Any home theater enthusiasts...

[James A.]

Lol!

[mckinzie]

Originally Posted by streckman

Fellas,

Since I am the Store Manager of a beautiful Circuit City and specialize in Big Screen TV's and Audio I'd like to lend my expertise and experience. A few mistakes and hints that a ton of people I come into contact with everyday makeand my suggestions:

1. Distance from TV determines the correct size. If your only sitting 6 feet away then don't bother with a 50"+ set. Rule of thumb is as follows"

4-6" - Get a 34" HD tube - I recommend the Sony kv34xbr910 - Super Set
6-8" - Go with LCD projection/Direct View LCD or Plasma in the 42" size
8-10" - Any of the above in 50" size
10-18" - 60" plus in the above as well

Stay away from CRT projection, we sell a ton and the price is right, but unless your going to be smack dab in front of the set you'll lose too much brightness and the pictures fades as you move off to the sides.

2. Don't forget to take into consideration your rooms ambiant light.

3. Don't skimp on cables, dvd player (make sure it's progressive scan with component or DVI cables), and A/V receiver and speakers. Also, make sure to use a voltage regulator if you are concerned about lighting strikes or surges and also use some kind of "Clean filtered power"

4. Your picture will only be as good as your weakest link, again this coulb be cables, dvd player, power, etc.

5. If you can afford the cash, put our a/v system together component by component. There's a ton out there to choose from. Circuit City carries some decent stuff, but if you want really high end you need to expect to spend a few thousand dollars minimum.

6. Save yourself the aggravation of hooking all that stuff up yourself and get in professionaly installed. CC can do a full 5.1, in wall system, with all the trimming for $699. Our competitors will charge you $999 to $1200.

For those interested in HD programming, check out www.titantv.com or www.terk.com, both great sites for checking out what you can get in your market for local over the air HD.

I'll try to get pics of my system up soon, I just need to figure out how to find the format for loading them. I guess I need to talk to my computer experts.

Yours in PDC and Home Theatre

Streckman

Your right Streckman always get your components piece by piece.
I probably have about $25k invested in my crap with
Insurance not included.

[streckman]

Denisea,
OOps, your right, I met feet. I posted this after midnight after a whole day and evening of painting and I think the paint went to my head. Thanks for catching this, but I'm sure anyone reading this post probably knows I meant feet. I guess you could sit that close, but then you would have to have really bad eyesight or extremely small eyes

[streckman]

Mckinzie,

Must be a killer system with that much invested. It's crazy how much you can spend to go high end. I don't have the audiofile ears anymore (from listening to my music to loud and with lots of bass cranked up) but I've seen some crazy set ups over the years, enough spent on a system that I could get myself a nice little place in PDC instead.

[tommy]

oh the money we have pissed away!!!!!! enough to retire in Playa twice...

[mckinzie]

I can't help it I just love good sounding tunes.
When I retire to MEXICO i'm going to have a firer sale.

[streckman]

<img src=http://img34.photobucket.com/albums/v104/streckman/Tylyn_Recital_and_Painted_Rooms_010.jpg>

My home theatre set up, I know I have some cable management issues!

[James A.]

Check this out:

http://theater.stevejenkins.com/gallery/complete/

James A.

[tommy]

Originally Posted by James A.

Check this out:

http://theater.stevejenkins.com/gallery/complete/

James A.

very nice...not my style but nice...I could retire in Playa for what that room cost....to much for a room to watch movies in....

[mckinzie]

Originally Posted by James A.

Check this out:

http://theater.stevejenkins.com/gallery/complete/

James A.

That's a pretty nice setup James A.
You probably saved yourself thousands of dollars doing it yourself.

[James A.]

mckenzie,

It's not mine, but i respect the amount of effort that went into it. Mine will be a little more...subdued.

Really, though, it is impressive.

James A.

[mckinzie]

Originally Posted by James A.

mckenzie,

It's not mine, but i respect the amount of effort that went into it. Mine will be a little more...subdued.

Really, though, it is impressive.

James A.

Oops,
my bad. :o
Looks like a lot of work though.

[Bumper]

Originally Posted by James A.

Check this out:

http://theater.stevejenkins.com/gallery/complete/

James A.

Interesting layout. Looks like a Bulgarian brothel. Do the word "garish" mean anything to 'ya? How about ostentatious, tasteless, loud, tawdry, gaudy, cheap, or vulgar? I imagine a tub of popcorn and a couple of large Cokes is 12 bucks. You call this a faithful rendition of a theatre? I bet there aren't even any of last week's Juicy Fruits on the bottom of the seats.

[James A.]

Now, Bumper...

One man's sense of style is another man's source of humour. I thought you would know that. I know I do.

James A.

PS you gotta at least respect the amount of work involved.

[jtm1631]

Originally Posted by James A.

PS you gotta at least respect the amount of work involved.

I respect the work that went into it, but I also agree with Tommy. I could retire in Playa for the cost of that room, or at the very least pay off my current mortgage.

By the way, judging by the condition of the hand holding the Marantz remote, those hands had absolutely nothing to do with the building of that room. I do love those remotes however. I have the Phillips Pronto version of that remote and could not live without it.

JT