Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Mits' New 82 inch LCoS

I was going to wait and see if HDTV was actually going to happen before buying a big screen, but I could care less about HD right now.

I went ahead and bought the cheap-a@@ Phillips HDTV in old 4:3, and couldn't be happier. Picture is huge and WAY BETTER than that of my 2 yr old 36" JVC. With the old shape I do not have to sacrifice picture quality when viewing 4:3 TV signals (stretch, zoom, etc..), for DVDs the progressive scan picture is superb and over 53" diagonally, and if HD signals ever become the norm I'll be able to take advantage of those as well (shrinking the picture down to 57" or so). Only complaint I have is the gray cabinet and the dark gray material that covers the speakers - black on black would have looked much better in the daylight.

And if I need to upgrade down the line (who knows what technology will be here in a few years) I won't have so much $ invested that it pisses off the wife. And I'm sure you all will agree: ANY TV you buy today is sure to be obsolete within 10 years.

Mikey,

My projector is hanging from the ceiling. The HS10 is one of the louder HT projectors, and it is audible during quiet passages. It's not loud enough to bother me though. My screen has been mounted for 8 months or so, and looks exactly like it did the day it was mounted. It isn't *perfectly* flat, but that's one of the drawbacks to an untensioned pull-down screen.

If you think you might like a front projection system, you really owe it to yourself to check one out before you buy a rear-projection set. I've very glad that I went the FP route.

Phillips has a 55" LCoS...55PL9773, retails for $4,200 and from what I've read, supposed to do a very nice job...there's still hope for us poor boys

And just to remind you... $4200 will get you a VERY nice front projector + screen, too!

$4200 can also become $147,000 with a lucky bet in roulette...

Peter, your cat looks VERY serious in that picture. Is (s)he going through some trouble?

He was giving me evil eyes because I interrupted his sunbeam nap.

Well... "Cat" in Japanese is "neko" which literally means a "sleepy little one."

I'm going to channel my wife and say, "Aaawwwww!"

Now I'm going to channel me and say, "But that cat ain't little!"

I gotta lend it to the Japanese. They can sure fit a lot of meaning into a few letters.