When did you get your 1st home theater?

[azncarbos]

I was rocking a HT with my sweet VSH and 5 speakers...back in the days.

[Nick4Blu_81]

Originally Posted by Zman2k2

For me it was DVD with a HTiB setup.

+1

[Blu-Dog]

Originally Posted by jk1138

Simply put, what film media did you first start your home theater with. Not just a TV and say a VCR but a real (In your own opinion) home theater.

Quasar 27" console, Sony VHS VCR, Pioneer SX-1010 100 watt receiver, two LDL direct/reflecting (Bose 901 knockoff) speakers, and two home-built three-way boxes that would qualify as subwoofers today.

The " T-Rex Stomp" in Jurassic Park was a marvel to all...never looked back.

[neos_peace]

Originally Posted by Audiophile_At_Birth

First Philips Magnavox HTiB I hope you mean. HTiB have been around since the 90s when pro logice ruled the stereo world. I remember my dad was all excited in 96' when he got his RCA HTiB. Wow, good times.

That is exactly what I mean Philips first I didn't mean the absolute first I'm not that stupid

Originally Posted by kingofgrills

I first got started with 2 channel audio back in 1986, with a Kyocera CD player directly connected to a Yamaha M-80 2 channel amp (540 watts total, I think) and A/D/S tower speakers. It was simply phenomenal.

I moved into the A/V surround sound world by purchasing a Magnavox 5 channel HTIB, and I think that was 1995. All it came with was a surround receiver and 5 small bookshelf speakers. It didn't include a subwoofer or a media player (DVD or VHS). I added a Toshiba stereo VHS player and a 25" Phillips TV, and I was off and running. Compared to my 2 channel setup, the surround setup seemed quite gimicky, with it's poorly separated pro logic surround sound, but it was enjoyable at the time.

Today that setup would send me running from the room.

What was the point of qouting me wiht that responce
Im confused.


P.S. Just a side note this is my first multi qoute and I'm proud to say I didn it rite

Ok back to topic.

[Nameless Evil]

DVDs back in '97... Though I had already been collecting VHS since the late 80's.
Started off with a Sony 60" projection screen (still in use as BR tv) and a HTiB.

[Warjack Prime]

I bought my first home theater around 1996. I had a 27" TV with a Panasonic hi fi VCR and a Kenwood home theater in a box. I upgraded to a Bose Lifestyle system a few years later. When DVD came out I upgraded to a Toshiba DVD player (when they finally dropped in price to $250). Then I upgraded to a Panasonic 36" TV until around 2004 when I upgraded again to a Toshiba 46" RTPV, a Denon receiver and DVD player and Infinity speakers. My last upgrade has been the Denon receiver (3808CI) and a Westinghouse 47" LCD TV. I'm currently wanting to upgrade my TV but I don't think that will happen any time soon. Oh yeah, I also added a PS3 bluray player and an SVS subwoofer.

[rpatt]

I've been a two channel man since 1975. I really wasn't interested in an HT setup until last year when I heard the Eagles in Melbourne concert in HD-DVD on a good system. I was instantly hooked. I bought an HD-DVD player just for this concert even though I knew that Blu had won the format war.

[dubldown]

32" Magnavox tube TV
magnavox hi-fi stereo VCR
Sony stereo receiver
2 3 way stereo speakers with 12" woofers

my upstairs neighbor hated me

[Johnny Vinyl]

When I got my first Betamax (Stereo model and a $1,200 price tag) back in the mid-70's, the first thing I did was hook it up to my 2-channel system. Obviously not HT, but surely "multi" channel.

John

[Jodi]

My first home theater, back in the late 90s, was a DVD player and a LaserDisc player. The LD player was a Pioneer Elite, but right now I can't remember what brand of DVD player I had back then! The memory does things to you as you get older but I will never, ever forget becoming the proud and VERY happy owner of an Ayre Acoustics DX-7e DVD transport about '05.
Anyway, my first home theater also consisted of a Rotel pre-pro, a Rotel DTS decoder (separate from the pre-pro), a Rotel multi-channel power amp, 2 pairs of Snells (Type E's in the front, Type K's in the rear) and a Snell center channel speaker, and a Velodyne sub. The television was a 26" Sony XBR direct-view (4:3 ratio.....remember glass-tube TV's?)

Jodi

[Jodi]

Originally Posted by kingofgrills

I first got started with 2 channel audio back in 1986, with a Kyocera CD player directly connected to a Yamaha M-80 2 channel amp (540 watts total, I think) and A/D/S tower speakers. It was simply phenomenal.

