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I think this forum is going to be my new favourite forum one day soon probably maybe. Post your AV set-up here okay! Unless we already have a thread for this...  This was a while ago.  Plonked that on top.  Pow, where da movies at?  You should probably only game if you have a wireless keyboard and mouse. And take pictures with a decent camera. http://www.clowneh.co.uk/pictures/pics/room/hitachi32ld7200.jpg This one is linked because it's a bit big. That is my television. Clown fucked around with this message at 14:31 on Nov 10, 2007 |
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This is mine: This picture is a tad old but it hasn't changed much - I've since upgraded my HTPC's hardware significantly and changed over to Vista MCE instead of XP. Otherwise, yeah. Nothing fancy here but I like it and it does well for me. Rickets fucked around with this message at 19:14 on Mar 19, 2007 |
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Mar 19, 2007 19:10
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No pictures yet (add when I get home), but it's too modest... Sanyo 20" flatscreen CRT Pioneer VD-270 DVD Player Kenwood VR-505 DTS/DD 5.1 system (with out-of-the-box Sony 5.1 setup) The quality is great for a wimpy system, though. I have video hooked up via component, so it's crisp. I feel embarassed to even admit to having a tiny system like this, especially since my late father's 36" Toshiba RPTV is back at home (no way I can keep it in my apartment).  It's a pauper's system, but I'm going to go all out when I switch to HD (DLP HD 1080p projection, THX cert HD-DVD or BluRay depending on who wins, Harmon Kardon 7.1 system (speakers and recievers). Probably even renovate a room to be acoustically correct with cushy seats. Someday... 
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Mar 19, 2007 19:35
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 For now, my computer is my A/V setup. Dell 2407FPW, AMD 3000+ clocked at FX57 speeds. M-Audio Delta 66 soundcard>Event 20/20/15 15" Subwoofer>Event TR8 Monitor speakers Also dumped in a Hauppauge PVR-350, so I can watch cable/do the whole DVR thing through GB-PVR, it's pretty sweet with the remote. edit: N64 plugs into the screen too! destructo fucked around with this message at 02:44 on Mar 20, 2007 |
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Phenwah fucked around with this message at 22:29 on May 5, 2023 |
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Imodium AD fucked around with this message at 20:13 on Mar 19, 2007 |
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Mar 19, 2007 19:56
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No picture but I'll try to get one up soon: * 52" Panasonic LCD Rear Projection TV (model #PT-52LCX35) * Oppo DVD Player (model #DV-970HD) * RCA 5.1 Surround Sound unit (model #RT2760) * Pioneer Laser Disc Player (model #CLD-V2600) * Motorola DVR * Nintendo Wii
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Mar 19, 2007 19:56
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Rickets posted:This is mine: What case are you using for your HTPC? I've got one of those Shuttle style cases at the moment but was looking for one more like that.
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Mar 19, 2007 20:00
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drat you, you've forced me to take pictures. Exhibit A: A/V rack. From the top: Optoma H79 1280x720 DLP projector, Xbox360 (and wireless adapter), PS3, Oppo 971 DVD player, DVDO iScan VP50 video processor, Yamaha R-V1100 (I think) A/V receiver that is quite possibly older than me with a Minolta light meter sitting on top for no real reason. Not pictured: Toshiba HD-A1 HD DVD player.  Exhibit B: Studiotek 130 100" 16:9 screen by Stewart and some Mitsubishi speakers that I picked up at a garage sale for $20. Also a box from an NEC projector that I should be testing right now, and this thread on my laptop.  Exhibit C: From the screen back towards the projector. There's that little NEC again and the DVD rack in the corner.  EDIT: The Wii is downstairs on the main TV until my wireless sensor bar shows up. King Hotpants fucked around with this message at 21:29 on Mar 19, 2007 |
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Mar 19, 2007 20:03
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Chaos Emerald posted:What case are you using for your HTPC? I've got one of those Shuttle style cases at the moment but was looking for one more like that. It's an Antec Overture II. Great because you can fit 4 hard drives (6 if you use the 5.25" drive bays) as well as full sized motherboards and cards.
