WOW! AVS closes its HDM Insiders Thread

[Anthony P]

AVS is actually a great forum, but unfortunately the High Def Media area has been a breeding ground of stupidity. Luckily, the rest of the forum is the best of the best when it comes to audio and video. I have yet to find another place that has as much information about all different sorts of brands of projector's, speakers, subwoofers, etc. than at AVS.

even though I agree in part (the archives are filled with great info) the truth is that the quality had been going down for a few years now. The HD forums where just a highly exaggerated version of the rest. In my opinion the mistake was done when they decided they wanted a "popular" forum and then decided to add sections like HTIB and stuff. That was when it started becoming harder to discuss tech stuff or quality because you would have some bozo with "you don't need 1080p" and other stuff like that.

I also think they went a bit nuts with the listening to whiners. This was after I left but at some point there was a subsection for LCOS projectors because DLP fans did not like it that there where threads on LCOS. So anyone that is not a fanboy would need to read the high end projector forum for DLP and LCD and go to the LCOS for the rest to get an idea of what was out there.