Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Upgrade complete.... for now.

My latest series of home theater upgrades, which started November 2008, finally came to an end for me this past weekend with a couple of purchases. The purpose of this mission was to minimize cable clutter by doing away with component and optical cables for HDMI cables. So here goes.

BEFORE: My previous home theater signs that welcome visitors upon entering my living room.
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NOW: My new sign. I no longer have HD-DVDs but I did for awhile and will keep the sign as is.
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First thing you may notice is that the walls were pink. Maria deals with my home theater gear spending, I deal with her insane color choices. :)
BEFORE: Toshiba 50" RPTV showing a high-definition feed from DirecTV. Surrounding the monitor are Definitive Technology Pro-Cinema 80 front and center speakers
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NOW: My new monitor is the Samsung 61" DLP HDTV. The front and center speakers remain the same, as does the sub. Notice the newer insane color choice.
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BEFORE: My equipment from top to bottom: Harman Kardon AVR 430 Receiver, Parasound 855a Amplifier,
Panasonic RP56 DVD Player, Pioneer 510 DVD Recorder, DirecTV High Definition TiVo/Receiver,
GameCube and Xbox consoles, Def Tech sub to the right with D-Link bridge for Xbox Live
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NOW: My equipment clockwise from upper left shelf: Onkyo TX-SR607 Receiver, Def Tech Center Speaker,
TiVoHD Receiver, Xbox 360, Western Digitial 1TB My DVR Expander, Nintendo Wii, Sony Playstation 3
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BEFORE: Home Theater Master Universal Remote
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NOW: Harmony One Universal Remote
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BEFORE: Left Surround Speaker
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BEFORE: Right Surround Speaker
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I'll add the NOW pictures of the surround speakers shortly after taking down our Christmas tree.