Home Theater & DVD Collection Photo Album

[kodiakthejuggler]

the "upconvert" DVD player (still waiting for the HD wars to be over)

I've got one of those. It's a Panasonic that ups the res to 1080P via HDMI, and it looks pretty nice, but doesn't compare to true HD. The news broadcasts in 1080i are SOOOOO clean and nice!! It will be wonderful when ALL TV is in HD, not just a few shows.

I'll be getting a Blu-ray player, simply because the Pixar movies are in Blu-ray. That made the decision for me in a heartbeat. Besides, "Blu-ray" sounds better than "HD-DVD" anyway!

[Bob]

Yeah, the components for my TV are a little weak however, I really dont want an XBox or a PS/3, so I am set.    And I am FAR too lazy to hide the wires better.

[MrTorso]

Finally got off my ass and unpacked my DVD collection after moving cross country last summer. I had to build some new shelves so $150 bucks worth of material later:




These shelves should last me a little bit of collection growth.

[RVR II]

Wholy Crap, Dude!!

That's a Lot of movies!

[Bob]

So you store your DVDs in the basement of the "Southern Sun"?    Won't your DVDs make the ship bottom heavy?



That is great that you have space to make such a large set of shelves...... that should last you awhile.

[RoninFox]

So you store your DVDs in the basement of the "Southern Sun"?    Won't your DVDs make the ship bottom heavy?

Needs railings...like 30 of them.

[Rude]

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Necro Thread... Back From The Dead!

I've recently found myself with the most frustrating new Sony receiver. Even though there are three HDMI inputs, none of them actually supply sound to the speakers! This means that for each connection, i would have to hook up separate audio cables. But here's the next glitch... there are only two Optical and one Coaxial digital audio inputs. What the hell?

In addition, any component that's not hooked up via the HDMI ports (like my Wii for example, which is Composite) will not display via the HDMI output. So that means that i would have to hook the audio to the receiver, and the video directly to the TV. Again... what the hell?

The stressful part is that this was a birthday gift from the girlfriend. I don't know if i should suck it up and buy a shitload of cables to patch my system together the best i can. Or, should i try to explain to her that her present was kinda'... not the best, and broach the subject of exchanging it for something that's going to be a lot more expensive?

-Rude

[RVR II]

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Necro Thread... Back From The Dead!

I've recently found myself with the most frustrating new Sony receiver. Even though there are three HDMI inputs, none of them actually supply sound to the speakers! This means that for each connection, i would have to hook up separate audio cables. But here's the next glitch... there are only two Optical and one Coaxial digital audio inputs. What the hell?

In addition, any component that's not hooked up via the HDMI ports (like my Wii for example, which is Composite) will not display via the HDMI output. So that means that i would have to hook the audio to the receiver, and the video directly to the TV. Again... what the hell?

The stressful part is that this was a birthday gift from the girlfriend. I don't know if i should suck it up and buy a shitload of cables to patch my system together the best i can. Or, should i try to explain to her that her present was kinda'... not the best, and broach the subject of exchanging it for something that's going to be a lot more expensive?

-Rude

Sounds like the delima I had when I bought a 32" Vizio for my new bedroom addition and had the same problem cause my receiver is older and has no HDMI connections so instead of spending money for cables and a receiver, I just dealt with TV sound from the TV speakers only and rigged up surround sound for the DVD player using the RCA audio connections..

I think the HDMI connections should be Optional and not a 'Forced to change over to' type setup!

[Rude]

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Wow!

Exchanged and upgraded the receiver. Hooked up all the speaker, and watched Iron Man on BD for my fist experience... it's like i've been deaf all these years!

-Rude