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Pioneer DV-717 is an awesome DVD player. I used to have one. I donated to my sister when I replaced rather than sell it. This was one of the first UK DVD players to offer progressive scan component output (albeit NTSC films only). If you bought yourself a new Plasma TV or projector, the visual results from this DVD player will not disappoint. I Hope you manage to solve your placement issue. Maybe a conventional TV or Plasma with built in speakers for day to day use and a projector with a screen that rolls down between your speakers may be a good option.

Plasma & LCD have no objection to speakers right next door to them.. different technology from a crt.. I have one of the most powerfull magnets available within 8" of my display.

You can get EXCELLENT results from your Digibox into a plasma panel without any problems, even better if you can switch it to RGB output.

If you demo a plasma make CERTAIN it is being fed the signal they deserve, as they can be incrediably revealing of a naff source. (Where have I heard that before?)

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I'm not sure whether I understood you correctly. Your speakers would be left and right of your firespace, where you could/would be hanging a Plasma/LCD?

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No, I didn't say that, I said that my loudspeakers are either side of a 66 inch wide opening, which is roughly half way down a 20 odd foot long room. The problem is that this doesn't leave a lot of room for the display without blocking entry to the far end of the room. I could fit the display on the fireplace wall, but the stereo pair would not be on the same wall.

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Plasma & LCD have no objection to speakers right next door to them.. different technology from a crt.. I have one of the most powerfull magnets available within 8" of my display.

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Yes, that is a big advatage over the older CRT types.

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I personally so far (same as you) have not seen a convincing Plasma,

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Again, I didn't say that, I said that I didn't like LCD displays, plasma is different altogether, but I do agree that the displays in the shops are not working at their best.

I do have a room layout - I'll have to look into how I go about posting it!

Deeply.

How about putting a motorised projector screen attached to the ceiling between the speakers, and a projector behind you?

Stick a telly in the corner...

Regards,
Frank.
All opinions are my own and do not reflect the opinion of any organisations I work for, except where this is stated explicitly.

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How about putting a motorised projector screen attached to the ceiling between the speakers, and a projector behind you?

Stick a telly in the corner...

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Yes, that's pretty much what I have decided to do. TV's are pretty ugly things, so for me it’s a huge advantage not having one of those widescreen monstrosities in the room. I was hoping to find a sexy little 20" LCD for regular stuff, but the decent ones are pretty expensive, and the cheaper ones pretty naf.

It’s been a while since I last checked out LCD / DLP projectors, they were pretty awful when they first appeared, and I guess that the technology has moved on now? If I hung a screen in the opening between the two rooms, my seating position would be about 10 feet from the screen. I would imagine that the quality of the screen is going to have a big impact on the picture quality as well?

So, any recommendations on a small TV + a projector and screen?

Deeply.

Well, after much tramping around the shops, in the end I decided to go for a standard CRT 21” set for the TV function, and will review the Movie set up later. I bought a JVC Interi Art 4:3, which I found had a much superior picture quality than any LCD this side of £1.5K and beyond.

I’ve been flicking through some of the specialist magazines, and it seems the decent quality projectors start from around £1K to £2K, add to that cost of a good quality screen and then there is the issue of lamp life and running costs. If I mounted the projector on the ceiling some 10 to 11 feet from the screen, what size of display could I expect? How would the picture quality compare to large screen Plasmas and LCDs?

Deeply.

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Check out what Allan probin and others(myself included have to say about PLasma. Allan also has a projector.

Plasma vs LCD

regards
GEOFF

"Just trying to make a NAIM for myself"

Hi Geoff,

Yes, some interesting posts. I was hoping that I could make do with a 20” LCD for normal TV use, but the problem is that they are all such poor value for money. You can pick up a 20” 4:3 LCD for around £500, but they are really basic; very poor brightness levels and contrast, absolutely hopeless sound quality and minimal interconnectivity – normally only one scart. Compared to that, the JVC was only £179, and it has excellent PQ with acceptable SQ.

Interesting to read Allan’s views on front projection, to a degree this mirrors my own concerns, the problem is that I just can’t fit a widescreen TV between the loudspeakers, else there would be no room to get by into the other room where the equipment is! I have seen some real bargains in large plasmas.

The comment on poor demos in shops certainly rings a bell. If you go into any of the large chains you’ll find hundreds of sets all hooked up to a common low grade signal, with the result that they all look terrible. It is near enough impossible to judge PQ in such an environment, I suppose just as with hi-fi equipment, this is justification enough to go to a specialist retailer and pay a few bob more.

Again, the importance of the source signal cannot be impressed enough. I was in a retailer recently, two large screen LCD’s from the same manufacturer were sitting side by side, one with a signal from a clean source (satellite or cable?) which was absolutely superb, the other from a terrestrial TV station was really very, very poor.

I’ve also been impressed with the results obtained from progressive scanning. My JVC DR-MV1 has such capabilities, though I can’t use it at the moment; I would be looking to utilize it in the future.

Deeply.