I moved into the A/V surround sound world by purchasing a Magnavox 5 channel HTIB, and I think that was 1995. All it came with was a surround receiver and 5 small bookshelf speakers. It didn't include a subwoofer or a media player (DVD or VHS). I added a Toshiba stereo VHS player and a 25" Phillips TV, and I was off and running. Compared to my 2 channel setup, the surround setup seemed quite gimicky, with it's poorly separated pro logic surround sound, but it was enjoyable at the time.

Today that setup would send me running from the room.

Kyocera and a/d/s stereo components.........remembering back, those were the good ol' days!

Jodi

[blu_world]

Voted blu-ray..



got my home theater system after browsing blu-ray.com for year's then decided later on i should get my self a system together as it's the first of mine....i was brand new to Polk home audio speakers, but were Happy with their high end automotive speakers in the car...so my plan in the start of everything was Polk speakers.


Next was the Onkyo since it was trusted by most here,and I'm happy with how they sound & glad i was pointed towards it...


My TV i had for at least 4 years,i plan to make the move to plasma later on....waiting for all the 2009 model reviews to pan out before i make my choice on best features,PQ....Kind of hate to cheap out on things i buy..

[4Dblu]

LD got me started in HT. i stop being a DJ and use my equipment for sound but, and i mean but had a 19in tv with ALL this sound. all my friends said the samething "you need a BIGGER tv".

but now 4 rocking a$$ systems

[DougMac]

I count the hallway outside my bedroom where I'd set up my little 8mm projector as my first HT, 51 years ago!

In addition to showing the movies I'd take with my little Brownie movie camera, I'd buy Castle films. I've got a W.C. Fields chase scene from "Never Give a Sucker and Even Break" and a ten minute version of "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein". I always wanted to buy a 35mm projector, which I doubt would fit in the hallway!

Now I have a dedicated HT with front projection and 7.1 sound. I have a display area with various movie memorabilia, including that little Brownie 8mm camera!

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by DougMac

I count the hallway outside my bedroom where I'd set up my little 8mm projector as my first HT, 51 years ago!

In addition to showing the movies I'd take with my little Brownie movie camera, I'd buy Castle films. I've got a W.C. Fields chase scene from "Never Give a Sucker and Even Break" and a ten minute version of "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein". I always wanted to buy a 35mm projector, which I doubt would fit in the hallway!

Now I have a dedicated HT with front projection and 7.1 sound. I have a display area with various movie memorabilia, including that little Brownie 8mm camera!

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Welcome to the site Doug. That sounds really awesome with the old Brownie camera now a part of your "real" HT. However, where's the pics?.....we really, really like pics around here......

[wafi]

Just TV & VHS for me back when I was a teenager but I did hook the VHS player upto my Technics boom-box for "surround"

[prerich]

All started with Yamaha M-80, Yamaha MX-35, Yamaha DSP1 processor, Yamaha C-80 preamp, Infinity SM150 speakers, Infinity RS 1's for Front effects, Bose 301 Surrounds (No center channel options at that time yet)...huge sound with a 27 inch JVC TV I had a Fisher HIFI VCR a Carver tuner, Carver CD player, and later a Carver pre-amp, a Rotel Turntable, and a DBX dynamic range expander, Noise reduction unit, Bass sub harmonic synth, and route selecetor, I had a yamaha EQ. This I would say was my first HT. (Dolby pro-logic wasn't even out yet).

[-DLS-]

2004 - Sony HTIB with 27" WEGA
2008 - PS3, Polk Monitors with an Onkyo 705 and my first HDTV - Samsung LNT4671
2009 - Bad upgrade-itis.....

[Xenomorph]

My first attempt was a 19" CRT back in the early 80's. I opened up the case and soldered some speaker wire onto the TV's speaker wires, then soldered the other end to some RCA jacks. Plugged them into the TAPE IN on my old receiver and had all the audio coming out of 4 speakers.
I thought that was the greatest thing ever!

After that, an old Onkyo Pro-logic setup with JBL bookshelf system.
Then a Kinergetics Chiro C-800 Pre/Pro, Denon AVD2000 surround processor, Jamo speakers...

So what was your first HT like?

[Steve]

The first setup I had that I would try to call a home theater system (not just a TV) was a 48" Mitsubishi rear projection HDTV that could change resolutions between 480p, 720p, and 1080i. With that I had a Panasonic 5 disc DVD changer HTiB 5.1 setup and an original Xbox.

Nice avatar by the way.