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Re: TV Size?
« Reply #40 on: November 08, 2010, 08:58:57 am »
Quote from: quadzilla on November 07, 2010, 06:19:46 pm
RE Oppo: I felt the same way about the up conversion, my other player is a PS3 and the Oppo wasn't nearly 2x price better. I think only the most discriminating viewers could see or care about the differences or you need to be at 100" or larger sitting at THX distances.

But I also use my Oppo for SACD and streaming music from my computer since its one of the few players (or was) than can stream 96khz files, these features made it worth the extra money to me.

Enjoy the system, nothing better than watching movies or listening to music at home.

On the upconversion..I have not seen the Oppo yet but I refuse to watch DVDs on my PS3. The picture quality is notably softer. I love my PS3 and watch BluRay and Neflix on it very happily but DVD just looks weak to me. Even my wife who would be happy to watch SD tv on a 21 inch screen sees a difference in the way my Toshibs HD DVD player upconverts DVDs and the PS3 on my 92 inch screen.
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Re: TV Size?
« Reply #41 on: December 10, 2010, 09:16:11 am »
Turbo Bob -- Get out the CC, the deals are starting.

1080P projector $799
> http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=45727&vpn=W1000&manufacture=BenQ&promoid=1267

5.1 speaker system from Elac $795 + Marantz SR5004 receiver $550 
> http://www.kromerradio.com/promo.htm
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Re: TV Size?
« Reply #42 on: December 10, 2010, 11:52:57 am »
..Looks like Bobsy will find that hard to resist  <  rim shot  ;)> ME TOO :drool: :fall:.........I've never heard of the BENQ corp..but have been looking at their computer monitors ..ANY GOOD in that dept?..or does Samsung and others still rule there..... :think:
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Re: TV Size?
« Reply #43 on: December 10, 2010, 03:15:04 pm »
We have a 23" flat screen 1080 TV, and it seems huge to me.  It's only the second TV we've owned, and the other was 19".
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Re: TV Size?
« Reply #44 on: December 10, 2010, 03:20:35 pm »
Quote from: johngenx on December 10, 2010, 03:15:04 pm
We have a 23" flat screen 1080 TV, and it seems huge to me.  It's only the second TV we've owned, and the other was 19".
Since 1975 we've had  1* 12", 3* 19" ( 2 were stolen), 1* 27"  all crt,   and now 1*26" lcd and 1 * 46" lcd. 
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Re: TV Size?
« Reply #45 on: December 10, 2010, 03:21:37 pm »
Quote from: johngenx on December 10, 2010, 03:15:04 pm
We have a 23" flat screen 1080 TV, and it seems huge to me. 

You must be sitting really, really close.
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Re: TV Size?
« Reply #46 on: December 10, 2010, 04:02:01 pm »
Quote from: johngenx on December 10, 2010, 03:15:04 pm
We have a 23" flat screen 1080 TV, and it seems huge to me.  It's only the second TV we've owned, and the other was 19".

You must have very good eye sight.  :) 
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Re: TV Size?
« Reply #47 on: December 10, 2010, 06:43:48 pm »
Yeah, my 52" is far too smal for my 13' seating distance.
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Re: TV Size?
« Reply #48 on: December 10, 2010, 07:36:54 pm »
Ya'll need an eye exam.
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Re: TV Size?
« Reply #49 on: December 10, 2010, 08:02:07 pm »
No need, I am perfectly aware of my blindness.
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Re: TV Size?
« Reply #50 on: December 10, 2010, 09:27:57 pm »
Quote from: wing on December 10, 2010, 08:02:07 pm
No need, I am perfectly aware of my blindness.

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Re: TV Size?
« Reply #51 on: December 10, 2010, 09:55:07 pm »
My suggestion. Go to the store, find the size you want. Then buy 1 size lower.
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Re: TV Size?
« Reply #52 on: December 10, 2010, 10:43:15 pm »
Quote from: wing on December 10, 2010, 06:43:48 pm
Yeah, my 52" is far too smal for my 13' seating distance.

Maybe these might help.  ;D

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Re: TV Size?
« Reply #53 on: December 11, 2010, 12:05:58 am »
Quote from: RunsinLight on December 10, 2010, 09:55:07 pm
My suggestion. Go to the store, find the size you want. Then buy 1 size lower larger.

Fixed it for you.
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Re: TV Size?
« Reply #54 on: December 11, 2010, 06:06:25 pm »
Quote from: dr_spock on December 10, 2010, 10:43:15 pm


Man... those modern 3D glasses are getting bulky.
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Re: TV Size?
« Reply #55 on: December 14, 2010, 07:44:25 am »
Quote from: Vmango on December 11, 2010, 06:26:51 pm
Quote from: tortoise on December 11, 2010, 12:05:58 am
Quote from: RunsinLight on December 10, 2010, 09:55:07 pm
My suggestion. Go to the store, find the size you want. Then buy 1 size lower larger.

Fixed it for you.

Agree 100%


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If you have a normal sized room the chances of getting a an LCD/Plasma TV that's "too big" is pretty low. The most common size is a 50. Yeah you can get 60 or above but theyr are pretty pricy. I sit 11 feet from a 92  inch screen and its not even close to "too big" I would have gone to 102 or even 110 if I could have fit it.

The first week or so when you go from say a 32 to a 50 it seems huge. Then after a while you relaize its really not.
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Re: TV Size?
« Reply #56 on: December 14, 2010, 09:46:58 am »
I'll say it one more time:

Best TV size = The biggest freakin' TV you can afford!
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Re: TV Size?
« Reply #57 on: December 14, 2010, 10:52:09 am »
Quote from: Dexer on December 14, 2010, 09:46:58 am
I'll say it one more time:

Best TV size = The biggest freakin' TV you can afford!

Amen.

When I bought my 50" plasma a couple years ago, the sales guy I was dealing with insisted that I need no more than a 42" screen (i sit about 10-12' from the screen). 
If I were to buy again, it would be no smaller than a 60" screen - all the better to go with my existing house-shaking audio system.  :D

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Re: TV Size?
« Reply #58 on: March 23, 2011, 11:20:03 am »
Anybody still wanting to buy a projector?  On sale at Costco right now.

$899 ($100 OFF)
Optoma® HD200X TrueHD** 1080p DLP® Home Theatre Projector

http://www.costco.ca/Browse/Product.aspx?whse=BCCA&topnav=&prodid=10322152&ec=BCCA-EC780-CatHome&pos=3&lang=en-CA

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Re: TV Size?
« Reply #59 on: March 23, 2011, 11:39:35 am »
Any week now I'll have a dedicated room in the basement for me, my books and my TV + its sound system.  6" of sound stuff in the ceiling and  a few inches in the interior walls.

My TV is a 46" and I have a suspicion I'll want a bigger one in the new room
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