercial one)
As for the collection value? Higher than the equipment, and I'm looking forward to see my MSRP total once I get my Dbase built.
All the work on the cabinetry and installation was done by me. The sound and image (especially on a Blu-Ray title) is just stunning. Looks great. My setup cost about the same thing even though I looks pretty normal but 10 years ago I had a company and for that (It was home entertainment) I bought Demo speakers. Vienna Acoustics. And for the 5 speakers I paid about $7,500 or so. They would have cost even more but I got a good deal. But speakers you (hopefully) have to buy only once. Now I just got a LCD TV. Which would cost about $1000 in the US. Over here it was $2000. I am paying in installments. I would trade my stuff for yours though, if you want.. | | | Check out my Youtube channel under https://www.youtube.com/user/alittleolder |
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Registered: March 19, 2007 | Posts: 302 |
| Posted: | | | | hats off to you c doc. |
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Registered: May 27, 2007 | Posts: 691 |
| Posted: | | | | Just got my self a new homecinema set. Nothing very impressive, seeing the other setups. But good enough for me. I had a Phillips HTS-3000, but after a few months of use it began to give me problems, ending with burning it self up So, yesterday I bought a replacement, this time a Samsung HT-Z10. Thinking all Home Cinema Systems have SCART connectors I didn't even look at the back end. Wish I did, because it doesn't have one, only RCA connector and Components connector. Unfortunately, my television only have RCA and 2 SCART's. So, I'm now watching it through the RCA cable, but I find the quality a bit lower then I had expected. Guess I need to save up for a new television set now. | | | Unfortunately, I can't use DVDprofiler at the moment due to lack of a Windows computer. |
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Registered: April 14, 2007 | Posts: 433 |
| Posted: | | | | My setup
TV - Dynex DX-LCD42HD-09 42" 1080p LCD DVD - Sony DVP-NC85H 5 disc upconverting DVD player DVR - TiVoHD with 500gb My DVR Expander attached AMP - Sony STR-K660P (I plan to replace this with something better soon) | | | Chris |
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Registered: January 12, 2008 | Posts: 16 |
| Posted: | | | | I´m still at the "beginners level", as i´m looking through this thread.
TV: 32" Samsung LE32 R71 B32 AV-Receiver: Pioneer VSX D510 Speakers: Teufel Concept E Magnum 5.1 DVD: Samsung DVD 1080P7 TV-Receiver: Pace DS810XE (Sat-HDTV) Console: XBox 360 Premium
I definitely need a DVD-Recorder or HDD Recorder. The last few days there where so many films on tv, which i´d like to have. | | | Dennis
I see dead people. |
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Registered: May 27, 2007 | Posts: 691 |
| Posted: | | | | Deleted (double) | | | Unfortunately, I can't use DVDprofiler at the moment due to lack of a Windows computer. | | | Last edited: by EdwinK |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 90 |
| Posted: | | | | The new upgrades came earlier in the month.
TV: Mitsubishi WD-65835 65" RPTV Blu-ray: Panasonic DMP-BD50 Speakers: Onkyo 750B 7.1 surround Remote: Harmony 1000 | | | The artist formerly known as TylerDurden_73 |
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Registered: May 27, 2007 | Posts: 691 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting C_Doc: Quote:
I think my whole house would fit in there. | | | Unfortunately, I can't use DVDprofiler at the moment due to lack of a Windows computer. |
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