Black Friday 2011

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

I may pick up some .45 but just because I need some. I hate going places on black friday

 

[jdawg90 10+ year member]

they call it black friday for a reason

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

Talking about tv's I think this is what I'm going to have my parents buy me for Christmas.

Sony - BRAVIA / 55" Class / LED / 1080p / 120Hz / 3D / HDTV - KDL55NX720

It will be after friday though

 

[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

There is no difference between 720 and 1080p when you are say, 12 ft away. It's when you get closer and closer when you are able to tell the difference. I have a 50" Samsung 720p plasma in my bedroom and I love it. I've had it for 3 years now and have had no problems at all with it. So it pretty much depends on how far out your viewing area is. Now, in my living room, I have a Samsung 1080p LCD 120 hz flatscreen, but we also sit about six ft away from it. Just something to think about. 720p = big room/ large viewing distance

1080p= close up

But honestly, if I had my choice, I would always go with 1080p.

To get the full resolution benefits of blu ray you really need a projector, or a flat panel above 60" at a viewing distance of 8' away... a 70" flatscreen would be ideal, and you would notice things you never saw before.. Actually Ive read that anything under 50" 1080p is useless

 

[GavinVoy 10+ year member]

just picked up a receiver off newegg for $100 off, and $20 off a plate amp on parts-express.

but as for waiting in line, aint gonna happen.

 

[Nut Hair Trick 10+ year member]

To get the full resolution benefits of blu ray you really need a projector, or a flat panel above 60" at a viewing distance of 8' away... a 70" flatscreen would be ideal, and you would notice things you never saw before.. Actually Ive read that anything under 50" 1080p is useless

Your right on the 70" being ideal. The bigger the room is, the bigger size TV you will need for optimal viewing. I will say this, I was stuck between gettin the 46" and the 55", but due to budget constraits I chose the 46". I now wish I would have waited and saved up to get the 55", but, my 46" 1080p 120hz looks brilliant on blueray. It also has a lot to do with picture settings on the tv and settings on the blueray player. If your settings on the blueray player are jacked then I'm sure 1080p on a tv under 50" will look like garbage. I believe if you have a 120hz 1080p tv, then the optimal settings on the blueray player should be 1080i with a 24hz pulldown. Whatever it is, mine is set up right. It's been over a year since I've been hard core into HT so correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

you guys must have gigantic living rooms to fit 70'' screens and have the speakers set up correctly. I'm guessing running 5.1/7.1 is more forgiving with speaker placement. I run stereo.

 

[Nut Hair Trick 10+ year member]

Haha, nope, not much room for a 70 incher in my den, but 55 would have been perfect.

 

[agarabaghi 10+ year member]

Anyone know where deals are on speaker wire?

 

[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

Your right on the 70" being ideal. The bigger the room is, the bigger size TV you will need for optimal viewing. I will say this, I was stuck between gettin the 46" and the 55", but due to budget constraits I chose the 46". I now wish I would have waited and saved up to get the 55", but, my 46" 1080p 120hz looks brilliant on blueray. It also has a lot to do with picture settings on the tv and settings on the blueray player. If your settings on the blueray player are jacked then I'm sure 1080p on a tv under 50" will look like garbage. I believe if you have a 120hz 1080p tv, then the optimal settings on the blueray player should be 1080i with a 24hz pulldown. Whatever it is, mine is set up right. It's been over a year since I've been hard core into HT so correct me if I'm wrong.

Yea I get 3:2 Pulldown 24 hz rate.. ps3 is setup for it running LPCM audio.. Before and after I got my set I was trolling around AVS forums, and getting a base calibration for the color pallete, white balance , flesh tones etc... and after tweaking here and there over a couple weeks its perfect... I wished I would have got a bigger set , but back then the popular sizes were 46" and 52... Now they are jumping up in sizes were the norm is 55" , 60" and 65"

Ill wait another year or 2 before I make the jumpto a new set, since the PQ is still awesome on this one .. Hopefully by then a good hi end 65-70" will be under $2500.. Because when you have a screen that big, cheapy Image processors are gonna make it look like crap , so might as well just save up for the good stuff

Just looking at Best buy last week and they had a 70" Sharp Aquos on the wall , and I was like , Man that thing is HUGE compared to mine, ( thinking the set next to it was a 52" like mine ) nope it was a 58" Sammy plasma... So yea, my TV is tiny compared to all the new stuff

 

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Anyone know where deals are on speaker wire?

parts express

 

[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

you guys must have gigantic living rooms to fit 70'' screens and have the speakers set up correctly. I'm guessing running 5.1/7.1 is more forgiving with speaker placement. I run stereo.

5.1 is all any one needs.. 7.1 is nice but unless you have a square dedicated room... not worth it..

I have a PIoneer vsx 820 receiver pushing polk Monitor 70s in front with a polk CS2 center, and monitor 40s in the rear, Sub is a 18 CF folded horn //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif my neighbors do NOT like me

 

[agarabaghi 10+ year member]

seems like the only spool they have on sale is 18awg and i think that might be too small for my use.

What's the smallers (or largest awg) you'd use for some JL Audio M770 w ~60watts rms on them?

 

[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

14-16

 

[agarabaghi 10+ year member]

kinda what i figured. Guess ill just wait and buy some on this site or ebay.

 

[Nut Hair Trick 10+ year member]

Yea I get 3:2 Pulldown 24 hz rate.. ps3 is setup for it running LPCM audio.. Before and after I got my set I was trolling around AVS forums, and getting a base calibration for the color pallete, white balance , flesh tones etc... and after tweaking here and there over a couple weeks its perfect... I wished I would have got a bigger set , but back then the popular sizes were 46" and 52... Now they are jumping up in sizes were the norm is 55" , 60" and 65"
Ill wait another year or 2 before I make the jumpto a new set, since the PQ is still awesome on this one .. Hopefully by then a good hi end 65-70" will be under $2500.. Because when you have a screen that big, cheapy Image processors are gonna make it look like crap , so might as well just save up for the good stuff

Just looking at Best buy last week and they had a 70" Sharp Aquos on the wall , and I was like , Man that thing is HUGE compared to mine, ( thinking the set next to it was a 52" like mine ) nope it was a 58" Sammy plasma... So yea, my TV is tiny compared to all the new stuff

 

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parts express

Yeah, I LIVED on AVS forums for quite some time. It seems like I buy a new TV every year at this exact time (holiday bonus check). I would buy a TV to replace the one in the living room, then move the old one to a different room. They say you need to get your TV professionally calibrated because every tv(even though the same model) is different. I say bullshit. Every time I got a new tv, someone had their settings on the forum that had theirs calibrated, and the settings were perfect. You just have to find the right set from the right guys that know what they're doing. This year my obsession is car audio, so the final pieces will be bought by early next week.