HD High End forum monitor/speaker questions
by Bob Zelin
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Oct 22, 2007 at 9:09:39 pm
This is the HD High End forum, isn't it ? You know, CineAlta, Varicam, RED, Viper, HDCamSR, etc ?
From Los Angeles Magazine November 2007 page 64 - article is Screen Saver (on consumer home theater)
"What should I spend on an ENTRY LEVEL system, and what should it include" - Ten Thousand Dollars is a good ballpark for a high definition 50" Plasma TV, surround sound system, audio vidoe receiver that powers the speakers (don't go cheap on the speakers), and DVD player with High Definition Optical Disk Capacity. Buy either HD-DVD or Blu Ray, but stay away from a machine that plays both. Toshiba is best for HD-DVD, Sony and Samsung are good choices for Blu Ray DVD Players.
REPLY -
which one of you professional out there has 10 grand in your PROFESSIONAL editing system on monitoring equipment, and DVD player ? $3999 for the Panasonic BT-LH2600W LCD monitor, $1185 each for the Genelec 8040A monitors, and how much is that DVD player ? Is this the ENTRY PRICE to watch TV at home ?
Re: HD High End forum monitor/speaker questions by Shane Ross on Oct 24, 2007 at 12:01:08 am
Well, $3000 in my PVM 14L5 with HD SDI card, then $1700 for my Kona LH, and $500 for my Roland speakers, $600 for my Tascam FW1082 mixer, and if I wanted, I can drag my $1000 Panasonic Plasma (TH...something. 42" Plasma) into the bay as a CLIENT monitor.
That is $6800...not counting the RAID to play it back...and the computer....
Still, I'd never shell out $10k for a home theatre. Unless I had $10mil lying around unused or something. And then, I'd build a proper home theatre, with stadium seating (4 rows) and popcorn machine.
Re: HD High End forum monitor/speaker questions by Tim Wilson on Oct 24, 2007 at 1:15:18 pm
[PetteriE]"this home theatre business is waaaay out of hand!"
Ah yes, but a staggering growth business in ways that video hasn't been for 10 years. Definitely something to keep your eye on as you're looking for a new industry to use your skills in as punks working for free drive you out.
Zelin can tell you some hair-raising tales of the riches to be found in systems installation. Mine's not as dramatic as any of those, but it worked out pretty well for me after Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
After a short spike, my South Florida video production company ground to a screeching halt, and didn't pick back up for well over a year. I mean NOTHING.
So I got myself factory certified in projector installation and service -- back in the day when it was all 3-gun CRT -- and created a THX surround package for, wait for it....$10,000 installed. This is back in the early 90s when $10K was real money.
My pitch was, for the price of a jet ski with a trailer, you can have a 10-12 foot screen with killer surround sound, one of them new-fangled laser disks with a handful of starter disks, blah, blah, blah.
B pitch, to the fellas: Not only can the whole family enjoy it at the same time, but when football season rolls around, all your friends and neighbors can too. Which is to say, rub their face in it. In some cases, that was enough to seal the deal by itself.
C pitch, to the wimmin: all the wires will be hidden, every hole patched, every speck of drywall dust cleaned before I leave. In some cases, that was enough to seal the deal, too.
Friends, I sold more than enough of these to make a fine living.
Today, ny home theater cost me well less than half that for a crazy better picture, HD, and muuuuuch better gear. Only a 10-foot screen though. :-) And no high-def DVD player, but I don't see buying one of those. Anyway, got it all for the same price as a good flat screen.
BTW, I've been thinking about starting a home theater forum here at the COW. So far the non-industry forums haven't done very well, but I know plenty of Cows who are even more into this than I am....
