Topic: Home Theater Setups (Read 7563 times)

dvst8r · « **on:** March 10, 2009, 11:56:28 PM »

Well I never got around to posting my setup @ HMT, so here it is for rHMT

First Specs:
-TV 60" Pioneer Kuro PDP - 6010FD
-Receiver Onkyo SR875
--------------I bought both the TV and the Receiver a year too early they both have integrated networking now-----------
-Viewsat 9000HD Sat testing box
-Toshiba HDDVD player (yes I am one of those people who jumped the gun)
-Sony PS3 80gb Metal gear SE version, it will play PS2 games, I just use it for Blueray 95% of the time though.
-Cabling is all Energy HDMI (got a really good deal on it)
-Harmony 880 remote to control everything (but the PS3 it uses bluetooth)
-Front Speakers are Polk Monitor 60's
-Center is a Polk CS2
-Sub is a Polk PSW404
-Rears are Polk Monitor 50's
-Media servers = One Dell D630, one HP dv6000, and an older desktop on wireless upstairs with an external 1TB drive all together 2 TB of storage capacity. Wireless router is right behind the couch.

Next upgrade will be Polk RTi A9's in the front, the monitor 60's to surround, the monitor 50's to surround back.

Ok, onto some pics:
View from sitting up on the back of the couch, this way I could catch both of the laptops.

View from sitting on the couch far left.

View from far back left corner of the room

View from the Kitchen looking into the room

View from on the back of the couch looking at the left rear speaker

View from on the back of the couch looking at the right rear speaker, as well as the remote basket, most are unused thanks to the Harmony remote.

Poorly taken close up of all the junk under the TV

And one of dog as she was there.

As for how much $$$ I have into it?

Lots. I will leave it at that.

highroller54 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 11, 2009, 12:04:44 AM »

I have a 27inch tube with kids dirty hand prints on it but my walls are the same color as yours

Lowerit · « **Reply #2 on:** March 11, 2009, 12:08:09 AM »

Pic is about 6 mos Old.

55" Sony Grand wega LCD projection
HK 6000 series receiver
Polk speakers (center channel is a 3 speaker Polk now)
Polk Sub
Pioneer DD player with USB port for ripped shit
Terminator 2 Arcade game
Fridge for booze
200 DVD's
Old Hotrod mags on the wall.

also have a 42" Toshiba LCD in my bedroom with a sony mini Surround / dvd player.

yes I live alone and masterbate a lot.

Sinister · « **Reply #3 on:** March 11, 2009, 12:16:48 AM »

Arcade game in your house =awesome

I'm not baller so I won't post my weak ass 22" 720p tv and yeah

(biggest tv i've ever owned..)

dvst8r · « **Reply #4 on:** March 11, 2009, 12:20:48 AM »

Quote from: highroller54 on March 11, 2009, 12:04:44 AM

I have a 27inch tube with kids dirty hand prints on it but my walls are the same color as yours

That is the difference I am married and she works full time, No kids, and a dog is cheap.

Every wall in this whole house is that color, that much beige is gross.

Annihilator · « **Reply #5 on:** March 11, 2009, 12:26:15 AM »

Our current setup (our being myself and one of my roommates) isn't that impressive. The sound system is a mix of Onkyo and Whorfdale pieces. The current tv is an old JVC 32", but I am currently repairing a 62" Mitsubishi 1080i DLP projection tv. And we have a PS3, XBOX 360, and the Wii, along with pretty much every mainstream gaming system except for PS2.

I'll post pictures once the TV is working. The circuit board has about 12 blown capacitors (but I got the TV for free so it's ok). Also the sound system was given to me by my parents since they are selling their house and don't want to have to move it all haha

98vtec · « **Reply #6 on:** March 11, 2009, 12:30:50 AM »

32" 720p samsung
Yamaha reciever
DSM tir-speaker setup
klipsych surround speakers

no pics. Not worthy right now lol

Atticus · « **Reply #7 on:** March 11, 2009, 12:31:52 AM »

meh the dogs cooler

jagojon3 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 11, 2009, 12:35:28 AM »

Quote from: Lowerit on March 11, 2009, 12:08:09 AM

Pic is about 6 mos Old.

55" Sony Grand wega LCD projection
HK 6000 series receiver
Polk speakers (center channel is a 3 speaker Polk now)
Polk Sub
Pioneer DD player with USB port for ripped shit
Terminator 2 Arcade game
Fridge for booze
200 DVD's
Old Hotrod mags on the wall.

also have a 42" Toshiba LCD in my bedroom with a sony mini Surround / dvd player.

yes I live alone and masterbate a lot.

