Plasma screens....

[Harry]

Bought this plasma screen today Pioneer, 42 inch.

[bhodges]

I'll be right over, with the Netherlands Opera DVD of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.  Hope your listening chairs have seat belts. 

Seriously, looks like a beautiful monitor.

--Bruce

[Harry]

I'll be right over, with the Netherlands Opera DVD of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.  Hope your listening chairs have seat belts. 

Seriously, looks like a beautiful monitor.

--Bruce

Its a amazing piece of equipment Bruce, the images are so sharp, and so much dept, and rich colors, black is black, amazing, and yes my listening chairs have ropes to tie you....
I start with Monteverdi's Orfeo, so come and join me..

[drogulus]

     You got the right one, Harry. 

     Unless you want 1080P, which may not be useful if you don't sit close. It's more expensive, too.

[Harry]

Its a HD ready screen, but I saw a blueray disc on it, the latest of Depp and his pirates.
Bloody h**** this is absolutely stunning. The picture quality is phenomenal, and I hooked a first grade sound system to it. Avalon wall Speakers, MF 300 dual/mono amplifier and a high end Marantz DVD player, and a blueray player from Samsung, Nordost Red dawn cabling, DVD on a scart cable from QED, and the blueray on standard cable.
Its soooooooooooooo beautiful, my own Home Cinema theater....

[Harry]

You got the right one, Harry. 

Absolutely true.......

[longears]

My quest for widescreen ended with a 42" Panasonic 1080p plasma which is very satisfying for movie watching at home.  It was tough choosing between plasma and LCD, for in so many respects LCD is the better technology, but when comparing them side-by-side the color depth of this plasma screen beat out every LCD in the store and made it difficult to choose anything else.  I have it hooked up to a Creek integrated driving full-range Paradigm floor-standers and watching The Talking Heads in Demme's Stop Making Sense is phenomenal.  Now if only someone could steer me to some visually as well as aurally satisfying opera DVDs this setup just might change my listening habits!

[71 dB]

Its a HD ready screen, but I saw a blueray disc on it, the latest of Depp and his pirates.
Bloody h**** this is absolutely stunning. The picture quality is phenomenal, and I hooked a first grade sound system to it. Avalon wall Speakers, MF 300 dual/mono amplifier and a high end Marantz DVD player, and a blueray player from Samsung, Nordost Red dawn cabling, DVD on a scart cable from QED, and the blueray on standard cable.
Its soooooooooooooo beautiful, my own Home Cinema theater....

Sounds good Harry but is your system multichannel? 

[Harry]

Sounds good Harry but is your system multichannel? 

I am lucky to say, NO, and I won't need that anyway, multichannel is a lot of humbug to me.
And I know what I am talking about.

[drogulus]

I am lucky to say, NO, and I won't need that anyway, multichannel is a lot of humbug to me.
And I know what I am talking about.

A sub would be nice, though. 

[Harry]

A sub would be nice, though. 

Yes forgot the sub, of course I have it...

[71 dB]

I am lucky to say, NO, and I won't need that anyway, multichannel is a lot of humbug to me.
And I know what I am talking about.

Cables are humbug to me. Perhaps all acoustics engineers are wrong. What do we know? 

[Harry]

Cables are humbug to me. Perhaps all acoustics engineers are wrong. What do we know? 

They are a bit onesided in this, but lets not go in that discussion again......

[Anne]

Harry,
Have you been listening/watching opera DVD's on enhanced sound prior to now?  I had not prior to a friend helping me set up the whole sound system.  I was so surprised to hear how wonderful the opera music was that I had to listen to all the videos over again.  You probably already had good sound hooked up to your TV.

[SonicMan46]

Harry et al - I've been looking @ HDTV for well over a year now - would like to make a decision by the end of the year - need about a 42" size (could go a little bigger, but not much!) - my main hesitation has been between LCD vs. Plasma (both would fit the space in my den - not much other option) - LCDs have really improved in the last few years (w/o going into details), and I like their size & much lesser weight; thus, would greatly appreciate opinions from those w/ similar systems & their thoughts on choosing between these two formats - I'd assume that w/ any of these modern HDTVs that the sound setup could be pretty much whatever is desired - thanks.   