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Update: I"ve finally completed my setup. Added a Wii and some dvd shelving, as well as swapped out my premium 360 for an elite. I left a picture of the old with a couple pictures of the new. My Setup: - 42" Aquos 1080p LCD Tv - PS3 - Wii - Xbox 360 Elite w/ HD-DVD drive - pioneer receiver and speakers - Audio switcher - Monoprice HDMI switcher (ps3 & 360) - HD Directv receiver - Mac mini w/ MyBook external HD (the black box to the bottom left of the tv) 
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Mar 19, 2007 20:28
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I'm somewhat satisfied with my current setup: -52'' Panasonic LCD Projection HDTV (Same one namzep has) -800w Panasonic HTiB -Xbox 360 w/ HD-DVD add-on, Wii, Dreamcast, PS2 -Standard Scientific Atlantic HD/DVR from Cable Co. -Apple Powerbook hooked up through VGA Port for basic browsing/music -Philips PHDTV1 HDTV Antenna. Do yourself a favor if you have an HDTV with an integrated tuner and get one of these. The difference between your cable company's atrocious compression and Over the Air HDTV is huge. It's only $25 and oh so worth it. Watching Lost/House/whatever now is so much better.
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Mar 19, 2007 20:34
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no pics sadly (nothing really amazing other than my ht anyways) philips 27" crt sdtv w/ 480p hacked out of it yamaha rx-v2200 6.1 100wx6 receiver klipsch cinema 10 speakers various game systems pc audio hooked up for maximum pleasure through discreet 6.1 inputs on the receiver it goes boom BOOOOOOOM 
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Mar 19, 2007 20:45
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Interesting how images get deleted from servers occasionally...
ChlamydiaJones fucked around with this message at 21:08 on Feb 14, 2009 |
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Mar 19, 2007 20:54
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No pics, main room is a 50in SXRD with a Toshiba HD A1, Yamaha 59xx receiver, Monitor Audio Radius speakers/sub, Comcast HD DVR. Bedroom is Sony 40-V2500 LCD tv that's also serving as my computer monitor (viva la 1080p), Onkyo receiver (674?), those cheap-yet-awesome Insignia speakers from Best Buy, Sony 400 disc upconverting dvd system that I use as my "TV Box", loaded with nothing but tv on dvd, PS2, PS3 this week, Comcast HD PVR.
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Mar 19, 2007 21:04
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 300GB Modded Xbox, 300GB Modded PS2, and Wii (the social machines) are in the living room of the apartment, otherwise they would all be next to each other in that setup. 89 fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Mar 19, 2007 |
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Mar 19, 2007 21:27
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Video: Infocus X1 projector 100" painted screen using Behr SilverScreen mixture Audio: Denon AVR-2604 Receiver Mission 77C Center, 773 fronts, and 771 rear (left right center) speakers Mission 700asi Subwoofer Source: Oppo OPDV971H DVD Player Mediacom Cable HD Receiver Xbox non-hacked for the moment
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Mar 19, 2007 21:51
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Scrapez, you have some great components, and a projector that's on its way out. Thinking of upgrading?
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Mar 19, 2007 21:52
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-Toshiba 50" DLP 50HM66 -Onkyo 6.1 1000w (can't remember model number) -Philips DVP5960 dvd player -PS2, Wii -Slim Devices Squeezebox -ReplayTV 5040 -Dish vip211 I ran out of room in my tv stand shelf thing so my poor MDS-JE510 minidisc deck has been put out of commission and sits in my closet.
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Mar 19, 2007 22:12
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Wife's lovely Kodak camera crapped out  Video: Samsung HL-S5087W 50" 1080p DLP Audio Denon AVR-1507 Polk Towers (R30s? They sound good.) Source Comcast HDMI DVR PS2 PS3 Wii
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Mar 19, 2007 22:21
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destructo posted:PARDON?!
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Mar 19, 2007 22:30
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King Hotpants posted:Scrapez, you have some great components, and a projector that's on its way out. Thinking of upgrading? Definitely. The X1 (4800) has been great to me but it is definitely the weakest link in the chain at this point. I am waiting to pull the trigger on a true HD projector. That will definitely occur here in the next couple months.
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Mar 19, 2007 22:35
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im a sausage fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Oct 19, 2011 |
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Mar 19, 2007 22:47
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Video Samsung LN2338W 23" LCDTV Audio Swans M200 Monitors Tapco Mix100 Audio Mixer Sources PC Wii PS2 Tascam US-122 Audio Interface   It's not the prettiest setup, but I gotta work with the space I have in my tiny dorm room. Someone in SH/SC suggested that I get a cheap audio mixer to route all my audio sources to the speakers, and it ended up working out pretty well. I would've never thought of that.
