Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater A few quick pics of my set-up

Nope. I'm using Safari and Mozilla Firebird.

I use a combo of Mozilla and IE myself

Twirly: Love the widescreen. Been wanting one since the first time I saw one. I'm sure once your wife saw one of her favorite movies on one the protesting would go away.

Work=IE and Firefox
Home= Firefox until I hit a site that won't work in it. Then IE.

hijack?

jr

I can see the pix with FireFox (based on Mozilla).

I use Mozilla 1.4.1 (a couple of builds behind i know).
I avoid IE and Outlook like the plague.

Cap'n - thank you. I didn't realize how much I hated going to the movies and what a lousy time I was having.

On a more serious note, I absolutely agree with everything you just described Adrien. EXCEPT - when I ask for senior citizen tickets, they rarely ask me for ID! My wife and I talked this over a few nights ago. For $3.99 at Blockbuster (or free from the library), you can get a bunch of people into the HT room for an evening's entertainment and it's a much more relaxed atmosphere. (I just have to be sure I get scrape my wife's gum off the leather chair before it hardens). The seating, ambience, eats/drinks and parking are all much better too. The only thing that is required is a bit of patience until the movie is available on DVD. Sitting that close to a big screen (sorry spiff!) and having an adequate surround sound/sub setup is just a little slice of heaven.

As an added bene (?), the HT comes in very handy here in Rochester, NY. We completely eliminate the need to brave the travel to/from the theater during the long winter chill by using the in-home HT approach. Flip on the gas fireplace, pop the DVD in and drink a little red wine. This works. It is especially nice based on our 4 season climate of June, July, August and Winter.

Ahhhh, the thrill of another successfully hijacked thread!

I apologize for contributing the the highjacking... It was all initiated by Monstermile's great HT set-up is all...

But let's not fool ourselves - aside from some of the conveniences, movie theaters are pretty great - that's kind of what we're all striving for. In that same vein, money (the cost of a movie vs. the cost of renting DVD's) can't really drive our decisions, considering we'd have to see close to 625 movies (based on a $5000 home theater system and a $8 movie ticket) to begin saving money on your theater (and that doesn't include rental fees or DVD purchase prices). Just some food for thought about how much we are spending to avoid going to the movies...

On another side note - as a DVD watcher - my calendar is just shifted back six months or so. I no longer look in the paper to see what movies are currently playing. I go to dvd.ign.com and find out when a movie that I am interested in is going to be released on DVD. I guess it's all relative.

p.s. No more highjacky-jacky.

p.p.s. - Love your system - very jealous. Hope you love it (Sure you will.)

thats funny you should say that.. we have the same 4 season deal down here in west texas.. except with us, its december, january, february, summer.. we have already had highs in the 80's.. although it is raining today..

geez, i am talkin' about the weather.. i must be getting old.

great setup and a nice tv. VP100 looks like one of nemo's buddies . I have M22 too, and love them.

How do you like the Dvd player, am planning to buy one. I would really appreciate your thoughts!

Raj

Raj,
I like the Pioneer. It has a decent pq which is all I was after. I spent too much time reading and researching before buying. It seems like every time I found a player I liked I would find a bad review or comment. No different with this one. Everyone kept saying you HAVE to have the Faroudja de-interlacer. I don't because I am perfectly happy with this one. I don't plan on venturing into SACD or DVD-A, but if I do decide to the option is there. The player is very easy to set up as well. Reminds me alot of my first player back in 97. A Sony DVP-S500D. Yeah I got into DVD early. My second one, a Panny RA-60 I hated since day one. But I needed one quick with a built in decoder and at the time it was my only option. Anyhoo this is the review that solidified my decision. Link