Home Theater System
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- scarabin0
nothin' outrageous, but it really works for me
47" vizio
7.1 sony receiver
a bunch of bose satellites and subit's all integrated with my music production equipment/macbook, ps3 and hackintosh media server so i can watch internet porn on the big screen, switch to ps3 to game and stream netflix or watch torrents that automatically populate a shared folder on the media server, then switch to laptop to play music when i wanna rock out or put on 3d glasses and trip out on the visualizer
- also has wacom and wireless mouse and keyboard so i can design or play diablo on the big screenscarabin
- monospaced0
scarabin, I remember you posting in another thread that your home theater setup is so badass now you don't even like going out anymore. What'cha got?
- monospaced0
Finally broke down and bought a Blu-ray player the other day and set it up last night. I was right, this seems to be the only format that takes full advantage of HD gear (audio and video). For the first time I saw my receiver jump into DD TrueHD, DTS sound decoding modes, and the picture is way better than "HD" programming I receive through my television provider. Wow, I had been missing out this whole time, not taking advantage of the gear I already had. Good times.
- now go buy avatar 'n prometheus bluraysprophetone
- I rented Rise of the Planet of the Apes last night to do the setup. Good sound and visual effects to calibrate.monospaced
- d_rek0
http://www.qbn.com/topics/575225…
This is the rig I currently have. Using with an xb360 w/ hdmi A/V.
No blu-ray but i'm not necessarily that concerned with running to get a blu-ray player to watch mostly shitty movies in 'HD'.
- with this TV: 40" Sharp Aquos 1080p
http://www.32inchlcd…d_rek
- with this TV: 40" Sharp Aquos 1080p
- monospaced0
@acescence That's a damn good question. Besides blu-ray, the only other HD content I can view is through FiOS. Now, they provide a great signal, and Dolby Digital sound, but I can still see banding and jpeg compression when I pause and get up close (it's subtle, but it's there), but I can't help but feel that a blu-ray would be significantly better. Am I right in my assumptions?
- acescence0
does "truly uncompressed" even exist on blu ray? a feature-length movie would be over a terabyte in size uncompressed.
- monospaced0
I'm shopping for a blu-ray disc player, because I want to see a truly uncompressed HD image on my television, but I just don't know what to get. I'm looking for something with the best sound and picture quality and fastest operational (boot, time to load disc, etc.) times. A good interface is always nice, but I don't need any 3D capabilities. Any suggestions?
- monospaced0
- mmm, that would sound delicious.SunSunSun
- it does! I don't even need a subwoofer to get tooth-rattling bassmonospaced
- not that insane bass is good, my system is really all about sound accuracy and clear vocals/musicmonospaced
- anxiousarms0
@center bar - actually it sounds really good. but it depends on your room. it uses the walls in your room to bounce sound off of and create the surround feeling. i had a 5.1 set up but my apartment is small and i was tired of looking at all those speakers all over the place.
the bar comes with a microphone for initial set up. it plays some audible tones and the mic tells the system how it should set up different frequencies. it's pretty dope. GREAT for video games.
- oh yea, i forgot, i'm still using the old sony subwoofer attached to my yamaha sound bar. works perfect.anxiousarms
- ornj0
Almost forgot,
http://www.klipsch.com/images/78…
To make it go boom.
- ornj0
- digdre0
can't go wrong with Bose
- I feel that the sound, while pleasant, is quite "colored" (in the sense that they equalize it, not a racist way)monospaced
- I beg to differ with this post. You can sometimes go VERY wrong with Bose.ETM
- Bose is famous for having a flat sound.akrok
- calcium0
Does the center "bar" really elaborate the sound? I've seen some but I'm not a believer yet. And does it just pull from the TV?
- anxiousarms0
- how is that setup?dbloc
- love my tv tho it's not as hi rez as i'd like, read below for speaker set up.anxiousarms
- Jnr_Madison0
I have a complex system that I think I've used twice.
- calcium
What's your set up?
I'm looking at these right now, but I like Sony a lot:
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/…