John 1987
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Ive sort of done this already in the rear-projector forum, but as that is a slight niche forum I thought I would show of my home cinema to the rest of the community and see what you think.
The Story
First off I have been working towards this for sometime now, as I am only 18, I have been saving for what seems like years. I have been slowly building my 'home cinema' for nearly 2 years now, getting expert advice from the forums and magazines alike.
The heart of my home cinema must be the glorious Samsung SP46l6, perhaps the most beautiful thing I have laid my eyes on, but off course Im completely biased. You may, or may not know, but its a 46inch HD ready DLP rear projector. Connected to the screen we have the Samsung DVD player via HDMI up scaling to 1080i, a sky multi room box via Scart, the PC via VGA at the moment until I can figure out the DVI to HDMI connection and a Game Cube which Im going to buy component leads for some time as I am not happy with the picture through the composite/Scart adaptor.
Next up we have the equally vital sound department. The brain of the system has to be the simply awesome Denon AVR-1905, for the price I paid for it the build quality and overall performance is amazing, it not only looks but also performs the part. For the speakers I went for the amazing Wharfedale 5.1 HCP and beefed it up to a 7.1 set up with two matching floor-standing fronts. I had some amazing luck with the speakers, as not only did I get them all on special offer saving £270, I got them all in matching beech and from the same chain of shops.
Finally we have the finishing touches, the superb looking entertainment unit from Argos, all of my random collectables including Simpsons, Star wars, Marvel, The Muppets, model cars etc, the couch from Ikea, my insatiable thirst for DVDs and the fact that I am a perfectionist, I really think I have some sort of obsessive compulsive disorder as if something is out of place or Im not happy with it I have to fix it there and then.
Kit List
TV Samsung SP46l6 (£1,200 from miller brothers online)
DVD player Samsung HD850 (£90 from comet)
Receiver Denon AVR-1905 (£250 from superfi)
Speakers Wharfedale diamond 9 7.1 surround sound set up
Fronts: Diamond 9.4 floorstanders (£200 from seven oaks)
Centre: Diamond cc (£330 for the Wharfedale 5.1 HCP)
Middle and rears: Diamond 9.0
Subwoofer: Diamond SW150
PC P4 3Gz, 1024 of ram, 160GB HD, 256mb ati radion x700 (£700 from PC specilsts)
Cabling Qed Scarts (AV41 RGB), Qunex HDMI, DVI to HDMI lead and all of the speaker cabling (£300)
Montana Entertainment Unit from Argos, along with the DVD storage (£70)
Leather couch from ikea (£300)
The Story
First off I have been working towards this for sometime now, as I am only 18, I have been saving for what seems like years. I have been slowly building my 'home cinema' for nearly 2 years now, getting expert advice from the forums and magazines alike.
The heart of my home cinema must be the glorious Samsung SP46l6, perhaps the most beautiful thing I have laid my eyes on, but off course Im completely biased. You may, or may not know, but its a 46inch HD ready DLP rear projector. Connected to the screen we have the Samsung DVD player via HDMI up scaling to 1080i, a sky multi room box via Scart, the PC via VGA at the moment until I can figure out the DVI to HDMI connection and a Game Cube which Im going to buy component leads for some time as I am not happy with the picture through the composite/Scart adaptor.
Next up we have the equally vital sound department. The brain of the system has to be the simply awesome Denon AVR-1905, for the price I paid for it the build quality and overall performance is amazing, it not only looks but also performs the part. For the speakers I went for the amazing Wharfedale 5.1 HCP and beefed it up to a 7.1 set up with two matching floor-standing fronts. I had some amazing luck with the speakers, as not only did I get them all on special offer saving £270, I got them all in matching beech and from the same chain of shops.
Finally we have the finishing touches, the superb looking entertainment unit from Argos, all of my random collectables including Simpsons, Star wars, Marvel, The Muppets, model cars etc, the couch from Ikea, my insatiable thirst for DVDs and the fact that I am a perfectionist, I really think I have some sort of obsessive compulsive disorder as if something is out of place or Im not happy with it I have to fix it there and then.
Kit List
TV Samsung SP46l6 (£1,200 from miller brothers online)
DVD player Samsung HD850 (£90 from comet)
Receiver Denon AVR-1905 (£250 from superfi)
Speakers Wharfedale diamond 9 7.1 surround sound set up
Fronts: Diamond 9.4 floorstanders (£200 from seven oaks)
Centre: Diamond cc (£330 for the Wharfedale 5.1 HCP)
Middle and rears: Diamond 9.0
Subwoofer: Diamond SW150
PC P4 3Gz, 1024 of ram, 160GB HD, 256mb ati radion x700 (£700 from PC specilsts)
Cabling Qed Scarts (AV41 RGB), Qunex HDMI, DVI to HDMI lead and all of the speaker cabling (£300)
Montana Entertainment Unit from Argos, along with the DVD storage (£70)
Leather couch from ikea (£300)
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