Ask your Home Theatre questions here...

mattwalker · May 10, 2007 5:44 pm

Due to popular demand (and Vanderlay's persistance) we now have a thread exclusively for the Home Theatre and all things automated....

YAY!!

vanderlay · May 10, 2007 5:47 pm

Hopefully people will have some questions now!!

Just not ones like "Do I need this $350 cable the Harvey Norman guy said I had to have?"

vanderlay · May 10, 2007 6:00 pm

PS - We need 21 more posts here to be more popular than the Feng Shui forum!

mattwalker · May 11, 2007 10:08 am

7 more to go!!

Adrian B · May 11, 2007 12:43 pm

I can now see rod and matts post count go through the roof.

And now for some Feng Shui postings....

vanderlay · May 11, 2007 1:13 pm

Well someone needs to compete with Michelle

And thanks Adrian if you were responsible for putting this section in the forums

Rodda · May 11, 2007 2:33 pm

Yes, Adrian, thanks mate :wink:

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Adrian B · May 14, 2007 10:36 pm

Nothing to do with me, this is all Homeone's fault.

I mean doing... :lol:

mattwalker · May 14, 2007 10:40 pm

In that case I take back all the nice things I said about you Adrian :wink:

Kudos to homeone (aka the boss)

Matt

ladyice · May 16, 2007 12:19 pm

vanderlay

Hopefully people will have some questions now!!

Just not ones like "Do I need this $350 cable the Harvey Norman guy said I had to have?"

Well, thats exactly what happened to us at Harvey Norman..the guy was such a smooth talker..he also said to us its like buying an expensive car and using **** petrol!!!! I cant even remember what we bought now..I just know its meant to give the sound a big boost...we shall see... :lol:

vanderlay · May 16, 2007 12:32 pm

theyre quite well known for doing that...of course there are some cases when a more expensive cable can be better...but the stuff they normally sell, well, to use the petrol analogy, its like paying $10.00 a litre for unleaded....

Have heard when they sell a $5000 tv with a $350 cable they actually make more profit on the cable...people shop around and price check the tv and with the amount of competition the margins are very small...hence they are desperate to flog as many accessories as possible....

ladyice · May 16, 2007 12:57 pm

hmm...I found out what we bought from hubby...some audio wires, a hdmi cable and a 100ft speaker wires..I have no idea what brands...I think all up it was close to $500...as for the tvs, we are no tech experts, we do read up a bit but little product info is just as bad as knowing nothing.... so really we were sold on what we liked virtually and what sounded good enough for us..I guess it all comes down to what you are willing to spend at the end of the day....for me I rather spend it on my walk in robe...

mattwalker · May 16, 2007 1:03 pm

Priorities ladyice, priorities!!

:roll:

vanderlay · May 16, 2007 1:12 pm

Maybe there will be a 60 inch plasma in the walk in robe

ladyice · May 16, 2007 1:35 pm

[quote="vanderlay"]Maybe there will be a 60 inch plasma in the walk in robe

[/quote

If only! Looks like I have ventured into unfamiliar grounds here....let me ask you guys...how much would you spend or how much have you spent on a full home theatre system? Maybe I will rephrase that, what do you think is a reasonable or necessary amount to spend on a system based on these requirements -

60 inch plasma
5.1 sound system
dvd player

mattwalker · May 16, 2007 1:44 pm

Ladyice,

ladyice

60 inch plasma

Depends on brand... $8000 - $15,000

I would recommend staying with 50 or 55" from under $3000

ladyice

5.1 sound system

5.1 is sooo yesterday! :wink:

A good 7.1 setup will cost from $3,500 to $5,000 depending on your tastes.

ladyice

dvd player

between $100 and $200 for a good brand...

Matt

ladyice · May 16, 2007 1:53 pm

we are not even near your quotes Matt...we were hoping about $10,000 for the whole system...so 5.1 is out the window hey? how about 6.1? :roll:

mattwalker · May 16, 2007 2:10 pm

ladyice

:shock: we are not even near your quotes Matt...we were hoping about $10,000 for the whole system...so 5.1 is out the window hey? how about 6.1? :roll:

Try this then

7.1 setup $4000
50" plasma $4000
DVD $200
External speakers to alfresco $600 with seperate volume control $200

TOTAL $9000 and it will blow you away!!

Matt

ladyice · May 16, 2007 2:19 pm

mattwalker

ladyice

:shock: we are not even near your quotes Matt...we were hoping about $10,000 for the whole system...so 5.1 is out the window hey? how about 6.1? :roll:

Try this then

7.1 setup $4000
50" plasma $4000
DVD $200
External speakers to alfresco $600 with seperate volume control $200

TOTAL $9000 and it will blow you away!!

Matt

I am embarrassed to say we just spent $1,600 on a Pioneer 5.1 sound system to go with an LG 60 inch plasma...maybe we will go check if we can swap the system at HN...our neighbours will freak out except for Vanderlay if we do the alfresco..cool idea though..

vanderlay · May 16, 2007 3:10 pm

go for it...we are up the other end of the street

we arent getting to see your home progress much now since we dont drive past since those nasty eastlink people closed up the little shortcut just near where you are!