Looking to buy a home theather system, any advice greatly appreciated

[Blus Brother]

As Far as manufacturers go, if you have the money. TV - High end Mitsubishis or Pioneer Elite models, both are consistently the best TV manufacturers right now. I have a Mitsu Diamond series RPTV HDTV that the picture quality looks better than most DLPs (of course I have professionally calibrated mine). Speakers - I like Definitive Technology (Def Techs for short). Of course you wont find any of the models I have mentioned at Best Buy or Circuit City. If you have an Ultimate Electronics or specialized audio/video store where you live, then thats where I would look. other speakers worth a look Boston Acoustics, Paradigm, Klipsch to name a few

[sokrman14]

Actually he can find all of them available at Best Buy if he lives near one that has a Magnolia Home Theatre inside of it. They carry Mits Diamond, Pioneer Elite, and Def Tech

[baccusboy]

Speakers should be Paradigm. Simply the best for the money.

If you live near Canada, and can drive there, you get them waaaaay cheaper than if you buy in the USA, for example. Almost 40% less! Ship them into the USA from Canada, and you get stuck with huge import taxes that negates the entire point of doing it.

Seriously.. demo some Paradigm speakers.

[pedigree]

def go for the bravia... if you have the cashflow to pick one up theres no question. i mean.. what do i know but in my eyes its the king of tv's

[pedigree]

and when i said bravia i meant this bad boy


Sony Bravia 1080p 52" XBR Widescreen LCD HDTV KDL52XBR2
thats from the bestbuy site listed at 4999.00$ Can.

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...26&catid=24558

[debo]

Originally Posted by bosels11

As Far as manufacturers go, if you have the money. TV - High end Mitsubishis or Pioneer Elite models, both are consistently the best TV manufacturers right now. I have a Mitsu Diamond series RPTV HDTV that the picture quality looks better than most DLPs (of course I have professionally calibrated mine). Speakers - I like Definitive Technology (Def Techs for short). Of course you wont find any of the models I have mentioned at Best Buy or Circuit City. If you have an Ultimate Electronics or specialized audio/video store where you live, then thats where I would look. other speakers worth a look Boston Acoustics, Paradigm, Klipsch to name a few

i picked up the 73 mits diamond dlp and love it, why and how did you calibrate it?

[Blus Brother]

When you first buy a television it is never set up for optimal PQ out of the box - the quick and easy way to calibrate it would to buy a calibration disc like AVIA ( a disk that has HT info plus picture and audio set up info ), or you could pay someone to calibrate it more in depth. Your television has advanced setup options other than color brightness and sharpness settings, that you cant access just by your main menu. If you know how to do it yourself, you can do it, but I think that voids your warranty. It makes your picture look much better than it does out of the box.

[debo]

about how much would it cost to have one professionally calibrated? and who would i call, if i cant find anyone does the calibration disc make a pretty big difference?, and where would i pick one up, thanks and sorry for the 20 questions