Home Theater Thread

[voltes_V]

i would interpret "optimized for video" as having sufficient bandwidth for video signal transmission ... the NTSC composite video signal is normally 6MHz wide and for most RCA cables, even the cheapest ones, can carry the video signal for short lengths

unfortunately, the cheaper RCA cables in the market are not really coaxial, instead the purported "shield" is actually a few strands of wire and helically wrapping the center conductor with lots of unshielded portions ... i believe this kind of cable will degrade the video signal over longer distance (>10 feet) and susceptible to emf interference, which could be the reason why you don't find them longer than a meter or two

however, the RCA cables supplied by manufacturers of known brands are usually true coaxial are can be trusted to provide sufficient bandwidth for video

expensive cables like monster are, imo, simply marketing hype and surely one could find lower cost true coxial cables that could perform just as well

gold connectors? tell that to the marines! they are useful only for semiconductor manufacturing

Thank you sir for the explanation. I couldn't have said it better.
Lesson learned:Very cheap cable will do for short distances and the not so expensive cables are preferred for long distances.
Advise: Do not buy expensive cables unless their freebies.

[voltes_V]

next time na madaan ka sa Florida, chief

although kung malapit ka sa Toronto...madadaan ako jan sa january

Ayus! Nasa florida ako next year hehe. Too bad your not in SoCal, Ill be on holidays there starting nextweek.

[oldblue]

meron na ba mga ganito product sa P'nas

http://208.109.228.157/imagens/produ...g?x=1190193886

http://208.109.228.157/imagens/produ...g?x=1190194019

i saw a seller in another forum kaya lang limited stocks nya eh. saka may apprehensions din ako bumili sa kanya since parang grey marketeer

ok sana price around 35k intro offer nya, around 20k cheaper than the korean 32" LCD TV

sino nga ba yun parang distro ng AOC dito, gleek technologies ba or axis technologies. gusto ko sana tanungin

[oldblue]

been browsing thru this special tech talk forum and I just came up with this idea

why not setup a home theatre thread na puros computer brands and parts naman

i just checked out glee electronics website and they are now selling

37"/32" AOC LCD TV. AOC is a popular monitor brand.

tapos add tambutsoo Mediagate Player




buy a 320GB Seagate IDE HDD
buy an altec lansing subwoofer speakers

record all your movies, tv series, mp3s, photos from time to time with your home PC connected to the net.

I have burned in like 22 DVD-R divx movies with 6 movies each. 6x22 = 132 movies. 4.3GB x 22 = 94GB lang. I have like 2 DVD+R of MP3 music or roughly a 1000 music each or 2000 music files = or 8GB.

at 320GB HDD - 94GB - 8GB = 218GB free space more! and no more DVD casings, cabinets, jackets/bags to clutter up your living room! tapos swappable pa yun mediagate. pag naubos yun 320GB bili ka na lang ulit ng isa pa 320GB more.





and you've got yourself a fully functioning media center/home theatre from computer parts/brands

Cost:

1. AOC 32" LCD TV estimated at 40k
2. Mediagate 5k
3. Seagate 320GB 5.5k (per pcx pricing)
4. Altec Lansing Speakers 5k

Total of P 55.5k lang.



addl. costing or given na
1 Home Computer P20k above
1 PLDT DSL connection P900/mo





what do you think? any other suggested configs. baka mag-setup ako ng ganito ah tipid in the long run. pati effort kasi di ka na tatayo para magpalit ng dvd. menu na lang with 320gigs of multimedia.

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wait may photo player pa. i can also view all our vacation photos in the TV and access by remote. nice. parang electronic album lalo na pag may guest sa haws

[wildthing]

not to reprimand but posting this in the home theater thread would be appropriate.

pero maganda ang concept mo. BUT the last time SONY had their sale - the SONY Bravia V 32" LCD comes with a free DVD/CD player and a matching 5.1HT sound system = cash cost is P55,000.

the same lang sa costing mo.

[oldblue]

share ko lang cut and paste from another forum MURA no?



BRAND NEW
Panasonic Plasma
50" P123,000 PV70 Viera
42" P110,000 TH42PV600H
42" P83,000 PV70 Viera
42" TH42PV7H P73,000
32" LX70 (LCD) P48,000

Philips 26" 26HF5443/97 P33,000

Sharp Aquos 32" P42,000

Samsung LCD
46" P153,000 M series Most Awarded
40" P81,000 R81B
32" P45,000 R81B
26" P36,000 R71B
19" P25,500 R71B


Toshiba LCD
32" WL66E P50,000 Regza
32" A3000E P42,000 Regza
37" A3000E P55,000 Regza
42" A3000E P72,000 Regza
47"WL68E P128,000 Regza

Hitachi
32" LD9000 P59,000

1 Year Warranty!!! Free Delivery within Metro Manila
Contact #s 0927-886-87-26
#(02) 800-35-62

[empy]

ohoy, maganda pala talaga yung presyong kuha ko sa 32" Viera ko :clap:

[mazdamazda]

Hmmm... mura yung prices compared to what the authorized distributors & dealers are pricing them. Baka smuggled or something.

