Don't know about anyone else, but I'm also into home electronics (translation = Home Theater!)
I recently shelled out a few $$$ on a home theater set up. Originally I was just going to get a simple TV with decent speakers for those Blockbuster Nights. But one item led to another and...well, you know how it goes. In the end, the whole thing turned into a buying spree. Caught the bug somehow and the "Gotta have this and gotta have that" mentality. Oh well, I deserve it.
First I was aiming at a Sony WEGA because I like the flat screens. My budget was around $1k at the time. It would have been my second WEGA until I got distracted by the Rear Projection TV's whenever I go into Circuit City or Good Guys. Then I started thinking, "Heck, why not go bigger? Gotta have a 57-incher!" So I looked into the Mitsubishi's and just like that my budget went up to $2k.
Couple of months into my research, I was flipping through a Home Theater magazine at Borders one night just to see what's out there, when I saw an ad for front projectors. I thought, "OMG! Look at the size of that picture!" We weren't talking about inches no more...we're talking about pictures measured in FEET! The picture on the ads they show come straight out of the Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous and I thought, there's no way I can afford all that! Then I looked at the price range for a brand spankin' new front projector: $3k-$5k! No way! I can totally afford this!
To make a long story short, I bought a front projector and when I took it out of the box, I was like..."this is it?" The damn thing is barely bigger than a piece of paper! But when I fired it up, the picture was unbelievable. Now I have my own "movie theater" (in every sense of the word) under my own roof! Watching movies on an 8-foot-wide screen is no comparison to watching it on a dinky little television that's for sure.
And don't even get me started on playing GT3 on Playstation2 and Halo on Xbox. OMG! Talk about LIFE SIZE.
Not too long afterwards, I had to get speakers to give the rather large picture any justice. I went bargain hunting and finally settled for Klipsch speakers (Reference 3) and bought a complete set for $850! (For those not in-the-know, msrp on those puppies are over $2k) Hooked it up to my Progressive scan DVD player, Yamaha receiver and Polk Audio dual sub and I'm good to go! He he he.
As much as I love watching movies on it, I get a real kick out of watching the reactions of people when I invite them over for movies or game nites. Classic! As NSX owners, you would know all about that from watching people gawk at your cars all day long!
Anyway, that's my set up, what's yours?!
[This message has been edited by Joel (edited 06 September 2002).]
I recently shelled out a few $$$ on a home theater set up. Originally I was just going to get a simple TV with decent speakers for those Blockbuster Nights. But one item led to another and...well, you know how it goes. In the end, the whole thing turned into a buying spree. Caught the bug somehow and the "Gotta have this and gotta have that" mentality. Oh well, I deserve it.
First I was aiming at a Sony WEGA because I like the flat screens. My budget was around $1k at the time. It would have been my second WEGA until I got distracted by the Rear Projection TV's whenever I go into Circuit City or Good Guys. Then I started thinking, "Heck, why not go bigger? Gotta have a 57-incher!" So I looked into the Mitsubishi's and just like that my budget went up to $2k.
Couple of months into my research, I was flipping through a Home Theater magazine at Borders one night just to see what's out there, when I saw an ad for front projectors. I thought, "OMG! Look at the size of that picture!" We weren't talking about inches no more...we're talking about pictures measured in FEET! The picture on the ads they show come straight out of the Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous and I thought, there's no way I can afford all that! Then I looked at the price range for a brand spankin' new front projector: $3k-$5k! No way! I can totally afford this!
To make a long story short, I bought a front projector and when I took it out of the box, I was like..."this is it?" The damn thing is barely bigger than a piece of paper! But when I fired it up, the picture was unbelievable. Now I have my own "movie theater" (in every sense of the word) under my own roof! Watching movies on an 8-foot-wide screen is no comparison to watching it on a dinky little television that's for sure.
And don't even get me started on playing GT3 on Playstation2 and Halo on Xbox. OMG! Talk about LIFE SIZE.
Not too long afterwards, I had to get speakers to give the rather large picture any justice. I went bargain hunting and finally settled for Klipsch speakers (Reference 3) and bought a complete set for $850! (For those not in-the-know, msrp on those puppies are over $2k) Hooked it up to my Progressive scan DVD player, Yamaha receiver and Polk Audio dual sub and I'm good to go! He he he.
As much as I love watching movies on it, I get a real kick out of watching the reactions of people when I invite them over for movies or game nites. Classic! As NSX owners, you would know all about that from watching people gawk at your cars all day long!
Anyway, that's my set up, what's yours?!
[This message has been edited by Joel (edited 06 September 2002).]
