RE: Home cinema

["Nigel Giddings" <nigel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris,

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A home cinema will provide an immersive affect not possible with a
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ly, compared with a projected image, small screen.

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The sound can be good from a PC/MAC in fact that is what I would recommend
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as the source.

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You are right that DVD cannot fill a 100" plus screen and look good
but you=
can cheat by up-scaling the picture, it will introduce distortion in the w=
ay of blur and other issues but the effect is better with it than without
i=
t.

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Looking to the future HD will gain more ground, Blu-Ray / HD DVD will
becom=
e more affordable, there is talk of HD via freeview and the internet, of
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urse $ky will be there as well...

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The best thing is to see for yourself, it's a personal choice, and adjust
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our requirements / costs accordingly. Most cinema enthusiast are only too
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illing to 'demonstrate' how good their cinema is compared to more 'normal'
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setups...

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Nigel

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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Hunter [mailto:cjhunter@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 04 December 2006 23:10
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Home cinema

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Hmm ... good points ... how to answer ?

... as Tim noted a long time ago, the core image of DVDs is surprisingly=20
small ... meaning it's difficult to see that large images can be good,=20
other than as a means of allowing more people to view ... ie: the larger=20
image has to be seen far-away, 'cos the detail ain't there ...

... sound ... the stereo hi-fi's pretty-good, base-wise & all ...

... image-quality ... the 'Macs are pretty good ... colour accuracy
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depth, etc ... last-time I went to the shops, TVs - of any size or type=20
- were pretty poor, in-comparison ... ... in a few weeks, I'll=20
look-again ... don't get let-out very often ... once a year !

... our room ... not large ... about 3m square ... plus adjoining=20
ways-through ... meaning 3m x 5m, acoustically ... french-windows on one=20
wall ... walls & ceiling wet-plastered ...

otherwise .. it's the parlour, which'll have a large 2.4m square table,=20
bar-stool height, with low-set four-screen display-box in 'centre, one=20
to each side, each able to display 'different or 'same programme ...

'middle-floor encompasses all this, opening to garden, too ... in=20
summer, anyway ...

Chris

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Monday, 04 Dec '6 - 19:36:45 -0000

from: Paul Gale groups@xxxxxxx <mailto:groups%40siliconpixel.com>=
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Depends on personal taste, a bit - but a large plasma / LCD / projector=20
is significantly better to watch than any PC / 'Mac screen - even my
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LCDs IMO.

Paul

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Monday, 04 Dec '6 - 20:33:57 -0000

from: Nigel Giddings nigel@xxxxxxx <mailto:nigel%40corbenic.co.uk>=20

I can't understand the indecisiveness ... I can understand the confusion
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)

You cannot beat the full-sound system of 5.1 or 7.1, the sub-woofer does=20
it for me ... a decent image on a large screen, in a darkened room, also=20
helps to transport you into the film ...

Personally, I feel that PCs (I only have 'Windows experience) are at=20
such a price / performance point they should be the centre of any set-up=20
... for much less than =A3500, you can get a PC that can output HDTV
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full surround-audio - the advantage is up-scaling DVD material, Freeview=20
& SKY SD ... ability to play HD downloads ... HD content available
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is royalty-free ...

The only issue is how to project ... large LCDs & Plasmas are still
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bit small ... having experienced CRT, it would seem the way to go, but=20
'is expensive or requires a lot of fettling ... LCD & DLP projectors
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very good, now, especially if you spend =A34K+ ...

If you have the room, why not do it ? My cinema can also be used for=20
entertaining, as a party-space ... great for interactive DVD-games,=20
presentation-suite and, maybe, one day, as a posh video-conference=20
system ...

Do you have a room in-mind, what size ... natural light ... sound=20
reflectiveness ... ?

Nigel

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