09-12-2007, 12:57 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Visions is having that TV on sale on Saturday (flyer in today's Sun) for $1788!
30 units only though.
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09-12-2007, 01:02 PM
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It's not easy being green!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: In the tubes to Vancouver Island
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Originally Posted by photon
Visions is having that TV on sale on Saturday (flyer in today's Sun) for $1788!
30 units only though.
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Sweet jesus! But is it a good TV? Also.. is that 30 per store?
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Last edited by kermitology; 09-12-2007 at 01:06 PM.
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09-12-2007, 01:05 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Well, 120Hz is better, but not for the reason the salesman gave.
120Hz divides evenly into 60Hz(traditional NTSC frequency - that is how North American TV signals are broadcast (Europe and Japan use 50)), and 24Hz (the speed at which movies are filmed - 24 frames per second go through the projector).
It would be nice if there were more frames per second, but it doesn't come to your house that way so more 120Hz isn't a factor for sports.
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I was wondering if there was a real reason for 120Hz, not just salesmanship. Would the even division with film frame rate get rid of pulldown or whatever it's called?
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09-12-2007, 01:18 PM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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Kermit- I almost pulled the trigger on that TV last weekend. Not sure if it was that one or it's 720p cousin but Bestbuy had it on for $1499.
But as I said I didn't check to see if it was 720p or 1080p. For me it isn't that big of a deal; I don't watch movies; only broadcast TV. And by the time we get to 1080p broadcasts, there will be some newer, better, more areodynamic TV available; and the $500-700 I save today will pretty much cover that new TV.
I know I'm likely in the minority with my line of thinking.
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09-12-2007, 02:04 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kermitology
Sweet jesus! But is it a good TV? Also.. is that 30 per store?
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I think it's a good TV, Aquos is usually very good.
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09-12-2007, 02:07 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner
I was wondering if there was a real reason for 120Hz, not just salesmanship. Would the even division with film frame rate get rid of pulldown or whatever it's called?
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3-2 pulldown (although there are a few methods).
And yeah, it should remove the need for that, but I haven't had a chance to work with anything like that, so I don't know if it just senses that pulldown isn't needed, or if there is a menu option in your DVD, or how specifically it works.
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09-12-2007, 03:21 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kermitology
Sweet jesus! But is it a good TV? Also.. is that 30 per store?
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Aquos, so I've heard, are considered top drawer TVs but some do have a problem. Go look at them and if you buy one and take it home and if it satisfies you, be happy. I've considered buying one but I'll stick with my 30" for now.
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09-12-2007, 03:25 PM
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It's not easy being green!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: In the tubes to Vancouver Island
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Thanks all.. I think I'll be going to check them out tonight, and if I like it, then I'll buy something this weekend.
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09-12-2007, 03:27 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Vulcan
Aquos, so I've heard, are considered top drawer TVs but some do have a problem. Go look at them and if you buy one and take it home and if it satisfies you, be happy. I've considered buying one but I'll stick with my 30" for now.
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Yeah, I've read the LCD Black level is almost equal to a plasma, although that was the 82U version and this is the 62U version.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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09-12-2007, 05:38 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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Yeah Bobblehead, if you get HD fever, nothing less than 1080p, 120Hz, 15,000 contrast level, 65 inch, 3 HDMI inputs, 4ms response, 93U will do. I like but
http://www.sharp.ca/products/index.asp?cat=30&id=687
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09-12-2007, 08:24 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by kermitology
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Here's the CNET review.
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09-13-2007, 08:32 AM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Finally updated pics on my basement HT development. Still a bit messy with some cleaning still to be done, and I have to clean up the cables on the hung projector, hang the screen, as well as get some furniture 
At the bottom of the stairs (there's a bedroom behind but who cares about that):
Bathroom:
 
Looking back at the hallway (one of my surrounds there):
Towards the bar area (light installed, bar coming later):
Towards the front:
The nook:
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09-13-2007, 08:32 AM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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And the rest:
The front where the screen will be:
The front again:
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09-13-2007, 08:42 AM
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It's not easy being green!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: In the tubes to Vancouver Island
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Party at photon's!
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09-13-2007, 09:33 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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So I stopped by Future Shop on my way home from work today.. Visions is having a sale this weekend (they all are, this used to be that big Stampede sale weekend), and in the paper they advertised the Toshiba HDA2 HD-DVD player for $188!
So I ask FS to pricematch, and they did it. $178 (they beat by 10% of the difference) for an HD-DVD player!
Hooked it up to my projector tonight, and wow does it ever look sweet. Upscales regular DVDs pretty nicely as well (at least better than my projector was doing).
Soundsurround's flyer is coming out tomorrow in the Herald I think as well.
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09-15-2007, 02:14 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by photon
So I stopped by Future Shop on my way home from work today.. Visions is having a sale this weekend (they all are, this used to be that big Stampede sale weekend), and in the paper they advertised the Toshiba HDA2 HD-DVD player for $188!
So I ask FS to pricematch, and they did it. $178 (they beat by 10% of the difference) for an HD-DVD player!
Hooked it up to my projector tonight, and wow does it ever look sweet. Upscales regular DVDs pretty nicely as well (at least better than my projector was doing).
Soundsurround's flyer is coming out tomorrow in the Herald I think as well.
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Ya futureshop is matching everything and no line ups 
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09-17-2007, 03:29 PM
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Damnit! That HD DVD player was on sale last weekend at futureshop for $199 and I missed it. Then I saw it at Soundsaround for $188 or whatever, but couldn't make it out to the sale Saturday morning. My first thought was 'hey, I wonder if futureshop would match the price', but then I thought they would just find some loophole because ity was a huge sale at soundsaround.
Last edited by jayswin; 09-17-2007 at 03:35 PM.
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09-19-2007, 02:06 PM
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God of Hating Twitter
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Hey Photon, nice setup. Just curious what projector is that?
Also how come you have the center channel so high instead of below the screen?
Regards to the ambient lighting, what will you do to limit the light from all the windows down there?
Looks great though, can't wait to see the final look.
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09-19-2007, 02:18 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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It's the Sanyo PLV-Z5. Came highly recommended by quite a few people, and I like it a lot. The best feature is there's a door which covers the lens and stuff and it's motorized. Keeps the lens clean and no need to climb on furniture to put the lens cap on.
Centre channel is high because the screen is going to sit fairly low.. middle of the screen at about eye height sitting down and the screen is 48 inches high or so. Plus I prefer the sound coming from above than below. I wired in a wire so I can put the centre channel below if I want, or even have two. Some people use two so the sound comes from the centre of the screen.
For light, will have to get blackout blinds at the very least, and probably drapes that have blackout fabric in them. During the day I can hardly see the projector image at all; it's very bright down there!
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09-23-2007, 01:54 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 127.0.0.1
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what is the best way to hook up a HDTV to a Shaw digital box, or SD -> dvd -> hdtv. I mean cable wise. I just hooked up HDTV yesterday, and I must say NFL looks kind of crappy. I'll get a shaw HD receiver, but probably not until next year. I only have the video cables (V & LR) hooked up at the moment.
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