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I liked it but am glad it did not win best picture. I would have picked Inglourious Basterds of the movies I've seen. I didn't see Hurt Locker but plan to.
"They had a 400 million dollar budget. So, it would have been difficult to end up with a bad movie." Difficult - but not impossible.... Sahara , Waterworld . I had low expectations going in...
All my previous 3D was either Red/Green or IMAX with th…
I just saw it in Imax 3D last week. I would call the CGI effects game-changing. I would not say the same about 3D. It was cool, but in my opinion, not revolutionary. For me, the 3D accentuated the motion blur inherent in film. I also found the color…
They had a 400 million dollar budget. So, it would have been difficult to end up with a bad movie. 3-D has been around for a very long time, and polarized viewing glasses are not new either. What was innovative about Avatar was the motion capture te…
What I find amusing in this "green" age about all these non conductive power transfer is they are all less effecient than what they replace. At best they are loosing probably an extra 10% to heat etc, at worst? 50%+....
So I've seen the show and I've seen feedback from the masses but what's the view on the movie from this community?
Personally - (and I'm usually the last guy to give a positive reco for a over-hyped event) I do think it is game changing. Ignoring t…
Post your review of a new movie that has just starting playing at your local theater.
Indirectly - I up in the great white north and our local telco is using the same(ish) setup as AT&T for it's IPTV (Motorola STB with msft mediaroom etc.). But picture bandwidth / (re)compression is up to the carrier so I can't comment on that aspect…
Miscellaneous topics related to home theater and two-channel audio.
I've been using a similar device for 4 years ( but it's a DVI connection). HDCP + EDID and a HDMI switch = no love between my HTPC and Projector. Not a problem since!
And it was less than half what gefen charges if you can live with a HDMI-DVI "con…
I bought my Outlaw 1050 for $499. Best receiver ever at that price point. I really wish there was something similar on the market right now at that price point. Over-engineered with just the basics. In fact, leave it audio-only and I would be fine.…
Bravo Rodney. Good call.
I still use the component out from my TV service (IPTV) to my sling and since the box won't output component and HDMI at the same time it goes as component from sling to the projector while all the other are switched HDMI.…
About me... and my gear
HT and Equip List
• Primary HT room is a dedicated 21' x 13' room with space for 3 rows of seats
• 7.2 sound via a set of Kef Q series speakers with an SVS NSD/2 sub
• A 117" “DIY” 16:9 fixed screen
• Panasonic AE-900 Projector shelf mounted at the rear of the room
• Motorola IPTV HD PVR
• Several DVD players (Oppo 971H gets the most use)
• Oppo BDP-83 Bluray
• Speaker cable is 10ga Belden 5T00UP or DIY 10ga equivalent braided cat 6
• Interconnects vary, mostly Blue Jeans (longer runs / more quality sensitive connections) or Monoprice (everything else)
• Xbox360 with HD-DVD drive
• Slingbox
• Customized Home Theatre PC / Media Centre with a secondary 19” LCD for those IMDB arguments during movie showings, hooked into an OTA TV antenna
• AVC UPS
• Yamaha RX-V1400 Receiver (it's getting old…),
• HDMI 4x1 switch, Harmony remote, IR repeater system etc. etc.
Secondary setup in the living room more for background music hooked as zone 2 from the primary with an old Sony 2 channel receiver and odds and ends speakers.
Tertiary System is in the kitchen with another PC and Logitech speakers serving as music server for the kitchen and living rooms
Music & Movie interests
Music: a fairly wide gamut. Various flavours of "Classical" - Late Baroque,
Classical and Romantic. Instrumental Jazz and big band, Classic and
Modern Rock, Trance/Techno dance music.
Movies: Good movies or really really bad ones. Tending to action/adventure, sci-fi, humor, and mainstream drama.
Personal: Education, Day job, hobbies
Hobbies: obviously from the headshot - Scuba diving (that was mainly pre-kids), Cycling, Rowing, Cooking, and of course HT!
I’ve worked for more than a decade in the telecommunications industry in fields like Broadband & Internet, Cellular and Wireless and traditional Wireline and in roles from technical development to product dev/management to finance to marketing.
MY HT/AV dream would be to find a way to truly integrate all my media and sources into a truly converged media experience that is actually EASY enough for the wife and kids to use. Haven't found it yet but I'll keep looking.
• Primary HT room is a dedicated 21' x 13' room with space for 3 rows of seats
• 7.2 sound via a set of Kef Q series speakers with an SVS NSD/2 sub
• A 117" “DIY” 16:9 fixed screen
• Panasonic AE-900 Projector shelf mounted at the rear of the room
• Motorola IPTV HD PVR
• Several DVD players (Oppo 971H gets the most use)
• Oppo BDP-83 Bluray
• Speaker cable is 10ga Belden 5T00UP or DIY 10ga equivalent braided cat 6
• Interconnects vary, mostly Blue Jeans (longer runs / more quality sensitive connections) or Monoprice (everything else)
• Xbox360 with HD-DVD drive
• Slingbox
• Customized Home Theatre PC / Media Centre with a secondary 19” LCD for those IMDB arguments during movie showings, hooked into an OTA TV antenna
• AVC UPS
• Yamaha RX-V1400 Receiver (it's getting old…),
• HDMI 4x1 switch, Harmony remote, IR repeater system etc. etc.
Secondary setup in the living room more for background music hooked as zone 2 from the primary with an old Sony 2 channel receiver and odds and ends speakers.
Tertiary System is in the kitchen with another PC and Logitech speakers serving as music server for the kitchen and living rooms
Music & Movie interests
Music: a fairly wide gamut. Various flavours of "Classical" - Late Baroque,
Classical and Romantic. Instrumental Jazz and big band, Classic and
Modern Rock, Trance/Techno dance music.
Movies: Good movies or really really bad ones. Tending to action/adventure, sci-fi, humor, and mainstream drama.
Personal: Education, Day job, hobbies
Hobbies: obviously from the headshot - Scuba diving (that was mainly pre-kids), Cycling, Rowing, Cooking, and of course HT!
I’ve worked for more than a decade in the telecommunications industry in fields like Broadband & Internet, Cellular and Wireless and traditional Wireline and in roles from technical development to product dev/management to finance to marketing.
MY HT/AV dream would be to find a way to truly integrate all my media and sources into a truly converged media experience that is actually EASY enough for the wife and kids to use. Haven't found it yet but I'll keep looking.
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- At 12:15pm on October 16, 2009,
vikrant shinde said…
- hello happy to see a audiophile. sir just suggest me which projector would be suitable for a 20 x 15 feet room.
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