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Walked into a local AV store and their showcase display was the late, lamented Panny TX-P65VT65.

"Wish they still made those."

"Yeah."

"What are you going to do with that?"

"Sell it, eventually."

"How about selling it now?"

"Let me call the boss."

(Some haggling ensues.)

It looks really good. :)

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Posted

Walked into a local AV store and their showcase display was the late, lamented Panny TX-P65VT65.

"Wish they still made those."

"Yeah."

"What are you going to do with that?"

"Sell it, eventually."

"How about selling it now?"

"Let me call the boss."

(Some haggling ensues.)

It looks really good. :)

My hero.

**BRENT**

  • 4 weeks later...
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That's exciting. I'd still go with the plasma, but it looks like OLED is finally viable in a large format.

 

I wonder if they've found a new way to mitigate OLED's luminance degradation over its lifetime.

  • 2 weeks later...
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If you send it to me, why not? ;D Bad jokes aside, I've watched one of those displaying some BD movie and the image was as good as anything else, but I have no idea if this is a good long term investment.

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The only reason one asks if one should buy something on headcase is if one already knows one wishes to buy it.  

 

Therefore: dew eet!

Edited by cetoole
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Anyone have a Vizio M-Series tv?  I'm kinda thinking about the 70" model.

 

i was looking at the 80" on amazon. it seems like the next few years are going to be a sucky time to buy a TV. it's still $3000 for a screen with worse quality and 1/4 as many pixels as my phone. 

 

then there is 4K. an 84" 4K TV is just 4x 42" 1080p TV panels that havent been cut apart...but sold for waaaay more than buying 4x 42" TVs. 

  • 2 weeks later...
  • 2 weeks later...
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that's why god invented home theaters.  The speakers on the TV are there for decoration only.  I turned mine off when I bought my TV 8 years ago, and haven't ever turned them back on.

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My wife and I are very pleased with the picture quality of our new HDTV (Samsung PN64F8500), but the speakers suck donkey balls.

Are you using the stock PQ settings? It can get quite better if you decide to get it calibrated.

Posted (edited)

Not entirely on topic but my wife and I are finally moving ahead with getting plans drawn up for digging out the basement at our house to make a HT/Kids room/guest room. I'm getting rather excited about the whole thing and while I will not be able to set up the room perfectly (speakers are going to have to be wall mounted) I'm going to get around that with some technology.

 

Right now I'm thinking BD-Player and Cable Box -> 65" TV, HT Reciever -> 8 channel AD converter -> AES digital-> 3 Genelec 8330 + 4 Genelec 8320 (or maybe 4 more 8330) + Genelec 7350A Sub running Genelec GLM network and room correction.

 

We'll see what the budget comes out at. Another option is making it movies only and skipping the cable box downstairs.

Edited by Dreadhead
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Nice DH! If you watch sports at all, cable box would be handy, otherwise why not an AppleTV or an HTPC with a BD drive?

I cut cable about 5.5 years ago and there is very, very little I miss about it. The kids have Netflix and Hulu+ and YouTube... Works well for us.

**BRENT**

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