Physical & Digital EST: The Future of Home Video Discussion Thread

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by flyry

people can have multiple passions/interests

Isn't the part that I quoted all that you really needed to say? The rest just wasn't necessary.

[crutzulee]

Originally Posted by gotmule

Ha! Nothing wrong with a little dirty talk. I need to bring some lighting into the room since everything I am taking comes out weird. I will make it happen though. My Rangers somehow pulled it out last night, but now we have Carolina who owned us this year.

They're a different team without Anderson, and he is a very different goaltender coming off of an injury (that's why he lost the job in Toronto)...

[crutzulee]

Originally Posted by bhampton

Your theater is so nice. I hope to have something like that eventually. Really nice work.

(PS .... mostly referring to the nice clean comfy space more than the components but those are all top shelf also.)

While both you guys have nicer gear than me, I've mostly put off updating my pics because of the "nice clean comfy" aspect LOL...While I'm always updating the gear, I've been putting off the aesthetics as the wife and I will be figuring out the "retirement" home situation sooner than later. It's only going to get worse in the next few days as I had to put her on a plane to Florida this morning after her mom ended up in the ICU. She usually comes down once a week to clean up my one man frat party. The beer cans are still there from my LEAFS first round exit...

Location will depend on what the kids do after university. My wife wants to get out of the city. I only require a "blank slate" basement to build on the inspiration I get from "peeping" on the builds I see here.

[crutzulee]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

In my experience never encountered a imbecile with a large home theater setup including front projection and immersive audio.

There's always first time for everything.....






...sorry STEEL...that was just too easy to pass up...

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by crutzulee

There's always first time for everything.....






...sorry STEEL...that was just too easy to pass up...

It’s Steed not Steel.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by Vilya

[Show spoiler]I am going into the hospital (again) for more tests on Wednesday and it should just be an overnight stay, but that all depends on what they find.

I am still having several problems that so far have defied any solution with the biggest one being my inability to gain any weight back. I lost 16.5% of my body weight when I was in the hospital last year and I have been unable to gain any of it back despite much effort.

I just wanted to explain my upcoming absence and please wish me luck if you are so inclined.

Hopping the best for you!!! Good luck.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Some facsimile of immersive sound might be possible with headphones, but I absolutely hate wearing anything on my head. I have never gotten entirely used to wearing eyeglasses even after 20 years.

What I love most about this entire hobby of collecting movies, and the nice gear with which we enjoy them, is being able to share the movie viewing experience with my loved ones. I can't do that by wearing headphones, now can I? The only way for all of us to enjoy immersive sound is with a real surround sound set-up with all of the necessary speakers properly placed about the viewing room.

I still hope to add a subwoofer to my arrangement someday to make that aural experience even more immersive, but for now my 9 speakers do a pretty decent job. I very much doubt that any pair of headphones could provide more enjoyment than what I already have.

A personal note follows behind spoilers:

[Show spoiler]I am going into the hospital (again) for more tests on Wednesday and it should just be an overnight stay, but that all depends on what they find.

I am still having several problems that so far have defied any solution with the biggest one being my inability to gain any weight back. I lost 16.5% of my body weight when I was in the hospital last year and I have been unable to gain any of it back despite much effort.

I just wanted to explain my upcoming absence and please wish me luck if you are so inclined.

Best of luck and hope everything goes smooth. 👍

[crutzulee]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

It’s Steed not Steel.

FrankenSTEED!! FrankenSTEED!!!

[gotmule]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Some facsimile of immersive sound might be possible with headphones, but I absolutely hate wearing anything on my head. I have never gotten entirely used to wearing eyeglasses even after 20 years.

What I love most about this entire hobby of collecting movies, and the nice gear with which we enjoy them, is being able to share the movie viewing experience with my loved ones. I can't do that by wearing headphones, now can I? The only way for all of us to enjoy immersive sound is with a real surround sound set-up with all of the necessary speakers properly placed about the viewing room.

I still hope to add a subwoofer to my arrangement someday to make that aural experience even more immersive, but for now my 9 speakers do a pretty decent job. I very much doubt that any pair of headphones could provide more enjoyment than what I already have.

A personal note follows behind spoilers:

[Show spoiler]I am going into the hospital (again) for more tests on Wednesday and it should just be an overnight stay, but that all depends on what they find.

I am still having several problems that so far have defied any solution with the biggest one being my inability to gain any weight back. I lost 16.5% of my body weight when I was in the hospital last year and I have been unable to gain any of it back despite much effort.

I just wanted to explain my upcoming absence and please wish me luck if you are so inclined.

Best of luck to you this round.

[Ender14]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Some facsimile of immersive sound might be possible with headphones, but I absolutely hate wearing anything on my head. I have never gotten entirely used to wearing eyeglasses even after 20 years.

What I love most about this entire hobby of collecting movies, and the nice gear with which we enjoy them, is being able to share the movie viewing experience with my loved ones. I can't do that by wearing headphones, now can I? The only way for all of us to enjoy immersive sound is with a real surround sound set-up with all of the necessary speakers properly placed about the viewing room.

