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rhett7660, once I put another TV in the bedroom, I'll be all set. Planning on getting a 32" HDTV in the bedroom, and with the new TV software update I'll be streaming to the bedroom.

If you don't have one now, I do recommend a Panamax power conditioner/surge protector. Don't do Monster, I've seen them smoke during tests vs the Panamax. It's a great piece to have in a system. Nice, clean power, and it watches for spikes and drops in voltage to protect your system.
 
CLuv said:
rhett7660, once I put another TV in the bedroom, I'll be all set. Planning on getting a 32" HDTV in the bedroom, and with the new TV software update I'll be streaming to the bedroom.

If you don't have one now, I do recommend a Panamax power conditioner/surge protector. Don't do Monster, I've seen them smoke during tests vs the Panamax. It's a great piece to have in a system. Nice, clean power, and it watches for spikes and drops in voltage to protect your system.
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It is funny you mention that but that is who I have, the Panamax 1500. No complaints so far. I have had it for a few years but it is still doing the job.
 
AppleTV... bone stock (well I added Boxee but dont use it)
JVC RS-1 Front Projector
DVDO VP50 external video processor
McIntosh MX-119 Pre-Pro
McIntosh MC-207 7 channel amplifier
Playstation 3 Blu-Ray player.. going to buy new one with 7 X analog outputs
Toshiba HD-XA2 HD-DVD player. analog outs to McIntosh for lossless audio
Time Warner DVR with eSATA hard drive
Klipsch THX Ultra2 7 channels (fantastic for home theater, a little less popular with the pure 2 channel audio people)
JL F113 subwoofer (so good I replaced the awesome 2 subs from the Ultra 2 with it)

URC MX 3000 remote
135" Stewart Fixed Screen
8 theater seats / 2 level seating, approximately 21' X 12'
Butt kicker transducers in every seat with separate amplifier for each row.
Full acoustical treatment
All the misc power conditioners, etc

I built my house a year ago and had the opportunity I dreamed of: to have a clean sheet opportunity to design a dedicated Home Theater. I am fortunate to be a pretty busy guy otherwise I could disappear in this place.. Amazing. I am so grateful for the experience.
 
mark34 said:
AppleTV... bone stock (well I added Boxee but dont use it)
JVC RS-1 Front Projector
DVDO VP50 external video processor
McIntosh MX-119 Pre-Pro
McIntosh MC-207 7 channel amplifier
Playstation 3 Blu-Ray player.. going to buy new one with 7 X analog outputs
Toshiba HD-XA2 HD-DVD player. analog outs to McIntosh for lossless audio
Time Warner DVR with eSATA hard drive
Klipsch THX Ultra2 7 channels (fantastic for home theater, a little less popular with the pure 2 channel audio people)
JL F113 subwoofer (so good I replaced the awesome 2 subs from the Ultra 2 with it)

URC MX 3000 remote
135" Stewart Fixed Screen
8 theater seats / 2 level seating, approximately 21' X 12'
Butt kicker transducers in every seat with separate amplifier for each row.
Full acoustical treatment
All the misc power conditioners, etc

I built my house a year ago and had the opportunity I dreamed of: to have a clean sheet opportunity to design a dedicated Home Theater. I am fortunate to be a pretty busy guy otherwise I could disappear in this place.. Amazing. I am so grateful for the experience.
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Pictures, or it didn't happen. :rolleyes:

FWIW, you may be better off using a top-notch external decoder instead of the Toshiba's internal decoders, especially with speakers as bright and revealing as the Klipsches.
 
My (Parents) set up in the Lounge:
LG 32LX2R (32 inch model if you couldn't work it out:p)
Sky+HD (Full package)
PS3 (40GB)
Panasonic DVD/VHS player (Upscaler for DVD's as well)

I am thinking of getting a Mac Mini after christmas so I can use that as a media centre in my room (I also plan on getting a HDTV for myself), do you guys think it would be a good idea?
 
Killyp said:
Pictures, or it didn't happen. :rolleyes:

FWIW, you may be better off using a top-notch external decoder instead of the Toshiba's internal decoders, especially with speakers as bright and revealing as the Klipsches.
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Agree, but to be honest, I don't use the HD-DVD player any more... I will post pics if you wish :cool:. They are on difft computer
 
OK here goes a couple of crappy iPhone pictures of my Theater.
 

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Encoding Blu Ray Media via VirtualBox?

Well, that tops my hacked together media network which consist of:

AppleTV(upgraded to 160gb) w/ boxee - accesses my afp media library(1.5tb)
Maxent 50in plasma
Media Server - Gentoo box 2gb ram running MythTV(haupaugge pvr-1600)atsc, ntsc, qam capture.
Running firefly and aviah for broadcast itunes library w/ drop boxes for new media.
Ripping Workstation - Asus p5q pro, quad 2.5 q9300 overclocked to 3.2 w/ 8gb ram and 4 x 22in flat panels. I've got the retail version of Leopard installed on it.

