Hometheater Upgrade

[carltalon]

Looks good. Im in the final stages of finishing my basment/home theater. built in 57" HDTV in wall/ceiling suround sound, fire place and barI'll have to post up some pics of the finished product.

I agree once you HD theres no going back. I cant stand watching a 27" anymore its like looking through a port hole. CSI is the shit in HD. But it will make people ugly up close.

Heres a few pics. I'm still working on the cultured stone fire place so its a mess. the hole in the wall is where the TV will be slid in flush.

[DoughtCom]

Looks pretty nice man... I should be saving for a house but I'm a fool that keeps buying crap I don't need. You have a surround sound setup?? I've been meaning to figure out something with mine for surround sound... my receiver supports it... but I'm too lazy.

This is my setup...
http://downloads.thedoughtcom.com/projector3.jpg
http://downloads.thedoughtcom.com/projector4.jpg

[Halon]

Deng, well it's nice to know I'm not the only one that's a home theater nerd. I do have surround also. Nothing special, just a sony receiver and speakers. I'd like to upgrade that, but I live in a townhouse and I already seem to cause enough problems with what I have, so I think I'm set for awile now with home theator.

Thanks for offering advice Curt. I have been researching this stuff for about 2 years now off and on, so I have a pretty good understanding of it all now. Do you run HDMI or DVI? I'm running just component right now and I think it's amazing. I'm anxious to see how much better it'll look when I upgrade to HDMI.

[98gstaherns]

Thats some sweet set ups you guys have there! I got my Sweet 19in k-mart tv...Yea I know I'm a baller!

[curt_gendron]

Do you run HDMI or DVI? I'm running just component right now and I think it's amazing. I'm anxious to see how much better it'll look when I upgrade to HDMI.
My TV has an HDMI input. I was messing with one of my computers a few weeks ago and hooked it up with an HDMI cable. I wasn't really that impressed with the quality. It wasn't really any better than component. I think the source of the content is more important then the cables that are used. I've been really happy having my computer hooked up via component cables to the TV.

later,
Curt

[Goat Blower]

Yeah, I'm with Curt. I didn't notice any difference between component and HDMI. The difference is so apparent, the cables don't matter that much.

[Halon]

I'd love to watch some of those discovery channels you were talking about Steve, but I don't have cable. Maybe someday if I ever get a roommate, and I can split the cost of the cable bill with them! But for now, just the old free stuff!!

[curt_gendron]

I'd love to watch some of those discovery channels you were talking about Steve, but I don't have cable. Maybe someday if I ever get a roommate, and I can split the cost of the cable bill with them! But for now, just the old free stuff!!
Do you have an antenna setup to get the free, over the air digital/HD channels?

[Halon]

Ya I get the free HD Kare11, and all the other major channels