As more and more of us are getting into HDM in some way or another what do you own in your own HT?
6/12/08 at 12:58am
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Hi Defintion Equipment Owned
6/12/08 at 1:29am
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You should have included HD CRT TVs: both rear projection and direct view.When you have to shoot...shoot. Don't talk!
6/12/08 at 8:47am
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Parker, did you mean to say "High Def Rear Projection" rather than "High Def Rear Panel"?Feline videophiles Susie and Dukie.
6/12/08 at 8:56am
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what I voted for, plus an HD DVR and an HD Slingbox.
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6/12/08 at 11:23am
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You should have included HD CRT TVs: both rear projection and direct view.
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6/13/08 at 12:55am
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Added the CRT and HD PVR suggestions. Dennis thanks for the heads up.
6/13/08 at 5:03am
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I have an LCD front projector, a small LCD flat panel (computer monitor but used as a display--it is HDMI/HDCP compliant and has a resolution of 1680x1050), an HD DVD player (A2) and an HD PVR in the HT room. I have another HD PVR and HD DVD player in the living room, but currently hooked up to an SDTV.Edited to add:
I've recently added a PS3 to the setup--which completes my HT for the foreseeable future. An HDMI receiver/pre-pro will be the next upgrade, but that one is a few years away (unless my receiver unexpectedly "dies" or I come into some unexpected money).
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6/13/08 at 6:49am
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To qualify as Hi Def, does a receiver have to have HDMI audio processing or just plain old Toslink?
6/15/08 at 7:11am
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Blaine:Does the receiver handle lossless high definition audio?
6/15/08 at 9:01am
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Then of course there's the entire Sack-Dee can of worms.....Feline videophiles Susie and Dukie.
6/15/08 at 10:10am
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In my theater room I have an Optoma HD80 projecting onto a 106 electric 16x9 screen. HD sources are Samsung 1400, A35, JVC 40000 hd-vcr, Directv HR20-700 and for sd a Sony 995 changer and Oppo 970 for all region and sacd.Audio is provided by an Onkyo PR-SC885 pre-amp ,4 Crown XLS402 power amps,
Salk Sound HT2's and Salk Center on order( I am using Diva Center for now) , Swann Diva R1 sorrounds,4.1 for rears and an Epic Tower sub. I have a Emotiva MPS-2 on preorder to replace the pro amps.
6/16/08 at 10:42am
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Then of course there's the entire Sack-Dee can of worms.....
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Oh yeah. Sack-Dee. Count me in for that one too.
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6/23/08 at 3:01pm
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Just updated my status here. I am now the proud owner of a 32" Sony Bravia LCD, and have had an HD-A30 since the end of January. Working on my theatre one piece @ a time. Next will either be a new receiver and speakers or a PS3.Update: 2009/04/03-- I now have a Sony STR-DG720 7.1 HDMI receiver and a Sony BDP-S350. I love tax return season!
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6/23/08 at 3:19pm
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In October 2006 I purchased the Sony's "cutting edge" in HD technology, the SXRD rear projection HD TV. It was only a little over a year later that Sony dumped the technology. I have been pleased with mine, so far. I also have an HD DVR through Comcast, which I wish had more space for HD broadcasts.Lawn Ranger Motto: You're only young once, but you can be always be immature.
6/23/08 at 6:09pm
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In October 2006 I purchased the Sony's "cutting edge" in HD technology, the SXRD rear projection HD TV. It was only a little over a year later that Sony dumped the technology. I have been pleased with mine, so far. I also have an HD DVR through Comcast, which I wish had more space for HD broadcasts.
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7/2/08 at 9:23am
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I have a Sony Bravia XBR 46" HDTVYamaha HTR-6090 Receiver (7.1)
JBL ControlXtreme speakers (upgrading to Polk Audio soon - I hope)
Sony PS3
Cox Cable HD package and HD receiver with built in HD DVR
it is a great set up.
7/2/08 at 1:41pm
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I have a Samsung HD CRT. Is that considered 'front projection?""Ya gotta know the lingo..." Alas, I am weak...
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To qualify as Hi Def, does a receiver have to have HDMI audio processing or just plain old Toslink?
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Originally Posted by Parker Clark
Does the receiver handle lossless high definition audio?
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For me, the answer is "yes" it handles it via analog 5.1 connections...but I would hardly describe a Sony STRDE-445 as "high-def."
Do you?
