New "Home Cinema" room

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we are about to convert our loft to get some extra rooms - and I have managed to negotiate a decent sized cinema type room with the better half.

I have to confess I do not know this area well, at the moment I am thinking of a projector rather than LCD/LED/Plasma - does anyone have any thoughts on this?

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thanks - have just made contact with a local retailer - just appreciate the thoughts of the pistonheads members also!

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thanks for replies folks - will see what these local guys come back with and let you know!

I have not given them a budget yet - but I think it is not going to be cheap!

The loft conversion will not be happening for a couple of months so lots of opportunity to plan and get it right.

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er, well, er, I am not sure what to say - I just wanted a pretty big screen and decent pictures - not sure I want to go through all that!

seriously though - I would not claim to be even vaguely an expert in this field - but I am getting a taste of what is to come!

the projector the guy at the shop showed me (it was a Sony and he said was under £2K) was showing blade runner - is there a better benchmark film?

I am clearly heading down yet another expensive addiction - thanks to all for the warnings - but - I am sure i will ignore them....

If people are interested then I could turn this into a PH project - I could post ideas, specs, quotes on here and get the PH people involved?

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OldSkoolRS said:

http://www.avforums.com/forums/members-home-cinema...

thanks for that - I had a look - and to be honest remember why I hate DIY!

I just do not have the patience for it (and I am crap!)

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OldSkoolRS said:

Hope I haven't put you off getting a PJ.....

no, but you have convinced me to pay someone else to do the installation work though

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the projector I saw was a SONY BRAVIA VPL-VW80 SXRD - thoughts anyone?

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OldSkoolRS said:

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the projector I saw was a SONY BRAVIA VPL-VW80 SXRD - thoughts anyone?

That's a good model (I thought it was the cheaper VWL10 you were viewing as you said it was under £2k....the '80 is much more than £2k IIRC). If you are looking at that kind of spend, you need to be demoing the JVC HD750 and Infocus IN83 at least. There are plenty of owner's threads over on either AVForums and the American AVSForum. They can get a little anal about PJs on both these forums, but if you're looking for information and reviews it's better than the so called AV magazines.

you were right it was a VPL-VW80 SXRD I saw, my mistake, already this is all getting rather complex....

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update....

Well the loft rooms are nearly finished - plastering and decorating this week.

My plans have changed a bit, the room is going to be more of an office/workshop/lounge combo so I think a projector is out, probably going to settle for a 40" or so plasma - anyone have particular recommendations?

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lol - that is a very good point!

we have a Bravia downstairs - difficult to fault really, I wondered about one of the LED ones(I love the LED screen on my MacBook Air) but people seem to think they are not worth the extra.