I still hope to add a subwoofer to my arrangement someday to make that aural experience even more immersive, but for now my 9 speakers do a pretty decent job. I very much doubt that any pair of headphones could provide more enjoyment than what I already have.

A personal note follows behind spoilers:

[Show spoiler]I am going into the hospital (again) for more tests on Wednesday and it should just be an overnight stay, but that all depends on what they find.

I am still having several problems that so far have defied any solution with the biggest one being my inability to gain any weight back. I lost 16.5% of my body weight when I was in the hospital last year and I have been unable to gain any of it back despite much effort.

I just wanted to explain my upcoming absence and please wish me luck if you are so inclined.

Wishing you the best.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by crutzulee

FrankenSTEED!! FrankenSTEED!!!

Are you ok?

[alchav21]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

If you use headphones because of a hearing impairment why not just state it outright?

Even though my hearing is not what it use to be, I can hear fine without the Headphones. I think I have explained this before, the Headphones are to watch the main TV late at night. I could crank up the sound to what ever I want. I've had Movie Nights with Family and Friends, and for the Movies we watch, mostly dialog and background music, my setup is fine. My Headphones are getting old and may need an upgrade, there are some real nice ones out there!

[crutzulee]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Are you ok?

Nope...

[crutzulee]

Originally Posted by alchav21

Even though my hearing is not what it use to be, I can hear fine without the Headphones. I think I have explained this before, the Headphones are to watch the main TV late at night. I could crank up the sound to what ever I want. I've had Movie Nights with Family and Friends, and for the Movies we watch, mostly dialog and background music, my setup is fine. My Headphones are getting old and may need an upgrade, there are some real nice ones out there!

I have always liked to watch movies at THX certified levels... My wife and kids are convinced that I am hearing impaired.
A couple of years ago, I was in a bad car accident. Part of the work up they did on me involved placing me in blacked out chamber to test my hearing. Nobody was more surprised than me to find out that my hearing was better than perfect...

Now... my annual physical results are a whole other story... despite studying really hard, I failed the blood test...

[gotmule]

Originally Posted by crutzulee

I have always liked to watch movies at THX certified levels... My wife and kids are convinced that I am hearing impaired.
A couple of years ago, I was in a bad car accident. Part of the work up they did on me involved placing me in blacked out chamber to test my hearing. Nobody was more surprised than me to find out that my hearing was better than perfect...

Now... my annual physical results are a whole other story... despite studying really hard, I failed the blood test...

Sorry to hear about the accident. Hopefully there aren’t too many lingering effects from it if any.

[crutzulee]

Originally Posted by gotmule

Sorry to hear about the accident. Hopefully there aren’t too many lingering effects from it if any.

I have a number of concussion related issues that affect my daily life... but honestly, playing hockey and rugby in an age before we took head injuries seriously, and valued masculine toughness, did more cumulative damage... the accident just finished me off.

I know I'm in the last 3rd of my life, and that physically it won't be my best 3rd, but my pursuits are somewhat mellower... I've actually enjoyed the fact that I can often rewatch an old classic as though it is new to me...lol..

[gotmule]

Originally Posted by crutzulee

I have a number of concussion related issues that affect my daily life... but honestly, playing hockey and rugby in an age before we took head injuries seriously, and valued masculine toughness, did more cumulative damage... the accident just finished me off.

I know I'm in the last 3rd of my life, and that physically it won't be my best 3rd, but my pursuits are somewhat mellower... I've actually enjoyed the fact that I can often rewatch an old classic as though it is new to me...lol..

Damn. Sorry to hear. I wouldn’t trade growing up when we did for any other timeframe though, but it did come with some costs. I know I was in the ER repeatedly for various sports and other hijinx related mishaps as well, and that stuff can definitely catch up to you. Hell, I just rewatched Murder on the Orient Express as the first movie on the new projector, and I couldn’t remember who did it! And that movie came out 5 yrs ago!

[cheez avenger]

Went ahead and placed my order for the [REC] Collection BD and Northman 4K disc through GRUV. Grand total for me was $62.57 (both orders will also ship for free) for an average per title cost of $12.51 each (5 titles). I also used the 20% off coupon that they have.

[stonesfan129]

Ehh all I care about is Dolby Digital. I really wish my gear supported DTS, but I got my Roku system on the cheap, and more and more things seem like they're dropping support for DTS too. Like my Samsung TV - the 2018 and 2019 models I think would at least pass DTS or decode it into DD, but now for 2020 it's like they totally dropped that feature. Not sure why I can't just buy a license to do it, but it is what it is. My Xbox One S can decode to multichannel DD also so that's another solution. I like that more movies are coming out with Dolby TrueHD Atmos on the Blu-ray so at least that has a DD core my gear can use to get multichannel audio. Maybe a couple years down the road I'll buy a surround receiver that can do both (Dolby and DTS).

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by stonesfan129

Ehh all I care about is Dolby Digital.

Why not ask cheez avenger ^^ about his setup. IIRC, his investment was quite modest but he seems very pleased with it.