Looking nice! How much better is a dedicated player than the xbox addon?
Looking nice! How much better is a dedicated player than the xbox addon?
Not around too often!
Matt how are you finding the HD thorugh the V+ box? Picture quality? We have one downstairs but it's only hooked to an old CRT TV as my parents use it as a PVR, but I've got one being installed in my room next Thursday, and I can take advantage of the HD
Currently waiting for the Samsung BD-UP5000 to come in stock somewhere, at the moment my only source of HD is my PC![]()
Home cinema: Toshiba 42XV555DB Full HD LCD | Onkyo TX-SR705 | NAD C352 | Monitor Audio Bronze B2 | Monitor Audio Bronze C | Monitor Audio Bronze BFX | Yamaha NSC120 | BK Monolith sub | Toshiba HD-EP35 HD-DVD | Samsung BD-P1400 BluRay Player | Pioneer DV-575 | Squeezebox3 | Virgin Media V+ Box
PC: Asus P5B | Core2duo 2.13GHz | 2GB DDR2 PC6400 | Inno3d iChill 7900GS | Auzentech X-Plosion 7.1 | 250GB | 500GB | NEC DVDRW | Dual AG Neovo 19"
HTPC: | Core2Duo E6420 2.13GHz | 2GB DDR2 | 250GBx2 | Radeon X1300 | Terratec Aureon 7.1 | Windows MCE 2005
Laptop: 1.5GHz Centrino | 512MB | 60GB | 15" Wide TFT | Wifi | DVDRW
The V+ box is good, but do what I did when the engineer comes, set ip up to HDMI as the Virgin guys set it up via scart. If you compare the signal on a V+ on HDMI compared to standard box on scart even the standard definition is like 3 x better in quality.
I looked at standalone BR players, the PS3 is still the best, the only other worth considering is the new Samsung combi player due in a few months, but you are talking serious money again.
the EP-30 is better than the 360 add on by a long way, not least because its much quieter![]()
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the problem I have with my V+ is that there is only 1 HD channel and its crap!
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yeah but the HD stuff on demand aint too bad![]()
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Heh, I don't plan on letting the engineer fiddle with my kit too much! I'll have all the cables run ready, etc, including SCART if he needs it to start with.
Yeah I was hoping you'd say even SD stuff upscaled looks good![]()
THe BD-UP5000 combi player will be out after Christmas I reckon, at £500 it's not too bad, I'm willing to pay this as the pre-production units reviewed were very goodand it's no longer really "first generation" kit
Been eyeing up the Onkyo TX-SR705 as a replacement AV receiver as well to handle the new sound formats, at £600 it's not cheapHoping a christmas bonus comes my way this year, it funded my new telly last year!
Home cinema: Toshiba 42XV555DB Full HD LCD | Onkyo TX-SR705 | NAD C352 | Monitor Audio Bronze B2 | Monitor Audio Bronze C | Monitor Audio Bronze BFX | Yamaha NSC120 | BK Monolith sub | Toshiba HD-EP35 HD-DVD | Samsung BD-P1400 BluRay Player | Pioneer DV-575 | Squeezebox3 | Virgin Media V+ Box
PC: Asus P5B | Core2duo 2.13GHz | 2GB DDR2 PC6400 | Inno3d iChill 7900GS | Auzentech X-Plosion 7.1 | 250GB | 500GB | NEC DVDRW | Dual AG Neovo 19"
HTPC: | Core2Duo E6420 2.13GHz | 2GB DDR2 | 250GBx2 | Radeon X1300 | Terratec Aureon 7.1 | Windows MCE 2005
Laptop: 1.5GHz Centrino | 512MB | 60GB | 15" Wide TFT | Wifi | DVDRW
Finally got round to taking some snaps of my new upgrade.
Treated myself to
- Onkyo 605 AV Reciever
- PS3
- Tannoy EFX 5.1 speaker package
Very happy with the results, watching Planet Earth in Blu-Ray with HD sound is amazing!
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Nice. Just a shame you can't hide that monster of an amp.
I always feel they are best heard and not seen!
Not around too often!
hmmm gotta do something about my remote situation....up to eight of the bloody things at last count![]()
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I need to have a tidy up and then get some pictures of my setup online, finally gone HD![]()
Home cinema: Toshiba 42XV555DB Full HD LCD | Onkyo TX-SR705 | NAD C352 | Monitor Audio Bronze B2 | Monitor Audio Bronze C | Monitor Audio Bronze BFX | Yamaha NSC120 | BK Monolith sub | Toshiba HD-EP35 HD-DVD | Samsung BD-P1400 BluRay Player | Pioneer DV-575 | Squeezebox3 | Virgin Media V+ Box
PC: Asus P5B | Core2duo 2.13GHz | 2GB DDR2 PC6400 | Inno3d iChill 7900GS | Auzentech X-Plosion 7.1 | 250GB | 500GB | NEC DVDRW | Dual AG Neovo 19"
HTPC: | Core2Duo E6420 2.13GHz | 2GB DDR2 | 250GBx2 | Radeon X1300 | Terratec Aureon 7.1 | Windows MCE 2005
Laptop: 1.5GHz Centrino | 512MB | 60GB | 15" Wide TFT | Wifi | DVDRW
V+ Howard?
Oh yes that too![]()
Home cinema: Toshiba 42XV555DB Full HD LCD | Onkyo TX-SR705 | NAD C352 | Monitor Audio Bronze B2 | Monitor Audio Bronze C | Monitor Audio Bronze BFX | Yamaha NSC120 | BK Monolith sub | Toshiba HD-EP35 HD-DVD | Samsung BD-P1400 BluRay Player | Pioneer DV-575 | Squeezebox3 | Virgin Media V+ Box
PC: Asus P5B | Core2duo 2.13GHz | 2GB DDR2 PC6400 | Inno3d iChill 7900GS | Auzentech X-Plosion 7.1 | 250GB | 500GB | NEC DVDRW | Dual AG Neovo 19"
HTPC: | Core2Duo E6420 2.13GHz | 2GB DDR2 | 250GBx2 | Radeon X1300 | Terratec Aureon 7.1 | Windows MCE 2005
Laptop: 1.5GHz Centrino | 512MB | 60GB | 15" Wide TFT | Wifi | DVDRW
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