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11-05-2008, 06:39 PM
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I have DIY Home theatre...
 92 inch Grey Wolf screen with Optoma projector. It's a few years old, so it's only EdTV (waiting for the price of the 1080 projectors to come down). The room is only 20 feet long, so running a 5.1 surround an dit's not tuned for THX or anything like that. It's also the room where my DT is so the lights from the DT is annoying!
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11-05-2008, 07:16 PM
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I'm in the midst of upgrading mine. I got the amps yesterday and I have to pick at a new rec'ver so I can get the new codecs DD-HD and DTS-Master Audio. I have a 60" RCA for a TV that I plan to replace with a 1080p Projector. I'm hoping the TV lasts though, it's the last thing I want to replace. I'm running 7.1 right now with a mix of speakers, they are next on my list to replace, thinking about Swan Diva's
My tank is in the same room also. I don't mind it for everyday tv watching but I turn the lights off on the tank for movies.
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Robb Last edited by Parker; 11-05-2008 at 07:20 PM.
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11-05-2008, 07:23 PM
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Where did you get the sign from?
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11-06-2008, 01:08 AM
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11-06-2008, 01:16 AM
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Here's a Dolby one for 15.00 but it costs another 15 to ship it. http://cgi.ebay.com/DOLBY-DIGITAL-Ne...3286.m20.l1116
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11-06-2008, 05:08 AM
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I was into home theater until my eheim HOB filter cracked and dripped water into my avr445...Who knew that harmon kardon warranty wont cover water damage!!
I do have 7.1, well 7.2 i guess. I have yet to see a movie that utilizes the rears...As far as i know DTS ex merges the "surounds" to the rears. Still sounds nice. Even nicer having a 12" and a 10" sub. Too bad i cheaped out my avr and didnt get the one with the dual sub outs.
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11-05-2008, 07:24 PM
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Do you notice a difference between 7.1 and 5.1? I've been on 5.1 for I guess pushing 10 years now so I understand it's "old school" but then again I honestly don't know if I would notice a huge difference. I still get annoyed when I think someone's behind me knocking stuff over on a shelf or something, or the doorbell rings, and then I realize it's what I'm watching.
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11-05-2008, 07:37 PM
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Ya Tony the difference in 5.1 and 7.1 is
2 ROLMFAO
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11-05-2008, 08:19 PM
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It depends on the size of your room. If you have a small to meduim sized room there is zero reason to go to 7.1. I was 5.1 for years also until I bought my present house. The room I'm using now is much larger and I had holes in the sound as I didn't want to place the rear speakers on stands behind the sofa, they sit close to 14' from my ears. Secondly there are very few 7.1 sound tracks out there at the moment, that is starting to change with the new audio codecs and Blu-Ray. Most movie tracks are mixed 5.1 so you aren't "missing" any sound when compairing 7.1 to 5.1 When listening to 7.1 the rec'er takes the 5.1 track and mixes it to 7.1
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Robb Last edited by Parker; 11-05-2008 at 08:48 PM.
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