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These photos are a couple of months old, the setup has slightly changed since then.  This is the view from my projector on which I play most of my game consoles. The Xbox 360 is not sat there anymore, it is currently with the rest of my consoles on the set of shelves below. The screen that you can see is a basic bodge job, because my landlord will not let me screw anything to the wall or ceiling. So what you have is a white bedsheet with a loop at the top through which I have stuck a metal pole. This is then hung on hooks on the ceiling which in turn are kept in place with double sided sticking tape.  This console stack now includes the 360, my Wii, a Nintendo 64 and will soon have the PS3. They all connect through a A/V switcher in HD where possible and they all route through to both the TV and the projector. There is a surround sound amp which is also connected to that A/V switcher along with a PC in the corner of the room. I also now have a Cable PVR instead of the other terrestrial digital receiver that is currently sat on my TV at present. I intend to shift all this lot around sometime soon. Get it looking a lot nicer.
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Mar 19, 2007 23:09
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Scrapez posted:Definitely. The X1 (4800) has been great to me but it is definitely the weakest link in the chain at this point. I am waiting to pull the trigger on a true HD projector. That will definitely occur here in the next couple months. 
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Video: Vizio 42" Plasma 720P from Costco Pelican System Selector Pro component video/digital audio switchbox Audio: Panasonic XR-55 digital amplifier Klipsch RF-5 mains Klipsch RC-3 center Klipsch RS-25 surrounds Sources: PC connected via long-rear end DVI cable to HDMI port Samsung Progressive Scan DVD Player Pioneer CLD-D701 Laserdisc player Sharp VHS deck Xbox 360 Playstation 2
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Television: Toshiba 52HM85 (purchased for $1000 last year with new bulb) DVD: Toshiba SD4990 (free!) Autio: Yamaha YSP800 (display model, $350) with Yamaha YST-FSW100 subwoofer (display model, $40) -HD Cable Box (Rogers) -Xbox 360 w/ HD-DVD -Harmony 880 crappy picture (I have no room for this stuff, but it's so much fun): 
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Mar 19, 2007 23:13
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Currently on the road for work, but will take some pictures when I get home. LG 52" HD DLP Yamaha RX-V659 7.1 Receiver Mission m73i Front Speakers Mission m71i Rear Speakers Mission m7c1i Centre Speaker (I've also got a set of the m7ds bipolar speakers, but haven't really had a need to bother with a 7.1 set up just yet) LG DN100H Upscaling DVD Player (connected via HDMI) Xbox 360 (soon to add a HD-DVD addon I think) Modded Xbox for XBMC Hotchip HD Digital Set Top Box Old old old Sony 5-disc CD Player Also have the PC (Athlon 64 X2 4600, 2GB RAM, 7800GT, Dell 24" widescreen LCD) connected via component at 720p from another room for the occasional high def flick. -edit- All controlled with a Logitech Harmony 520 universal remote. deathofmusic fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Mar 19, 2007 |
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Mar 19, 2007 23:19
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I don't own a TV. I have two Paradigm Atom Monitors (v5) and an Onkyo TX-SR504B.
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Mar 19, 2007 23:30
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No V, just A. Simple: B&K st-140 amp conrad-johnson integrated pre-amp and cd Triangle Comete speakers 
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I just put mine together last fall. I'm waiting for the format war to calm down and/or dual players to become mainstream for an HD player. The wait's painful, but the HD channels I get are pretty good. Video: Toshiba 72MX195 72" 1080p HDTV - Absolutely terrific. The color needs pro calibration, but otherwise the depth and detail are terrific. Some upconverting Toshiba DVD player - It has nice upconversion I suppose Audio: Harmon Kardon AVR435 reciever - Replaced a lower end Yamaha and is better in every way. The setup system is awesome and it drives the Athenas in ways the Yamaha could only dream of. Athena F2.2 front tower speakers - They really sound great and they go low so I could set the sub for max extension with a low crossover for some really powerful bass. Athena B2.1 bookshelf surrounds - Been fine. Athena C2.1 center - I hear it's considered weak, but I can't really complain. HSU VTF2mk3 sub - This thing is a monster. I get power below 18hz without much trouble and provides some power even to 16hz, even though I haven't pushed it. With the BFD covering some room problems and crossover set to 40hz-ish, it really puts out clean non-directional sound. Behringer Feedback Destroyer DSP1124P for sub control - Tough to figure out at first but with Room Equalization Wizard and some hardware for sound capture, it's tons of powerful fun. If you have any sort of real sub, get one. They're only about $100 and make much more bass improvement than almost anything else you can do. Misc: Monsterpower 3500MkII - lol Monster lol but well worth the clearance prices for a nice power center. Picture of the main setup with bonus Alton Brown. Food Network and even HGTV in HD are excellent. You can also see my adopted Wii on the floor. The pile of wires in the left of the picture are cables for the sound meter and external soundcard for BFD setup and tuning. The wires scattered on the right side are cables testing other grounds to pinpoint and knock out ground loop interference that's been haunting me. My computer is one ground, theater is another, and since I have seperate cables from the street for internet and tv, both of those grounds make even more noise. The bitches. 
