Anyone in the market for a £1.2m TV?
Discussion
Not that I'm bitter because it's way over my budget and house size, but ironically you could spend £1.2 million on a TV like that, but end up with crap sound: There is no where to put the centre speaker apart from on the floor or right up to the ceiling.
Big TVs aren't acoustically transparent so you can't have the three speakers behind the screen like a proper cinema screen does. Best change I ever made to my set up, even if it's really at the poor end compared to this.
Big TVs aren't acoustically transparent so you can't have the three speakers behind the screen like a proper cinema screen does. Best change I ever made to my set up, even if it's really at the poor end compared to this.
OldSkoolRS said:
Not that I'm bitter because it's way over my budget and house size, but ironically you could spend £1.2 million on a TV like that, but end up with crap sound: There is no where to put the centre speaker apart from on the floor or right up to the ceiling.
Big TVs aren't acoustically transparent so you can't have the three speakers behind the screen like a proper cinema screen does. Best change I ever made to my set up, even if it's really at the poor end compared to this.
Raise the ceiling Mr Moneybags and create the space Big TVs aren't acoustically transparent so you can't have the three speakers behind the screen like a proper cinema screen does. Best change I ever made to my set up, even if it's really at the poor end compared to this.
craigjm said:
Raise the ceiling Mr Moneybags and create the space
True...but the centre speaker is still going to end up a long way from where the sound is 'meant' to be coming from. Not a problem on more modest 65" (or whatever) TVs, but it gets worse the bigger the screen is: Even a 133" (projector) screen I had with the speakers below had this problem and I found it become noticeable, let alone something this big. Ironically spending this amount doesn't guarantee 'the best' in sound and vision.
I'm probably being a grump though.
OldSkoolRS said:
craigjm said:
Raise the ceiling Mr Moneybags and create the space
True...but the centre speaker is still going to end up a long way from where the sound is 'meant' to be coming from. Not a problem on more modest 65" (or whatever) TVs, but it gets worse the bigger the screen is: Even a 133" (projector) screen I had with the speakers below had this problem and I found it become noticeable, let alone something this big. Ironically spending this amount doesn't guarantee 'the best' in sound and vision.
I'm probably being a grump though.
OldSkoolRS said:
True...but the centre speaker is still going to end up a long way from where the sound is 'meant' to be coming from.
I know where you are coming from but we regularly design systems and calibrate then to overcome this. Its the same with the Samsung Wall stuff and other big TVs. I agree with you though - a large projector screen seems to have this market covered and would sound better!
Not quite in the same league as this but I used to deliver TVs. I had a B&O Avant (£8Kish) in the back of a Volvo V70 and took a corner too enthusiastically. The resultant scratch down the front panel was horrifying. Fortunately, the company I worked for had an account with a body shop that specialized in BMWs and they were able to make the TV perfect as B&O used BMW paint colours.
The TV was sold with its history fully disclosed.
The TV was sold with its history fully disclosed.
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