[Harry]

Harry,
Have you been listening/watching opera DVD's on enhanced sound prior to now?  I had not prior to a friend helping me set up the whole sound system.  I was so surprised to hear how wonderful the opera music was that I had to listen to all the videos over again.  You probably already had good sound hooked up to your TV.

Yes I have Anne, but I am a follower of the old stereo tradition, just two good speakers and amplification. I watch Monteverdi's "Orfeo last night" (Audi) and that was truly wonderful. The setup is so expensive, that to make it in multisound would ruin me.....

[Harry]

Harry et al - I've been looking @ HDTV for well over a year now - would like to make a decision by the end of the year - need about a 42" size (could go a little bigger, but not much!) - my main hesitation has been between LCD vs. Plasma (both would fit the space in my den - not much other option) - LCDs have really improved in the last few years (w/o going into details), and I like their size & much lesser weight; thus, would greatly appreciate opinions from those w/ similar systems & their thoughts on choosing between these two formats - I'd assume that w/ any of these modern HDTVs that the sound setup could be pretty much whatever is desired - thanks.   

That was simple for me Dave, I just ordered the best Sony LCD HD screen 40 inch, and the Pioneer HD ready plasma next to it, with the same source, we played The order of the Feniks, and the plasma by far outreached the LCD in color, dept, blackness, and stability of the image...

[drogulus]

Harry et al - I've been looking @ HDTV for well over a year now - would like to make a decision by the end of the year - need about a 42" size (could go a little bigger, but not much!) - my main hesitation has been between LCD vs. Plasma (both would fit the space in my den - not much other option) - LCDs have really improved in the last few years (w/o going into details), and I like their size & much lesser weight; thus, would greatly appreciate opinions from those w/ similar systems & their thoughts on choosing between these two formats - I'd assume that w/ any of these modern HDTVs that the sound setup could be pretty much whatever is desired - thanks.   

      Without getting technical, LCDs tend to look good in stores where their brightness is an advantage. Plasmas tend to look less vivid by comparison, until you get them into a darker room. In your living room you have to turn the brightness down. In the stores they are on bright mode ("torch mode" in the lingo), and you'll need to turn that off right away. Also for fast moving action, plasma has none of the motion blur that LCDs are plagued with (though they've gotten better). So for both film and live video, especially sports, plasma is the best choice. LCDs may still have an advantage in a bright room, though.

      So, get an LCD if you live in a Best Buy, and get a plasma if you live in a house. 

[Harry]

      Without getting technical, LCDs tend to look good in stores where their brightness is an advantage. Plasmas tend to look less vivid by comparison, until you get them into a darker room. In your living room you have to turn the brightness down. In the stores they are on bright mode ("torch mode" in the lingo), and you'll need to turn that off right away. Also for fast moving action, plasma has none of the motion blur that LCDs are plagued with (though they've gotten better). So for both film and live video, especially sports, plasma is the best choice. LCDs may still have an advantage in a bright room, though.

      So, get an LCD if you live in a Best Buy, and get a plasma if you live in a house. 

Agreed, and boy I am enjoying this screen, it is sheer amazement every time. after 30 hours of burning in, it even get better still, and you see that happen. The Kelvins were calibrated, (color temperature), with a computer program, and after that is was awe inspiring.
Black is really black, and the colors, well......................

[71 dB]

They are a bit onesided in this, but lets not go in that discussion again......

There is a reason why we acoustic engineers are "a bit onesided in this". It's called critical scientific knowledge. Without this knowledge/undertanding things are "mystical" rather than physical (what they really are). When physics is forgotten and things are taken as mystical a person is vulnerable for this kind of pseudoscientific humbug:

http://www.machinadynamica.com/

Do you believe in teleportation tweak? I didn't think so. What's humbug and what's not? Where's the line? I spent a damn decade in university to have an idea. How about you?