Your HDTV Setups

[Will404]

jealous

[Thor]

Here's my Home Cinema Kit:

Panasonic TH-50PZ80B 50" 1080P HD Plasma
Panasonic DMP-BD60 Multiregion Blu-ray Player
Pace SKYHD 1TB
Pioneer LX60 Amp
JPN 250GB Fat PS3

Speakers:
Front: Mordaunt Short MS908 Floorstanders (Bi-Wired)
Center: Mordaunt Short MS905i
Rear: Mordaunt Short MS902i's
Sub: Mordaunt Short MS309
QED SA XT Speaker Cable

Misc IXOS & QED High End Video/Audio Cables
Mark Grant Dual Screened Power Cables
Belkin AV Isolator Home Cinema Surge Protector (it really does make a difference)



You might notice the bit of black tape on the power button of the front of the Amp, that's because of the blinding blue LED which was very distracting at eye level when watching a film. You might also notice that my SKYHD box is on some makeshift stilts, it's for better ventilation and reduced vibration noise.






The photo's really don't do the screen justice but I can assure you that Blu-ray on this screen is stunning be it via the PS3 or the Panny Blu-ray player, slightly sharper on the Panny blu-ray player mind.

[roorooroo]

Nice setup Thor, that's quite a bedroom setup...lol, i know what you mean about black tape on LEDs..i have about 10 blobs of blu-tack around the house covering up various bright LEDs.

[Alex]

Hmmm, haven't posted here for ages! Oh well, here goes anyway!

We just bought our first house which was quite a mess and hadn't been updated since 1972. All the walls were rotten, the plumbing didn't work properly, the house needed a complete rewire etc. On top of that I wanted to get all the wires etc. chased into the walls - I wasn't really up to it myself unfortunately, especially on a small timescale (2 months for the whole house) so I got a builder to do it all for us.

It's not quite finished yet, but I thought I'd post anyway. Mainly based around B&W 805s, monolith, and an Optoma HD700x projector, plus a few other bits and bobs.

Before:



After:

[Stoo]

here's mine

Pioneer KRL-32V TV
Pioneer VSX-1018 Amp
Mirage Omnisat Prestige speakers (left, right, surround, and center)
BK Elec XLS200 Sub (hidden around the side of the sofa)
PS3 (Full fat original Japanese launch model)
Denon DVD-1920 Multiregion DVD player
QED micro cable & custom micro subwoofer cable (they're all virtually invisible, and very hideable )

[TAKTAK]

That's a really weirdly shaped house you've got there Stoo...

[Stoo]

hehe, it makes it look a *lot* bigger than it really is, lol

[arthurleung]

Sharing a flat with my classmates, I only get 1 room so my bedroom is my HDTV room. There is a crap XGA DLP projector (which I actually regret buying :S) in the lounge but I ain't putting my TW3500 in there

Have to move every year so there is no permanent installation of any sort. Screen cost me 8 quids plus some cellotape. If I have time I'll get some black tapes to make borders on my screen.

Watching movie / iplayer HD on my bed is extremely comfortable

[Bunjiweb]

some people on this forum are earning far too much money....

[arthurleung]

some people on this forum are earning far too much money....

From my point of view (justifying myself):

Drinking a pint less per day in a pub and you'll save enough for a projector in 2 years.
It was painful when I paid for my projector, but I know it has a 3 year warranty with lamp replacement, and it will easily last another 3-6 years after that (250 quids lamp for 4000 hours), it is not that bad of an "investment" compared to say an iPod. My speakers are 7 years old and still going. My monitor (27") is 1 years old but my other one (20") is 6 years old.

It is not hard to get "value" out of your A/V / computer equipments as long as you're not tempted to upgrade to the latest greatest model every now and then.

If anyone genuinely have a lot of money, first get youself a nice house then think of the AV equipment later, which will be like pocket change compared to the price of the house.

[Terbinator]

So, a few of you guys seem in the know. Whats the cheapest way of me getting real surround sound as a opposed to me buying the logitech Z-5500's ?

[arthurleung]

So, a few of you guys seem in the know. Whats the cheapest way of me getting real surround sound as a opposed to me buying the logitech Z-5500's ?

The definition of "real" surround sound is only as good as your ears. To start off with, the Z-5500 aren't bad speakers. Buy it, listen to it, and it you're not happy with it go up a rank (give it some time to break in). Most people can't hear the difference for speakers costing more than the Z-5500. And you can always demo a properly setup sound system in specialist shops.

e.g. I moved up from £1 earbuds to £5, £10, £30, £60, £100, £200 over the last 10 years, which finally I'm fully satisfied with the sound quality (can't hear the difference past this price range)

[jetfire]

(can't hear the difference past this price range)

you whould here the difference if you sat in front of my genelecs tho at 5 grand each might be a tad expensive for surround sound system

[Terbinator]

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Im thinking more about actually upgrading to 5.1 rather than use my hifi pro-logic 3 rig up, so its a definite set up i can notice - my mates get a relatively cheap LG home cinema set up and i can appreciate the sound difference when ive watched something at his.

I have read good things about the Z-5500's but im wondering if it would be in my best interests to buy seperates just for expansion purposes.

[jetfire]

here is my setup tho Ive painted the walls now

[Stoo]

I think you can still shoehorn a bit more gear in there chap