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7/5/08 at 1:06pm
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Front projection means "projecting from the front", as in a projector. Rear projection is a projection display projecting onto a screen located in the same cabinet as the projection elements (CRT, LCD, SXRD, LCOS). I'm guessing yours is rear projection, Mike.\"My opinion is that (a) anyone who actually works in a video store and does not understand letterboxing has given up on life, and (b) any customer who prefers to have the sides of a movie hacked off should not be licensed to operate a video player.\"-- Roger Ebert
7/14/08 at 2:05pm
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Front projection means "projecting from the front", as in a projector. Rear projection is a projection display projecting onto a screen located in the same cabinet as the projection elements (CRT, LCD, SXRD, LCOS). I'm guessing yours is rear projection, Mike.
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Well, based on Stephen's guess (Thanks, Stephen!) I put down Rear Projection CRT HD display.
And even though I hesitate to call my receiver "high-def", I put it down, too...since I am channeling lossless audio through it via analog connections.
Also, HD DVR and Blu-ray player.
Hope I don't throw off the curve with those other answers.
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7/30/08 at 11:22am
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Maybe someone on this forum can help (no help on HDTV hardware forum yet). I have an 8 year old HD rear projection Mitsubishi (73 inch model). So far, not compatible with the new Directv HR21 DVR. The DVR outputs in 3 cable component (YPrPb) and HDMI. HDTV doesn't have HDMI. The component input of the HDTV is 5 cable (YPrPbHV). The 3 cable output of DVR is not compatible with 5 cable component input on HDTV. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Dave.
12/6/08 at 5:48pm
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Dave,Does your Mitsu have a DVI input? If so, you can run an HDMI cable out of your DVR into an HDMI/DVI adapter and then plug into your TV.
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12/25/08 at 1:23pm
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My HD equipment consists of the following:Sony KDF-E50A10 720P 50" LCD HDTV
Sony BDP-S300 Blu-ray Player
Toshiba HD-A1 HD-DVD Player
Researching 1080p HD projector to use with a 110" - 120" Stewart Film Screen, max. cost $5K.
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1/4/09 at 9:19am
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BenQ W20000 front projectorPS3 for blu-ray
Toshiba HD A2 for HD DVD (I have A35 also, but not using it until I have an HDMI capable receiver for the new codecs. I tried using the analog connections, but my pre/pro doesn't have bass management and to me the optical sounds better when the A2 sends everything out DTS.)
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1/9/09 at 4:39am
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I'm in the same boat as Mike above - I have an HD 34" Sony CRT direct-view (34XBR910). Never really think of it as in the same camp as rear-projection though technically, I suppose it is.
1/10/09 at 5:20pm
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Sony Blu Ray player, Epson 720p projector."As soon as television became the only secondary way in which films were watched, films had to adhere to a pretty linear system, whereby you can drift off for ten minutes and go and answer the phone and not really lose your place."
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1/10/09 at 8:22pm
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I'm in the same boat as Mike above - I have an HD 34" Sony CRT direct-view (34XBR910). Never really think of it as in the same camp as rear-projection though technically, I suppose it is.
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I wouldn't call direct-view CRT rear-projection even "technically". No image is being projected in a DV CRT. A beam of electrons is fired from the back of the tube, but the image is created on the inside of the glass, when the electrons strike and excite the phosphors found there. Projection always involves throwing an image onto a screen optically.
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1/10/09 at 9:33pm
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Say it ain't so, Joe...Doug and I (and all the other "old schoolers" who really like having big, fat two-ton TVs) have no other option!
There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!
1/11/09 at 1:51am
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Right, Mike. "Old school!" Love the fine-tooth-comb picture (nice blacks, crystal clear even on pans, and no burn-ins even after falling asleep with a menu displayed, more than once!).Besides, couldn't budge it if I wanted to replace it anyway.
"Technically" those electrons are projecting from the rear - but yeah, Joe, I chose none of the above by abstaining from the options given.
2/22/09 at 5:59pm
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HITACHI 51" 1080i CRT HDTVToshiba HD-A1 HD DVD player
Samsung BD-P1400 Blu-ray player
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2/26/09 at 8:42pm
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Sony XBR1 Lcos 50" HDTVDish Network DVR VIP622 satellite receiver
Toshiba HD-A3 HD-DVD player
Panasonic DMP-BD35 Blu-Ray player
Integra DTC-9.8 Pre/Pro - Denon, Adcom and Velodyne amps
Toshiba 19" LCD HDTV-DVD combo bedroom TV
Bob (not hi-def) :-)