[wildthing]

malaki talaga profit sa electronics... some technique is to get the model 2nd to the latest...baka ganyan yan.

in fairness mura nga kaso who would dare buy and share their experience if it was really worth it?

[empy]

bagsak na talaga presyo ng 1080i at 720p sets ngayon. lumabas na kasi yung mga 1080p and Bluray is starting to gain a foothold as the next gen in video

[oldblue]

hey guys! i just called my friend today who works in glee electronics. Phils distro of AOC Monitors



32" P 34k
37" P 48k

3 YEARS WARRANTY!

we still use a 3 yr-old AOC 15" LM520 and about 3 AOC 15" LM521 (1 yr old) sa office. so far tibay naman. never pa pumalya, ginagamit namin photoshop ang graphics.

ok na ba'to. puntahan ko na kaya kapitbahay na pala namin sila sa Taipan Place sa Emerald Ortigas. alam ko dati sa San jUan sila eh

I am just concerned on the 8.5ms and contrast ratio spec of 700:1. ano ba ibig sabihin neto mabagal o puwede na pang xvid movies

[Lucius]

Hahaha grabe ka naman bro walang patawad tumawag ka ganitong time? Mura pala no

[oldblue]

malaki talaga profit sa electronics... some technique is to get the model 2nd to the latest...baka ganyan yan.

in fairness mura nga kaso who would dare buy and share their experience if it was really worth it?

yeah I know. there is some sort of risk here. COD sya pero wala daw shop accdg dun sa isang forum. if you order, they will deliver daw kagad in 5 hours or so. if there is a defect, they will replace outright. yun nga lang parang hindi mo nakikita kung sino ka-deal mo

[Jun aka Pekto]

All I can say is that the picture quality on the Sony Bravias are simply jaw-dropping. Are there any other brands that can match their picture quality at a lower price?

[n2knee]

All I can say is that the picture quality on the Sony Bravias are simply jaw-dropping. Are there any other brands that can match their picture quality at a lower price?

i agree. it is stunning, but pricey. i think Samsumg and Sharp Aquous (sp?) are close enough. Samsung is as much as the Sony and Sharp costs a little bit less.

[andre]

Pictures PQ are like you said Jaw Dropping in the stores. Bec. they use either bluray, HD DVD, HD hard disk media player, HD generator devices or great demo disk (usually slow moving scenes with plenty of colors).

Get a PS3, its very cheap now. Estimate 23T, Its the cheapest Bluray capable device here in the Philippines. I got one.

There are great movies coming to Bluray, Spiderman 3, Die Hard 4, Pirates of the Caribbean 3, Fantastic Four 2, etc.

Happy Viewing!

BTW, AOC LCD TV are dirt cheap. I think the 42" is about 60T only. Good brand compare to the Chinese LCD counterpart.

[empy]

All I can say is that the picture quality on the Sony Bravias are simply jaw-dropping. Are there any other brands that can match their picture quality at a lower price?

yes. Panasonics are as good or better. they tend to be more stripped-down feature-wise (which is why many businesses love to use them as display panels) for the power consumer, but the picture quality is top notch.

also, for plasma, LG/Vizio is making tremendous improvements in their picture qualities (not sure if they are offering 1080p yet though) for a super-low price. my 50-inch plasma is from them...i never thought i would buy a big flatscreen because of the ridiculous prices, but LG's units are unmatched when it comes to price/performance ratio

[andre]

We got a 32" Vizio LCD last year. It was only $800 at that time. Here in the Phils. 32" are more than 100K last year.

I heard Vizio now has more market share in U.S. than any other brand. If my info is correct.

[Karding]

We got a 32" Vizio LCD last year. It was only $800 at that time. Here in the Phils. 32" are more than 100K last year.

I heard Vizio now has more market share in U.S. than any other brand. If my info is correct.

as of Aug. 20, they are on top and hold 14.5% of the market according to CNET.

for $1000: premium brand 32-37" or Vizio 47" LCD

couple that with distribution to WAL-MART and K-MART.

CNET.com

I got my eye on Aquos 42D64U. $1395 FREE SHIPPING buydig.com

[oldblue]

vizio is made in?