I fucking loved that game! Do you know how long it took me to figure out how simple the final level was? I played it like a retard forever before I realized. T2 arcade game is the shit, I fucking envy now more than just for having an isetta

I had a thread on HMT with my HTPC build and pics of my setup, but I can't access it

dvst8r · « **Reply #9 on:** March 11, 2009, 12:40:01 AM »

Quote from: Atticus on March 11, 2009, 12:31:52 AM

meh the dogs cooler

Can't tell from the red eye in the pic, but she has one blue eye, and one brown.

brine04 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 11, 2009, 12:44:47 AM »

20" electrohome tube tv
3 year old toshiba laptop
Onkyo TX-SR304 receiver
JBL Venue Series Arena speakers
Monster wiring.
Polk psw10 subwoofer

edit: I'm in the pic on dvst8r's front speaker

88crex · « **Reply #11 on:** March 11, 2009, 03:30:57 AM »

Havent ran the surround sound yet. But just had this done a few months back. Going to have a 55incher above the fireplace soon too. here is before kinda and then after. hdmi is ran above the fireplace for the new tv.

chris · « **Reply #12 on:** March 11, 2009, 05:01:20 AM »

I have a tv I found in a dumpster that I fixed the power cord on too work. I also have a 15 dollar wal mart BOOM box with super bass button.

Doug · « **Reply #13 on:** March 11, 2009, 05:09:12 AM »

I remember I had a TV back in the day that you set each channel manually. You had buttons down the side and there was a scroll knob under each button that you manually dialed in the tv channel. That was also back at the launch of the NES haha.

crx2fast · « **Reply #14 on:** March 11, 2009, 08:34:05 AM »

some nice setups

my room...

samsung 67" LED rear projector
sony bravia surround
ps3
wii
comcast hd tv
and a shit ton of blu-rays.. i cant stop buying them

Lowerit · « **Reply #15 on:** March 11, 2009, 08:56:56 AM »

I paid $300 for the game off of craigs list. the guy had a garage full. I could have gotten that old sit down sega Game, red , 3D shapes..you fly a spaceship lookin thing..

Anyway, guy delivers it, goes on and on about the Tv and stereo and guitars... This was a friday

Sunday night I get back froma trip and someone has tried to break in. The only other person who had been in the apt at that time was my GF. Long story short, cops found his finger prints all over the door, but no arrest...they did visit him though.. Door was fucked up, but held. I now have 2 Deadbolts and an Ithaca 12 Gauge under my bed.

Funny thing is , that TV was only $1300 CDN, the guitars are all knock offs ,squire strat I got for $60 off of ebay, 70's epiphone les paul knock off...

The only thing of real value was the D16 with TT rods, ARP's and Vitara's in the closet..

The TV and DVD player will do 1080, it's not the best resolution compared to LCD's, but the couch is a good 20 Ft from the TV, and I just don't like the look of a really HD TV with Blue Ray, movies look fake as hell... just my 2 cents.

next up is a coke machine.

AbaZ · « **Reply #16 on:** March 11, 2009, 11:50:50 PM »

Samsung 1080p DLP 61in TV
Samsung 5ch Surround sound
Samsung Blu-Ray player
Slim Line PC Running Media Center (AMD 6000 Duel Core)
Wii

and thats it, oh and a sick 4 head VHS VCR from walmart

ghettoturbo · « **Reply #17 on:** March 12, 2009, 12:03:43 AM »

Quote from: Lowerit on March 11, 2009, 08:56:56 AM

and I just don't like the look of a really HD TV with Blue Ray, movies look fake as hell... just my 2 cents.

next up is a coke machine.

word...i dont know why but I dont like the look of blu-ray at all. I'm with you on the soda machine too, always wanted one at home.

Damn my wall looks barren.

Blurry pic of rear speakers & dvd collection:

Samsung 720p 50inch plasma, toshiba hd-dv player

, sony 7.1 receiver, all klipsch speakers + sub. Gangster video game setup is complete with original xbox, ps2, and game cube. One of these days i'll get a replacement for our broken n64

Kenny Rogers · « **Reply #18 on:** October 04, 2009, 06:32:13 PM »

I figured I'd bump it up... I bought a Blu Ray player this weekend- Samsung 2550 (used on ebay for $140). After doing some research, I wanted a Blu Ray player that was VERY good at upscaling standard DVD's since I have a shitload of them. Well, research concluded that I wanted a player with the Reon chip (slightly less powerful than the Realta chips that are super expensive).