I am getting a blu ray burner tomorrow and will by trying to encode blu ray disks to store on my media server to stream to my apple tv via boxee over afp. I have VirtualBox installed w/ Vista. I plan on using AnyDvd, Cyberlink PowerDVD bd edition, and AVGO Media Recorder to encode the blu ray titles in 720p for viewing on the appletv. Is there an easier way of doing this?
 
120" Projector screen
Mitsubishi 1080P Projector(forgot Model)
7.1 surround
Sony Blu-Ray (forgot model, but its the cheapest they have)
Yamaha Receiver
Dish DVR/HD box
Xbox 360 ELITE which streams music/videos from my PC
and...yeah thats it.
 
Current Setup:

Hitachi 42HDS69 42" Plasma
Sony PS3 80Gb
Sony HT-IS100 5.1 System with the Wireless surround package
Apple TV 40Gb
DirecTV HD Receiver
Logitech Harmony 550 (thinking of getting the Harmony One or 1000).

All connected via HDMI. I am going to be moving the plasma into the living room and upgrading to a 46" Sony LCD.

I have moved all media off of TC and onto an external drive as my library keeps growing and 1TB is no longer enough. I am hoping to get a Drobo very soon and connect to the TC. I use my current iMac to support ATV library, but hopefully Apple releases a new Mac Mini soon so I can pick-up an old one even cheaper and use it as a media server.

For those looking at micro theater systems, the Sony HT-IS100 is incredible.
 
My setup

appleTV
Yamaha DVD player
Samsung 23" LCD (component)
Sony cineza HS 50 720p ceiling mounted projector (component)
Topfield DVR 250Gb (RGB scart to Samy S-Video to projector)
Wii (component)
Sherwood Reciever
Mission center and FL and FR speakers, gale surrounds and eltax active sub
Atlona component matrix unit (switching between displays)
Joytech switch box (for optical, RGB and s-video switching)
Harmony 525 remote (cheap as chips - for managing in the touch of a button all of the above)

Loving my setup, wife can use it, so we are all happy

One wish should've shelled out for 10m HDMI but at the time couldn't afford it.
 
Read it and weep.


Living Room:

32" Sony Trinitron CRT

Tivo Series2 with 160gb replacement drive

Technics Stereo Dolby Pro Logic Receiver of ~100W.

2 Bose Tower Speakers

part-time Airport Express for AirTunes

Bedroom:

23" No-name brand CRT TV ($60 new slickdeal from Best Buy :) )

Samsung non-scaling Dvd player.

I know. I know. You need pictures. Otherwise it doesn't exist.
 
A little late on this but since its been bumped I'll contribute.

46" 1080p Bravia LCD (KDL-46V3000)
hacked :apple:TV (just new codecs installed so it looks stock)
Pioneer Elite receiver
Samsung BDP-1500 Bluray
Infinity Beta towers, center channel, and sub
cheap sony rear speakers for the rest of my 7.1 setup
Monster HTS3500 power center
Xbox 360 for games and netflix
PS2 for guitar hero 3
Wii
Airport Extreme with 1TB drive for timecapsule

In the bedroom...
24" 2.8GHz Core2Duo iMac that I use as my bedroom TV
1.5TB drive for streaming my DVD rips and tv shows to the :apple:TV
RSS torrent feeds and automatic folder actions for all my episode downloads. Everything gets downloaded, "appleTV fooled", added to itunes,and synced to the appleTV without me doing anything. I just go into itunes once a week to rename the downloads so they match up with everything else.
frontrow with understudy plugin for netflix.
Its a good setup.
 
Toshiba 42XV545U TV (needed to fit in existing furniture)
Marantz SR5003 AVR
Pioneer 51FD & Panasonic BD35 Blu-ray players (I use the Pioneer most of the time)
DirecTV HD22 HD-DVR
Apple TV
B&W 604's (main), 601's (surrounds), matching B&W center speaker (don't recall the model number)
Velodyne HGS-10 subwoofer
Monster speaker cable and Monoprice HDMI cables
Brick Wall series mode AC surge suppressor
Harmony 880 remotes (2 - one to charge, one to use)
Airport Extreme (to extend N network from main router for DVR, BDP & ATV)

For what it's worth, I use the ATV mostly for streaming music and watching certain HD TV series I don't want the commercials in. I use Netflix for movie rental (usually Blu-ray if available). The ATV movie rentals are too expensive IMHO. I planned to convert my SD DVD's and play them back on it, but I get a lot better quality letting the Pioneer upconvert them.
 
Mines simple
40" Sony Bravia HDTV
40 GB Apple TV with a 1TB external plugged into it with all the movies I own on it.
PS3
Macbook 2.1ghz, 1GB ram
 
Samsung 40inch 1080p lcd
Apple Tv 40gb
Xbox 360
Wii
Astro a40 mixamp and headset

its not much and i want to add to it but it works and the a40 is a great set up for 360 and occasional late movie. it keeps the noise down while letting me think i have surround sound.
 
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