My Living Room HT Set Up

[k11]

Finally, I placed in the order for my speakers and sub woofer.
Many thanks to Prosenjit and others who have helped in the decision making.

I do not have a dedicated HT room. So it is pretty basic setup.
Although I would love to have it some day.
I can afford High End Equipment but it is hard to afford a bigger house with HT room. RE prices are crazier nowadays all over the country.

My Living Room is slowly shaping up.

What I bought in October:
LED TV - LG 55" LM6700
AV Receiver - Pioneer VSK-821K 5.1Ch 110V

Ordered now:
Speakers - Jamo S426 Package
Subwoofer - Definitive Technology Supercube 8-inch 650W 240V

Yet to buy:
3D BluRay Player - Panny 220/Sony S590
3D Movies - 4 titles.
BluRay - 10 titles to begin with.
Speaker/HDMI cables, banana plugs and accessories
Wall Mount and TV Installation
Nice TV Stand (Will need help on this)
Wall Paneling

Thinking of Buying:
Internet Radio Player

Not Necessary but Nice to have:
Media Player like Apple TV
Bass Shakers underneath the sofa
Amplifier for Subwoofer


I will keep you posted.
I will wrap up most of the purchases in the next two weeks and setup everything by early December.

 

[prosenjit]

why not save some money by not buying blu ray titles....as in moviemart thay are easily avilable...and spend the amount in something else like a higher model blu ray player etc.....
just an idea.
no offence
you will also need some room acoustics..like heavy curtain,a carpet(not a fancy one..a good heavy will do),sofas etc...

 

[k11]

No probs.
I am not familiar with Movie Mart. I will look into this.
I think it is similar to Bigflix.

I have always wanted to keep a couple of 3D titles and some movies with me.
I will see if there is any clearance offer or on ebay.


Coming to room,
Yes, you reminded me of curtains. We have a small renovation project with new furniture and upholstery and we are planning to install double layered curtains.

 

[prosenjit]

Movie Mart : Browse Unlimited DVD Movies for rentals in India

check this...not like netflix.actual disk rental...at very attractive rate.

 

[m.a.sara]

No probs.
I am not familiar with Movie Mart. I will look into this.
I think it is similar to Bigflix.

I have always wanted to keep a couple of 3D titles and some movies with me.
I will see if there is any clearance offer or on ebay.


Coming to room,
Yes, you reminded me of curtains. We have a small renovation project with new furniture and upholstery and we are planning to install double layered curtains.

Another cheaper option to watch high quality video is to by media players and play .mkv files

you have an excellent setup to start with! Congrats and enjoy the movies

 

[k11]

Another cheaper option to watch high quality video is to by media players and play .mkv files

you have an excellent setup to start with! Congrats and enjoy the movies

Thanks.

I got a another quick question. Does the media player read files directly from portable HDD.

 

[manoj.p]

Thanks.

I got a another quick question. Does the media player read files directly from portable HDD.

Yes, most have USB and Network ports to stream the media from. Some newer/higher priced ones have E-Sata ports, SD ports and wireless networks too.

 

[k11]

Is there a cheap media player which can read iso files from HDD and play directly.

How about the chinese players. Would they do the job?

 

[k11]

How about this.

3D 1080p H264 HDMI HD Media Player Full HD Center Mobile 2 5" SATA HDD Enclosure | eBay

I do not need streaming.

Can't the bluray player do the same thing.

 

[prosenjit]

you wont need this as a blu ray player via usb will do the same job flawlessly....
panny 220 reads 1 TB hdd smoothly.....

 

[k11]

Awesome, So then I can use blu ray to read my external hard drive for both music and movies.

 

[manoj.p]

you wont need this as a blu ray player via usb will do the same job flawlessly....
panny 220 reads 1 TB hdd smoothly.....

Not exactly the same job.

No Bluray player will play .iso images directly. Oppo 93/95 used to play it, but they have dropped it altogether.
Not all play mkv files, esp high bitrate. Reason is - they don't want copyrighted material.

A media players plays way more formats compared a Bluray player. Do some more reading on this and other forums before you buy. Many media player is perfect. They do have some shortcomings, so do your homework.

 

[k11]

I read online on Amazon reviews that the LG 3D TVs plays MKV files through USB but not ISO format.
I do not have an external HDD to test.
I will buy a 1TB portable one and test it out.

If I buy a media player then I would like it to offer 3D playback too.
I feel it is not worth spending money if the TV/Blu Ray player can play most of formats.

else I will try to get a cheap media player and then maybe down the road get a nice one with 3D playback.

 

[prosenjit]

read kix started thered on pana 220 bdt...blu ray player review.
it reads from a 1 tb harddisk flawlessly.
and why so much tension.
you are anyway geetting a blu ray player whatsoever as u will play oroginal disks rented or owned..
try it with hdd.
if unhappy get a media player later.
nowadays blu ray players by the way play from a 1 tb hdd very smoothly.
i tried with sony br player 190 1 tb hdd with movie files like 15GB size mkv....dowloaded content.played smoothly.
yes cant commnet about images file iso etc.....never tested

 

[k11]

Just ordered a Monster Green Power Surge Protector and Noise filter.

http://www.hifivision.com/audio-video-accessories/31567-monster-green-power.html#post433177

 

[virbhardwaj]

i have 47LM5800 3D tv and i have downloaded movies from 3D Side By Side Content Movies and Games all in SBS enjoying by playing directly from External HDD but picture smoothness is not so good but u can save lots of money.

 

[k11]

Thats great to hear. I would like to have the flexibility to play from TV itself.
By the way, how do you download these huge files. I think you need high speed connection right and also higher download cap, my airtel caps out soon.
Would any browsing center help?


Anyway I am planning to get Panny 220 this week, maybe tomorrow.

Got four movies in 3D, couple of them through Amazon.

Avatar 3D
Pirates of Carribean - On stranger Tides 3D
Both - $45.

Wrath of Titans 3D
Imax Deep Sea 3D Documentary
$30

Might get a ten BD regular titles if possible.

Amazon UK has got good deal on Resident Evil set for GBP10.

 

[prosenjit]

what are the blu ray regions.............
are they all region free or zone A.B.C....otherwise they wont run in a normal indian blu ray player........
make sure before a disk import

 

[k11]

I am planning to buy the Panny BDP from US. So I think the Amazon discs and the region free Amazon UK discs should run.

 

[prosenjit]

ok good then......but also consider the volatage adaptor fro the player...