My motorcycle sold on Friday evening, which means I officially had the funds to upgrade the theater!
I had already ordered the equipment (ready to return if the bike didn’t sell), so my Saturday afternoon was spent installing everything. The screen is a fairly large step-up from a size standpoint, and was a little bit of a pain to mount. The good thing about the new projector is that it doesn’t require mounting and can hit the screen from anywhere on the back wall – so at least exact measurements were kept to a minimum. The screen reeks heavily of new plastic though, so I’m going to have to leave a window open a few days this week.
The last piece of the equipment was a Toshiba HD-A30 HD DVD player that I got at a $100 discount from Best Buy. There were two things that drew me to this particular unit – the availability of HD discs and the great job it does with upscaling standard DVDs. I’ve been blown away by the quality of both, especially the high def stuff.
The only thing left to do is work out some tweaks here and there, and learn how to use all the features of the new stuff. The current list of equipment in the theater looks something like this:
The A30 came with a copy of 300 and The Bourne Identity, but I really wanted to see what the unit could do, so I ordered a few more. Hopefully arriving by the end of the week will be – Batman Begins, Gods & Generals, The Bourne Supremacy, Serenity, Troy: Director’s Cut and Dawn of the Dead.
Pictures (and more movie reviews) will be posted soon!
Theater Upgrade Complete!
September 24, 2007My motorcycle sold on Friday evening, which means I officially had the funds to upgrade the theater!
I had already ordered the equipment (ready to return if the bike didn’t sell), so my Saturday afternoon was spent installing everything. The screen is a fairly large step-up from a size standpoint, and was a little bit of a pain to mount. The good thing about the new projector is that it doesn’t require mounting and can hit the screen from anywhere on the back wall – so at least exact measurements were kept to a minimum. The screen reeks heavily of new plastic though, so I’m going to have to leave a window open a few days this week.
The last piece of the equipment was a Toshiba HD-A30 HD DVD player that I got at a $100 discount from Best Buy. There were two things that drew me to this particular unit – the availability of HD discs and the great job it does with upscaling standard DVDs. I’ve been blown away by the quality of both, especially the high def stuff.
The only thing left to do is work out some tweaks here and there, and learn how to use all the features of the new stuff. The current list of equipment in the theater looks something like this:
Display:
Sanyo PLV-Z5 projector
Elite 92″ Matte White manual screen
Audio:
Polk Audio R300 front speakers
Polk Audio CS1 center channel
Onkyo SKB-520 surround speakers
Acoustech BIC H100 subwoofer
A/V Equipment:
Toshiba HD-A30 HD DVD player
Onkyo HT-R520 receiver
The A30 came with a copy of 300 and The Bourne Identity, but I really wanted to see what the unit could do, so I ordered a few more. Hopefully arriving by the end of the week will be – Batman Begins, Gods & Generals, The Bourne Supremacy, Serenity, Troy: Director’s Cut and Dawn of the Dead.
Pictures (and more movie reviews) will be posted soon!
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