The downsides to this player are compatibility issues with certain discs (supposedly fixed by a firmware update) and slow load times. We'll see.

The other thing is I only have a 1080i Vizio plasma, so the sexy progressive scan capabilities won't be taken advantage of... yet. However, I'm sure the blu ray discs will look better than standard DVD (480p?).

Teg2boo · « **Reply #19 on:** October 04, 2009, 07:43:50 PM »

42" Sharp Aquos 120hz 1080i/p whatever

Nothing really cool other than working NES and Atari (not pictured)

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #20 on:** October 04, 2009, 08:54:23 PM »

Quote from: Teg2boo on October 04, 2009, 07:43:50 PM

Nothing really cool other than working NES and Atari (not pictured)

Foowee needs to post up his S/NES system.

Kenny Rogers · « **Reply #21 on:** October 05, 2009, 01:22:13 PM »

Audio questions-

1) If my blu ray player has DTS- Master Audio decoding, my audio receiver will not need this decoder, correct? Any other decoders I should make sure I have with a receiver?

2) On the receiver, there are 3 HDMI inputs. I would like to plug in the blu ray, xbox 360, and cable box into the receiver. If I don't want the surround sound on (TV speakers only), do I still have to keep the receiver turned on to select which source is being used? I would assume so.

patsmx5 · « **Reply #22 on:** October 05, 2009, 01:33:02 PM »

Here's my stereo system, no theater right now.

DIY Zaph BAMTM speakers I built with dayton mids, Seas tweeters, 15" Dayton sub in 9.8 ft^3 ported box tuned for 32Hz, 240W RMS Dayton amp for sub, speakers driven with a And because I'm an intellectual being, ui G-4700 that needs a recap and deoxit, but otherwise a good And because I'm an intellectual being, ui.

Kenny Rogers · « **Reply #23 on:** October 05, 2009, 01:37:19 PM »

Nice! How does it sound?

patsmx5 · « **Reply #24 on:** October 05, 2009, 01:47:22 PM »

I like it. The S A N S U I (why there's a word filter, I dunno) needs a recap, set bias, and deoxit as the dc voltage in the outputs is a bit high on one channel. It's all original so it's time for a little maintenance. Other than that, sounds great to me. These Zaph BAMTM's costed about 280 to build, and many audio folks say they sound as good as many 1000-2000 dollar off the shelf speakers. My only complaint is the bass from them isn't quite as tight as I think it should be, but I think reworking the And because I'm an intellectual being, ui will fix that. Sub could use a sub-equalizer too, but I've adjusted the port and filling on it and got it sorta flatline.

Eggylshatch · « **Reply #25 on:** October 05, 2009, 02:05:40 PM »

i'm a little home stereo-retarded. I need a good, cheap "head unit" that has an input for a standard audio connection (like to hook up an mp3 player or my laptop). Any recommendations? I also have two old speakers I basically dumpster picked, but they have the old school clamp-on connections and my tv has the newer plug-in connections... is there a way to convert the speakers easily? or should I just throw them away? I guess ideally I'd like to hook the tv and speakers up to the "head unit" to serve as the amplifier for the tv and so I can play music with my laptop. Is this possible with my shitty old speakers? WTF.

97Econobox · « **Reply #26 on:** October 05, 2009, 04:41:55 PM »

And because I'm an intellectual being, ui

why would a word filter change s a n s u i to the above?

Kenny Rogers · « **Reply #27 on:** October 05, 2009, 04:49:30 PM »

The word sanz (with an s at the end) is filtered because it's a bit pretentious. Most people just use the word "without"... means the same thing but less fancy.

SDRAWKCAB · « **Reply #28 on:** October 05, 2009, 05:21:13 PM »

Quote from: Kenny Rogers on October 05, 2009, 04:49:30 PM

The word sanz (with an s at the end) is filtered because it's a bit pretentious. Most people just use the word "without"... means the same thing but less fancy.

And because I'm an intellectual being,

fork · « **Reply #29 on:** October 05, 2009, 05:27:52 PM »

I think I'm gonna build some speakers this winter. The BAMTM are a pair that I was considering

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