http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/ Engadget Comments for Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide: Home theater setups http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/Dec 23rd 2009 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/Agreed. For this to be useful it would be nice if the guides were completed at least the week before Christmas, not two days before. Maybe some advanced planning for next year? It's still a great guide though, maybe I'll use my holiday money to upgrade to a new setup...]]>Dec 23rd 2009 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/Here in the Great White North, we have Boxing Day.(Dec 26th), our answer to your Black Fridays.]]>Dec 24th 2009 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/Dec 23rd 2009 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/Agreed, I was hoping for more on home audio...]]>Dec 28th 2009 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/btw, ps3 is the best BD ever]]>Dec 23rd 2009 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/Dec 23rd 2009 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/Dec 23rd 2009 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/Dec 23rd 2009 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/I still havnt done my Christmas shopping (well for other people anyway) but..
.. is this guide for Christmas 2010?]]>Dec 23rd 2009 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/
Nah JK, it IS too late to haver any effect on the female population but probably is useful to... 99.9% of the male population yet to go christmas shopping?
I think you should've put in a little about custom HTPC, coz Im sure a large portion of engadget readers would follow it too :P]]>Dec 23rd 2009 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/Dec 23rd 2009 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/
Projectors are lame. Get a big TV.. forget bulbs.

I guess Onkyo spent the bucks to be referenced; I'll take my stupid-shiny pioneer elite receiver over nearly anything else.

Touch screen harmony remotes are annoying. In fact, the harmony 1 series could use soft menus, but have hard buttons next to them. A remote that constantly requires I properly interface my finger for it to be pressed accurately? Lame. Also, they are slow at updating which all products they have native programming for.. and I have as of YET found an accurate way to program my Home Media Gallery... and there's no page up/down for iPod -- which, I presume is because apple hasn't "invented" it yet. ]]>Dec 23rd 2009 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/Onkyo recievers have a dynamic volume mode that does exactly this. I have one, and purchased it specifically for this feature. I can hear every spoken work in 7.2 surround sound with the volume set to 20 out of 100. (with a max of 130 going to each speaker).

Also, there's an "All Channel Stereo" mode that makes all the left and right channels center left and center right. And for very old films that don't even have stereo, there's all chanel mono. Great for old black and white films with tons of dialogue and very quiet scenes.]]>Dec 23rd 2009 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/
Interesting. Which model do you use.. whats the feature precisely called? How many HDMI ports does it have? Sirius? XM? iPod adapter? Connect to home media devices? Hows the contrast ratio on the TV when in the receivers output mode; i.e., is it gray and washed out? Or is it nearly black with white lettering, etc.. Sound quality? Switching quality? Work well with harmony remote?

Thanks]]>Dec 23rd 2009 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/Dec 23rd 2009 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/"Projectors are lame. Get a big TV.. forget bulbs."

Beg to differ. I actually own the HD20 and it is amazing. After watching on the Optoma everyday, I see 52 inch TVs and wonder how people do it. It is so cramped.

]]>Dec 24th 2009 7:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/TX-SR607
Good Review: http://reviews.cnet.com/av-receivers/onkyo-tx-sr607-black/4505-6466_7-33553470.html

It's got Sirius, but I don't use it. There's also a universal port that supports an optional iPod dock.
When going over HDMI, picture is identical to what's on the TV. Analog tends to look a smidge fuzzier. Not a lot, but enough to notice that there is a very small difference.
(I think the dynamic option is called "Audyssey Dynamic EQ2" or something. Not too sure.

Sound quality is amazing. I'm using Klipsch ProMedia Ultras that I don't use on my computer anymore. ]]>Dec 24th 2009 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/What has the world come to?]]>Dec 23rd 2009 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.tekheroes.net]]>Dec 23rd 2009 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/Im currently looking at the Onkyo HTRC160...]]>Dec 23rd 2009 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/Dec 23rd 2009 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/Dec 23rd 2009 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/
A barebones AOpen will run that much, but once you factor in RAM, CPU, Hard drive and Windows License the price jumps significantly. Factor in the support you get from Niveus, the exclusive software only available on Niveus hardware and the hassle and headaches saved by having something that is dialed in and supported so you can simply use the system instead of constantly maintaining it...the $1499 price is a lot more attractive. You could build one yourself for about $1100 or so but time is money to people who would prefer something they can just use instead of make a science project out of. We did run a black Friday promo on the ZONE for $1199 but that promo expired. I work for Niveus by the way]]>Jan 4th 2010 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/Jan 4th 2010 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/
Has anyone found a solution?]]>Dec 23rd 2009 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/Dec 24th 2009 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-home-theater-setups/
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