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Mar 19, 2007 23:54
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I've got a Mitsubishi HD1000U DLP Projector shining onto a homemade ~108" (16:9) blackout cloth screen, along with a cheap Onkyo surround system (the speakers on this will be upgraded at some point). I love playing Wii on this thing. I'll post some pictures once I can find the cable for the digital camera.
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Mar 20, 2007 00:01
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 No more DVR (screw you charter). We have OTA HD now and basic cable that comes with the Internet. Pioneer 55" Plasma, Toshiba up-scaling DVD player and that VCR has been melted (how did that happen..oops). Also have the xbox 360 with the HD-DVD drive in there now as the Media Center. HDMI cables being wired in the walls soon and the TV will be put up on the wall shortly with no wires showing at all. That will be nice. ^^ How did you get HGTV & Food Network in HD? Who's your provider?
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 30" Sony Wega HDTV Yamaha 6.1 Receiver Xbox 360 Wii PS3 Old Sony DVD Player which will be phased out in favor of the PS3's blu-ray Comcast (  ) cable boxJust moved into this apartment so I haven't set up my surround sound yet. Is that even a good idea? Will neighbors complain? Also, the TV is not hosed up, it is just non-anamporhic widescreen on the discovery channel.
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lovely image, but you get the idea of my work in progress. DIY screen (120" x 68"), DIY front subs (the pair of bare mdf 2x12" towers), 7 channel surround, Panasonic PT-AE300U projector for a low end HDTV image, bass shakers in the couch, and a bunch of random amplification to a mish mosh of speakers. Xbox 360, Dish Net HDTV, and an Oppo 970 DVD player are my main sources. I've actually got a total of 8 12" subwoofer drivers, and 4 8" right near the sweet spot. It gets loud. Its always getting fiddled with, but my next steps are a true matching 7 channel speaker set and a few Behringer amps for the low end. 
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 In this pic from top to bottom: Headphones: Grado SR125 Screen: Some Random 32" Polaroid HDTV Speakers: Wharfedale Diamond 8.3 Amp: Rotel RB1070 Pre-Amp: Rotel RC1070 Source: My PC (winXP on a core2duo) Planning on upgrading my speakers soon I hope... been drooling over the B&W CM7's, and an external DAC is in the works as well. (if anyones got a suggestion on one I'm all ears)
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 Solid-state Hardware: Panasonic 42" Plasma display (TH-42PX6U) Yamaha RX-V795 Natural Sound Receiver Motorola Cable STB Toshiba SD-1800 DVD Player Sony PS-LX250H Turntable Speakers: Mains: 2x JBL Northridge ND310s Center: JBL Studio S-Center Surround: 2x crappy Aiwa ~5" Sub: Cerwin-Vega LW-12 12" edit: photo provided edit: drat, I really need to straighten up my cabling. You really can't see it like that when in normal room lighting, but it should be organized. Y'all think it's ok to have the center down there under the furniture like that? It sounds ok and doesn't get kicked around and I don't have anyplace else to put it, really. Odoyle fucked around with this message at 01:46 on Mar 20, 2007 |
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Are you sure thats a 55"??? I dont think pioneer made one?? However no matter what size im still hella jealous Now you need to get a sweet sound system  If you want a nice glossy black like your plasma i would go with the USHER S-520s all around, or possibly some nice NHT classic bookshelves. Calincole posted:
Definintely upgrade those speakers, no offense but the amp and pre-amp outclass those speakers by quite a bit. Are you going for bookshelves only? I think you can get some monitor audio GS20s for the price of the B&W CM7s, and im willing to bet they are a much better value (of course im biased against B&W). Ill get a pic up soon, im cleaning all the poo poo off of my tv stand. Jymmybob posted:Audio: You stole my sub, ya bastard!!! 
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Omegaslast posted:
Yeah the speakers are the oldest part of the setup and next to go for sure. No im not only looking for bookshelves only (the CM7 is a 3-way floor stander) and I'm far from settled on a particular speaker. Waiting for that check for Q1 profit sharing from work then itl finally be time. Ill def look into the GS20's though. Any thoughts on a good DAC to compliment the Rotel?
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