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Hi Defintion Equipment Owned

Poll Results: What High Def Equipment Do You Own?

This is a multiple choice poll
  • 7% (51)
    High Def Flat Panel Plasma
  • 7% (53)
    High Def Front Projection (LCD, DLP, LCOS, CRT)
  • 13% (97)
    High Def Rear Projection (LCD, DLP, LCOS, CRT)
  • 10% (74)
    High Def Flat Panel LCD
  • 21% (155)
    Blu-ray
  • 13% (96)
    HD DVD
  • 13% (97)
    High Def Receiver/Pre-Pro
  • 13% (99)
    HD DVR
722 Total Votes  
post #1 of 34
6/12/08 at 12:58am
Thread Starter 
As more and more of us are getting into HDM in some way or another what do you own in your own HT?
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post #2 of 34
6/12/08 at 1:29am

Re: Hi Defintion Equipment Owned

You should have included HD CRT TVs: both rear projection and direct view.
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post #3 of 34
6/12/08 at 8:47am

Re: Hi Defintion Equipment Owned

Parker, did you mean to say "High Def Rear Projection" rather than "High Def Rear Panel"?
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post #4 of 34
6/12/08 at 8:56am

Re: Hi Defintion Equipment Owned

what I voted for, plus an HD DVR and an HD Slingbox.
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post #5 of 34
6/12/08 at 11:23am

Re: Hi Defintion Equipment Owned

Quote:
Originally Posted by Edwin-S
You should have included HD CRT TVs: both rear projection and direct view.
My guess because they no longer make them. But I do have a Sony CRT RPTV with HDMI.
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post #6 of 34
6/13/08 at 12:55am
Thread Starter 

Re: Hi Defintion Equipment Owned

Added the CRT and HD PVR suggestions. Dennis thanks for the heads up.
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post #7 of 34
6/13/08 at 5:03am

Re: Hi Defintion Equipment Owned

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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post #8 of 34
6/13/08 at 6:49am

Re: Hi Defintion Equipment Owned

To qualify as Hi Def, does a receiver have to have HDMI audio processing or just plain old Toslink?
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post #9 of 34
6/15/08 at 7:11am
Thread Starter 

Re: Hi Defintion Equipment Owned

Blaine:

Does the receiver handle lossless high definition audio?
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post #10 of 34
6/15/08 at 9:01am

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Then of course there's the entire Sack-Dee can of worms.....
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post #11 of 34
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.
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post #12 of 34
6/16/08 at 10:42am

Re: Hi Defintion Equipment Owned

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dennis Nicholls
Then of course there's the entire Sack-Dee can of worms.....

Oh yeah. Sack-Dee. Count me in for that one too.

_Man_
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post #13 of 34
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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post #14 of 34
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.
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post #15 of 34
6/23/08 at 6:09pm

Re: Hi Defintion Equipment Owned

Quote:
Originally Posted by Marty M
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.
Add an e-SATA drive (it's easy). I went from 20 to 80 hours of HD capacity by adding a 500gig drive to my HD PVR. Took 5 minutes.
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post #16 of 34
7/2/08 at 9:23am

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I have a Sony Bravia XBR 46" HDTV
Yamaha 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.
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post #17 of 34
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...

Quote:
Originally Posted by Blaine Kerry
To qualify as Hi Def, does a receiver have to have HDMI audio processing or just plain old Toslink?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Parker Clark
Does the receiver handle lossless high definition audio?

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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post #18 of 34
7/5/08 at 1:06pm

Re: Hi Defintion Equipment Owned

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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post #19 of 34
7/14/08 at 2:05pm

Re: Hi Defintion Equipment Owned

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stephen_J_H
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.

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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post #20 of 34
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.
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post #21 of 34
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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post #22 of 34
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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post #23 of 34
1/4/09 at 9:19am

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BenQ W20000 front projector
PS3 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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post #24 of 34
1/9/09 at 4:39am

Re: Hi Defintion Equipment Owned

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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post #25 of 34
1/10/09 at 5:20pm

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Sony Blu Ray player, Epson 720p projector.
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post #26 of 34
1/10/09 at 8:22pm

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Doug Pyle
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.

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.

Regards,

Joe
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post #27 of 34
1/10/09 at 9:33pm

Re: Hi Defintion Equipment Owned

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!



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post #28 of 34
1/11/09 at 1:51am

Re: Hi Defintion Equipment Owned

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.
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post #29 of 34
2/22/09 at 5:59pm

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HITACHI 51" 1080i CRT HDTV
Toshiba HD-A1 HD DVD player
Samsung BD-P1400 Blu-ray player
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post #30 of 34
2/26/09 at 8:42pm

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Sony XBR1 Lcos 50" HDTV
Dish 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) :-)
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