RE: Home cinema

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dealer discount for your kit probably also helps ;)

Paul.



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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Nick Tyson - The Edge
> Sent: 05 December 2006 12:21
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Home cinema
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> It's not just about out and out picture quality (although you do need
a
> certain level of performance), the impact of a large image from a
> projector is something you just don't get with smaller screens
(50" and
> below). The bigger screen isn't simply about being able to watch from
> further away, it's about filling more of your vision and, together
with
> the sound, immersing you in what you are watching. It's a much more
> cinematic experience (but without the chatting teenagers, mobile
phones
> ringing, rustling sweet wrappers and slashed seats - although our kids
> are only 7and 9 so we may start to get some of this at home too in the
> future!).
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> We were able to put aside a room, which doubles as a music room (for
> listening, playing and recording) and we've had so much enjoyment from
> it, it's everybody's favourite room in the house. Even though we
> probably only sit down and watch a film as a family once or twice a
> week, it's still a special event and a much better experience than if
we
> had settled for a - smaller - flat screen or, worse, tried to
> incorporate it into the Lounge. I think one of the things that keeps
it
> special is that we're not watching on the 'everyday' telly, so when we
> watch a film it maintains the impact of the large screen.
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> Nick
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> Nick Tyson
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nigel Giddings [mailto:nigel@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 05 December 2006 10:32
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Home cinema
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> Chris,
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> A home cinema will provide an immersive affect not possible with a
> relatively, compared with a projected image, small screen.
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> The sound can be good from a PC/MAC in fact that is what I would
> recommend as the source.
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> You are right that DVD cannot fill a 100" plus screen and look
good but
> you can cheat by up-scaling the picture, it will introduce distortion
in
> the way of blur and other issues but the effect is better with it than
> without it.
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> Looking to the future HD will gain more ground, Blu-Ray / HD DVD will
> become more affordable, there is talk of HD via freeview and the
> internet, of course $ky will be there as well...
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> The best thing is to see for yourself, it's a personal choice, and
> adjust your requirements / costs accordingly. Most cinema enthusiast
are
> only too willing to 'demonstrate' how good their cinema is compared to
> more 'normal' setups...
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> Nigel
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Hunter [mailto:HYPERLINK
> "mailto:cjhunter%40dircon.co.uk"cjhunter@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 04 December 2006 23:10
> To: HYPERLINK "mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com"ukha_d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Home cinema
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> Hmm ... good points ... how to answer ?
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> ... as Tim noted a long time ago, the core image of DVDs is
surprisingly
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> small ... meaning it's difficult to see that large images can be good,
> other than as a means of allowing more people to view ... ie: the
larger
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> image has to be seen far-away, 'cos the detail ain't there ...
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> ... sound ... the stereo hi-fi's pretty-good, base-wise & all ...
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> ... image-quality ... the 'Macs are pretty good ... colour accuracy
&
> depth, etc ... last-time I went to the shops, TVs - of any size or
type
> - were pretty poor, in-comparison ... ... in a few weeks, I'll
> look-again ... don't get let-out very often ... once a year !
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> ... our room ... not large ... about 3m square ... plus adjoining
> ways-through ... meaning 3m x 5m, acoustically ... french-windows on
one
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> wall ... walls & ceiling wet-plastered ...
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> otherwise .. it's the parlour, which'll have a large 2.4m square
table,
> bar-stool height, with low-set four-screen display-box in 'centre, one
> to each side, each able to display 'different or 'same programme ...
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> 'middle-floor encompasses all this, opening to garden, too ... in
> summer, anyway ...
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> Chris
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> -----
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> Monday, 04 Dec '6 - 19:36:45 -0000
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> from: Paul Gale HYPERLINK
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> Depends on personal taste, a bit - but a large plasma / LCD /
projector
> is significantly better to watch than any PC / 'Mac screen - even my
25"
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> LCDs IMO.
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> Paul
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> -----
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> Monday, 04 Dec '6 - 20:33:57 -0000
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> from: Nigel Giddings HYPERLINK
> "mailto:nigel%40corbenic.co.uk"nigel@xxxxxxx
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> I can't understand the indecisiveness ... I can understand the
confusion
> :-)
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> You cannot beat the full-sound system of 5.1 or 7.1, the sub-woofer
does
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> it for me ... a decent image on a large screen, in a darkened room,
also
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> helps to transport you into the film ...
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> Personally, I feel that PCs (I only have 'Windows experience) are at
> such a price / performance point they should be the centre of any
set-up
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> ... for much less than =A3500, you can get a PC that can output HDTV
&
> full surround-audio - the advantage is up-scaling DVD material,
Freeview
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> & SKY SD ... ability to play HD downloads ... HD content available
that
> is royalty-free ...
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> The only issue is how to project ... large LCDs & Plasmas are
still a
> bit small ... having experienced CRT, it would seem the way to go, but
> 'is expensive or requires a lot of fettling ... LCD & DLP
projectors are
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> very good, now, especially if you spend =A34K+ ...
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> If you have the room, why not do it ? My cinema can also be used for
> entertaining, as a party-space ... great for interactive DVD-games,
> presentation--suite and, maybe, one day, as a posh video-conference
> system ...
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> Do you have a room in-mind, what size ... natural light ... sound
> reflectiveness ... ?
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> Nigel
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