Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Bought a new TV, Too.

Tom. I think Mark has a dastardly plan to un-square his room. There will be no stopping him then...

Fred, I wish!

I didn't have much time last night to do more than get it set up and try out some different sources. I've saved a couple of tabs in my browser with home-calibration info that I'll try sometime soon.

But so far, so great. Really, there wasn't much to compare it to. My old DLP had been getting dim and muddy for awhile, and never did have good blacks. My initial reaction is that movies are looking good in Cinema mode, standard TV fare looks good, sports look really good and a Blu Ray of Cars looked amazing.

I quickly got used to the extra size, as I thought I would. The new set can sit back about 12" - 18" closer to the wall than the old which offsets the extra size a bit.

I might skip the wall mounting and just build a quick little platform to sit it up a bit higher so the VP150 in front doesn't block a bit of the bottom of the screen as it does now.

Photos?

I figured I'd take some photos after I raise it up a few inches past the VP150!

Sure you will.

"Weatheralert Radio"
I can hear it now. "Warning! Warning! The public should be advised that there is a 100% chance of weather today."

But yes, we do want pics of your new TV and whatever you built to house, shelve, move, re-seat or tweak something-or-other. Don't pretend you didn't build something for it. Our Spybot Squarecam has picked up increased activity between its TV room and the basement shop.

I just hope the TV isn't so big that your VP180 won't fit.

I used to think LG was a low buck brand when considering all the stuff they make. Avoided LG products for years, then I bought an LG fridge. It's worked out great.

My TV is out for delivery today. The worst part about ordering online is having to wait for shipping...

I picked up The Lion King 3D while running errands today since I thought my wife would like the "regular" BD bundled with it anyway....

When the disc was inserted, I got a "It's detected that you don't have 3D capability"-type message. I'm not so sure my Denon 3808 has the latest HDMI protocol. I swapped HDMI cables to go from the player straight into the new TV and got the 3D picture, but of course by bypassing the receiver I only have the "TV sound".

For others with an "older" receiver, is there a preference between these scenarios:

a- Run HDMI from player straight to TV. Take the available optical "audio out" from the TV and run it back to the receiver...

~~or~~

b- Run HDMI from player straight to TV. Take the available optical "audio out" from the disc player and run it back to the receiver...

~~or~~

c- Run ALL of the video sources straight into the TV individually. Then take the available optical "audio out" from the TV and run it back to the receiver...

Of course, I'll need to see if the firmware on the 3808 would update the HDMI spec, but I doubt it.

On all 3 scenarios you will not be able to get lossless audio as Optical doesn't support it, you will only get the lossy cores. So in that case I would go with a or b.
Most people that have older receivers and want to take "advantage" of the 3D technology will usually buy a blu ray player with 2 HDMI out (1 goes directly to the TV for the video and one to the receiver for the sound). It is cheaper to replace a BD player than a receiver.