DCI Gene Hunt

350,000 pixels ......... although it hasn't been charged up for 5 years

g7prs

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Sony KDL-V40A12U
MS 206 floorstanding fronts
Tannoy PC center
B+W rears
Sony STR-DB930 amp
Sony RDR HXD710 DVD recorder
Sony PS3
Sony MDS JP940 Long play mini disc
Optimum Stand



Planned on getting new front and center speakers, more than likely B+W but at the moment all the extra cash is getting spent on the scoob.

paulg1979

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Some lovely setups here.

Heres mine:

Mr Footlong

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Rent the house so can't do what I want tbh but I have these old pictures showing my lubbly Optoma RD65 DLP:





Beautiful set which fills the room and wows everyone that sees it for the first time . Can't even remember what the reciever etc are as I don't use the living room much lol. The best thing is hidden under the stairs. My server with 5TB of media on it and is available throughout the house and even in the garage .

alistair

I've never had any overheating issues - I thought I would, but if I put the oven on, I do tend to leave the cupboard door open a little bit

I'm also a bit of a Bose fan - I've got faitly decent stuff in the lounge, but a set of 5.1 Bose cubes in the kitchen with a Pioneer 42" and it's not a bad set up. The sound is actually pretty good given that the speakers are so small.

Here's my final bit of luxury -

LG John

Now that's just lazyness - TV in the bath. I bet you even watch the evening news on the can

Mr Footlong

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TV in the bath is a GODSEND! I have stopped having baths now since my current place can't have a telly in there so only showers for the last 8 years .

LG John

So alistair, do you sit in the bath with the bubbles blowing over your knackers whilst looked at a guy bending over on TV often

alistair

If I've got bubbles blowing over my knackers then there really is only 1 choice of viewing

Power Junkie

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Has anyone tried the B&W In wall speakers? mainly the sig 7nt L+R the center and the Dipole rears?

logiclee

Here's my mainly Denon/Mission/REL rel setup, although it's an old photo and the room has changed somewhat since. I've been on a constant upgrade path from the early days of Pro-Logic and Laser Disc.

Third down on the rack is a Laser Disc player that cost me over £1k many years ago. I still have a large collection of laser disc although most have been replaced by DVD's.
I wonder how many DVD's would be sold at upto £60 a movie.






Cheers
Lee

J4CKO

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Lee, very nice but what with the Dolby logos ?

LG John

LOL Spot the photoshop wizz - you've even retained the reflectivity over the writing so that it appears behind the screen glass

P.S. It can't be long until one of those remotes is dropped in the bath!

logiclee

The room is mainly a Cinema room as we have another lounge area. So I have the DTS and Dolby signs on the right, Starwars film cells on the left and other framed movie posters on the other walls.

Cheers
Lee

alistair

Not tried the in wall ones, but B&W don't make bad speakers.... it will be a compromise though, but that means you will pay more than the equivalent visible speakers.

I've got a B&W FPM6 as a centre in black because it matchesthe TV - it's great, but over priced because it's relatively thin.

I'f you're mounting speakers in walls, then I would expect a lot more sound transmission to the rooms behind and above than with regular speakers which are somewhat easier to isolate - but that's an expectation based on no actual experience....

alistair

Saxoboy - Photoshop, but not how you think - the screen is also wired to a PC - web surfing in the bath too

Brendan Hughes

Minor hijack - I have brick and concrete walls so flush stud walling mount is a no-no. However, I do have a suspended wooden ceiling, so I'm interested in the idea of high-quality speakers in the ceiling - this would also get rid of my current problem that I have a pair of chunky B&W "bookshelf" (ha ha! coffee-table books only) speakers on wobbly stands that my toddler likes to shake. I was thinking of floorstanders but they're sodding expensive.

Q1 - are the flush ceiling speakers good enough for hi-fi AND home cinema, and what do the panel recommend?

Q2 - I've a large room which often gets rearranged, how do I get stereo effects to focus/centre on the viewer? Once they're mounted, they're mounted, it's not like moving speaker stands to a different corner. (I'm wondering about those fancy amps which re-triangulate at the touch of the remote...)

