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Planned HT Setup...thumbs up or thumbs down?

roguerower

roguerower

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Old (living in college apt):
32" Samsung CRT Flat Screen
Onkyo HT-S760 HTIB
Xbox 360

New (living by myself in first apt):
60" LG PK550 v. 54" Panny G25 v. 50" LG PK950 (~$1500 budget)
Onkyo TX-SR507 (Refurb - $250)
-Sides-Polk Monitor 70
-Center-Polk CS2
-Surrounds and Sub-from HTIB
Xbox 360
PS3 Slim (BR player)
WD TV Live (Ripped DVD Playback)

That's the plan. Will take a month or two or three to get it all but that should be my starter system. My only difficultly is choosing a TV and an entertainment center.

As for the entertainment center, I don't want to get something very tall and I'd like for it to include a mount for the plasma. Any ideas? I liked sixthsense'scenter if helps any.
 
the cab sixth has is a BDI, and yes they look really nice, however they are ungodly expensive, the models like the one he has are somewhere in the 1000-1500$ range and that does not include the mount. a good number of companies make similar units and they are similarly priced

i suggest browsing this thread

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=416358

the Lg plasmas are basically mirrors that happen to play TV. the G series from panny has its own set of issues as so the samsungs. The panny has the lowest imput lag my a good amount so as it looks like you game a lot it should be looked at, there are threads on AVS about input lag for most if not all current models
 
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I've read the ups and downs associated with each TV and that's why I narrowed it down to those 3. The distance requires a 50" TV so that was a baseline for choosing what I wanted. I figured the cabinet he had was insanely expensive when I looked up their website.

Since I've already chosen plasma, I already intend the room to have curtains so the 550 was chosen in that hope. The 950 was chosen because it supposedly includes a anti-glare coating. The G25 was chosen because of all of the extras it has in addition to the good reviews that it has gotten. While I understand that the black levels can rise and that there is a risk of floating blacks, this is my first large HDTV and unless the issues are glaringly obvious I will probably miss them. That isn't to say that my taste will become more refined as time passes.

Thanks for the input and please keep adding stuff.
 
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