Hi, I've been browsing the forums for a while now, and have noticed that very few women post. Also guys tend to have to persuade their other halves of the benefits of projectors I love my projector and had to persuade my other half to go and demo one - although he was suitably impressed! Is this rare or are there other women out there who are keen on AV stuff?

[Reign-Mack]

This is the internet mate women like AV they just dont use the internet as much as men most forums are like this unless its a fansite...

[throwit]

reckon you're just a special kinda girl

[VirusKiller]

Yes they do, but often only once they've seen them in action...

[Keith Hurst]

Not as much as shoes...

KH

[MacReady]

Most women I know (including my Wife) tend not to join in forums such as this even though they too are interested in all things AV.

The reason being that a lot of the time they seem to get the 'OOOHHH a women is posting on the forum...must make an effort to suck up to her or make innuendos constantly' from the majority of the male forum members

I don't think it happens that much on here with the female members (allthough I have seen posts from females get a lot fo attention purely because they are that) but it is very sickening when it does and kind of makes you wonder what kind of life the blokes have if they get so excited about talking to a women on a forum

[Darko]

We do not speak of the enemy..........

[sideysid]

Can ladieeees boast about how many inches they have on display?...surely not...

Sorry for being childish and starting the innuendos as mentioned above...the voices told me to do it.

[Mac Man]

Originally Posted by AtoZ

Hi, I've been browsing the forums for a while now, and have noticed that very few women post. Also guys tend to have to persuade their other halves of the benefits of projectors I love my projector and had to persuade my other half to go and demo one - although he was suitably impressed! Is this rare or are there other women out there who are keen on AV stuff?

My partner has no interest in the technical side. But she loves the end result.

Even to the point of putting up with a monstrous 35Kg Black Servo15 subwoofer in the lounge.

What a gal.

[Knyght_byte]

i just pity my next g/f if she doesnt like it.......2 amps, DVD player, 11 speakers and a subwoofer, plus a projector.....heh

and i aint selling!

(altho i might be persuaded to split the hifi stuff from the home cinema stuff so its not all in one room if we move in together...lol)

if she wuvs me she wont make me sell it!...heh

[Mep]

Originally Posted by VirusKiller

Yes they do, but often only once they've seen them in action...

totally agree, my wife just didn't get the point until she finally agreed to sit and watch Dr Who last week.....she was suitably impressed to put it mildly!

[Darko]

Gents is this a wise thread .....they could be listening

[thudspud]

Mine doesn't like my new projector, says the screen is far too big and it makes her feel sick so we have only watched one film on it since I got it

[mallidiv]

well...
I think everyone even close to like watching movies loves the projectors...

it is just that most women have other priorities in investing money...

because pj is a waste (like any other homecinema type) since someone could be happy with 25 inches of the old world...

more men seem to be into technology...
and spending money on that...

but we still love em, and they can visit as here to see a movie on OUR projector.

[sniffer66]

My wife loves ours, but then going to the movies is her fave night out. Since we've had kids we cant so much so.....


She actually said to me today.. "dont bother getting a cheap new DVD player, lets buy the best we can afford, we'll (i.e you) only moan about the pq ""

[ash]

Originally Posted by Knyght_byte

and i aint selling!

You could sell the g/f to make some space I think.

[terryeden]

I think, with all things it's a question of respect.

If my partner went out and spent £1000 on shoes - I'd be livid! But if she sat down and explained to me that
1) These were very good shoes
2) It was a very good price
3) She'd get lots of use and enjoyment out of them - and so would I
4) etc etc etc
I'd be a lot more receptive.

I actually spent a year researching our new projector - £1000 for a toy is, I'll concur, a lot of money. But by the end of it I had a sufficiently detailed "business case" to convince even the hardest sceptic :-)

What it comes down to, I think, is that men like to socialise around technology - whereas women prefer to socialse about important things :-)

As an example, my partner loves our TiVo and our Xbmc - but when it comes to online fora, she'd rather not discuss which cable suits which firmware revision of which projector. She'd rather talk about philosophy or Buffy.

[gingerone]

My wife loves the projector but only now that it's ceiling mounted and all the cables are tucked away neatly in the ceiling cavity.
Once you you have a well set up homecinema I don't see how you can not be impressed to be honest.

[Darko]

My wife was well happy when I got my Z4 and a HK 335 amp and sammy dvd for the bargain price of £300 if she knew the real price she would not be my wife

But hey she buys fendi hand bags and manolo blahniks shoes and always tells me how cheap they were Yeeeeaaah riiiittte


Darko

[sniffer66]

Originally Posted by Darko

My wife was well happy when I got my Z4 and a HK 335 amp and sammy dvd for the bargain price of £300 if she knew the real price she would not be my wife

But hey she buys fendi hand bags and manolo blahniks shoes and always tells me how cheap they were Yeeeeaaah riiiittte


Darko

You must shop in the same place I got my £600 HD72 !!

[Darko]

yup there is some real bargains ou there

[UZUBAIRU]

I'm one of those women who rarely posts and is more interested in home cinema than my hubby.
Z3 projector/Arcam DVD player/ Denon amp/Xbox 360/Sky+

He whined and moaned about the equipment and cables until we put them in a cupboard at the back of the room (living room) out of sight. Cables are all hidden now.

I had to PLEAD with him to get a projector, but now he's quite happy to show off Sky+, DVDs and Xbox 360 stuff to his mates and he can't wait for Sky HD.

I've purchased it all from my disposable income, so I've not needed to ask for his permission, apart from the projector and fixed screen in the living room.

He doesn't admit to his mates that I source all the stuff.

Umu

[Darko]

mmmmm I would like to make you my wife we can sit in dark rooms together ...watching movies of course

Darko

[Knyght_byte]

Originally Posted by ashmufc

You could sell the g/f to make some space I think.

yeah, keep her clothes tho, would help me tone down the bright nodes in the room

[dragonfly]

The only problem with mine is the COST she thinks that its madness to spend thousands on AV equipment

[Mark_a]

I think women are probably more concerned about the movie than about the means to get it on the screen. It seems more a male thing to be more enamoured of the equipment than the equipment's purpose. Same with cars, HiFi's, you name it. Must be the way our brains are wired.

Regards

Mark

Originally Posted by UZUBAIRU

I'm one of those women who rarely posts and is more interested in home cinema than my hubby.
Z3 projector/Arcam DVD player/ Denon amp/Xbox 360/Sky+

He whined and moaned about the equipment and cables until we put them in a cupboard at the back of the room (living room) out of sight. Cables are all hidden now.

I had to PLEAD with him to get a projector, but now he's quite happy to show off Sky+, DVDs and Xbox 360 stuff to his mates and he can't wait for Sky HD.

I've purchased it all from my disposable income, so I've not needed to ask for his permission, apart from the projector and fixed screen in the living room.

He doesn't admit to his mates that I source all the stuff.

Umu

Hooray! I knew there must be some fellow female AV fans out there! My husband thought maybe a 67 inch diagonal roll up screen would be OK but I managed to persuade him that a 92 inch fixed screen would be much better!

[ash]

Originally Posted by terryeden

3) She'd get lots of use and enjoyment out of them - and so would I

How exactly would you find shoes enjoying

[terryeden]

Originally Posted by ashmufc

How exactly would you find shoes enjoying

I could tell you - but then I'd have to kill you!

[danielmoc]

my girl is most concert about shoes, but in the other hand
my sisters love all about AV.