Q3 - anyone seen a good DVD/CD player which hangs flat on the wall, rather than being a frontloader that projects 40cm out of it?

TVM

Power Junkie

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I am doing a Barn conversion and in wall is the only way I will be allowed to have a home cinema, I will build them in and no rooms behind to worry about, as for cost they are not really that bad the sig 7 NT are around £700 a pair

LG John

LMAO - that's why it looks so real; because the screen is actually displaying the text.

mart360

Well mines now finished so i thought i,d post it up.

This is what we started with




After seeing what some of the others had done on the various forums, i new a makeover was required


The start


Note the exposed board at the lower portion of the pic.

This was from when we moved in, and took out the old fireplace, the original plan was to fill the fireplace etc, however because of the amount of other work required on the place , this turned into a quick fix/ cover, luckily the old unit covered it up.. not so this time



Bracket in place, now for the board




One board set into the wall, the fact that the poxy pollyfilla was off didnt help lol

Almost there,



just got to get the panel on the wall etc


All finished (well almost)



Hit a snag with the old PS2, found out the laser mech is on its last legs, so wont work in the horizontal position, so its there till it dies, then a SH unit that works horizontally will be sourced


Mart

corradoboy

Only just noticed Jer's post after re-reading through the thread when it was bumped. Sorry, didn't mean to ignore you.
Yes, it was on AVF. Currently considering an upgrade path with a Yamaha RXV1800 Receiver and PS3 for BluRay. Maybe combining it with the decor alterations which will happen soon (oak floors, retro school radiators and opening the lounge and kitchen/dining room up open plan). Not too sure whether the Yam is worth the cash though as the Onkyo 606 offers similar spec for half the cash (4/1 HDMI, 7.1, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio etc), but I used to love the digital effects processing on my old Yam DSPA2070 (concert hall, church, jazz club etc) and have missed them since getting the Pioneer which IMHO is crap at music, but superb with surround.

EAndy

Here is my little setup, recently got first house but I like it it's cosy.





The better half insisted on scatter cusions? anyone know what purpose they serve?

Borat_Drives_A_Scooby

Ive just ordered a little booster thing for my aerial as well which should really give my set up some umph, i`m thinking of wall mounting it as that seems to be the thing these days as i don`t want to be left behind by the crowd.

Mr Footlong

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Well, my stuff has changed a bit. Apologies for the decor in the first pic. We rent and the landload has no taste, whatsoever:



Sony KDS-70R2000 70" SXRD
Onkyo TX-SR605 Reciever
Tannoy TS12 Subwoofer
Mordaunt Short 304 Centre (biggest I can fit in there )
Mordaunt Short 902i Fronts
Mordaunt Short 903s bipole Surrounds
Mordaunt Short 903s bipole Rear Surrounds
Media Centre
Sky HD
Wii
Pimp fully electric reclining sofa set
Bedroom:



Samsung LE46S8 46" LCD
Logitech z5400 Speakers
Media centre
Sky HD
Wii

zs_phil

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^^^ jesus look at the size of that tv

ive seen a 60" but shes not happy with that she still thinks our 42" is big

Dr.No

...and you think the LANDLORD has no taste???

That plasma (sorry, bloody huge rear-projection TV) is totally chav-tastic!

DN

Mr Footlong

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What on earth are you on about? I am far from a chav thank you very much and I don't have a plasma.

Muppet.

SunnySideUp

http://www.skierpage.com/images/house/speakers_se.jpg

I am soon to add a bigger TV

Dr.No

Sorry, just my opinion... I've driven past quite a few houses where all you can see through the lounge window is a TV that completely and utterly dominates the room, much as that does.

Again my opinion, but if I had a lounge that size, I would go for something more discrete, maintaining the room as a usable "reception room" (does your wife not go balistic with that in it? Mine would...) - perhaps with an HD projector and motorised screen for proper cinema viewing - and a smaller TV that works with the size of the room.

DN

corradoboy

^^^ I agree. My room is some 18'x16' and a 50" sits just nice with the decor. In fact, my missuse wanted to go for a 60" and it was me who scaled it back.