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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 07:54 PM
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Default Wow... Erm, that's bigger than I thought!

Sadly, that was not the words spoken by a young lady when talking about my manhood

I got a new TV, and just got it set up;



50" Samsung I mean I knew it was gonna be big, but fuck me, I wasn't prepared for it to be THAT big lol....

Anyway, enough showing off
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 07:56 PM
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Very nice.
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 07:57 PM
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50" plasmas are great, especially panasonic ones



No, the cables are all boxed in now as well..
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 07:58 PM
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Pics don't do that justice. I've got a 52" Sony Bravia and it looks huge! That pic doesn't make that look 50" at all! Think it's cos of that wide unit!
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 08:00 PM
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ooooh very nice!!!
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 08:00 PM
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you need a big room for a 50 to work properly. the average house living room is to small.
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 08:02 PM
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Stu - I'd have loved a Panny, or better still I pioneer, but this only cost me Ł650, brand new in never opened box, and still with 4.5yrs John Lewis warrenty

Mike - for perspective - that unit is 150cm long (nearly 5ft!) and the picture above it is a meter wide!

I must admit I think it's slightly over exuberant, and does smack off "ooh, look how big my TV is" when someone walks in the room, but then I think "fuck that" and just watch a movie lol.....

(PS, youporn never looked so good )
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 08:02 PM
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how big did you think it was going to be? 42"? 37"?
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 08:03 PM
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JTECH - You know what I mean...

Must admit, I think a 46" would have sufficed
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 08:03 PM
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Doesnt look 50" in that pic. Nice set up there Thrush What speakers are they?

The TV's allways look much more bigger in the houe than shop I was surprised how much my 42" was bigger.
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 08:05 PM
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I guess it's cos I was used to the 36" that was sat there before....

Rhys - Mission M74's More suited for music than movie surround sound, which is why I got them, but they work well for surround sound all the same
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 08:08 PM
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nice Thrush. Trouble is you have to weigh up what you primarly use the speakers for. Once i get around to building my set up (wont be for a few months as i need sendible things first ) i'm on planning on satilites for now.

Looks good mate
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 08:13 PM
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Tut! thats tiny, its all about the 56"
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 08:14 PM
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I remember when I bought my 32" CRT TV, was ok size in the shop, got it back home and woooahhh..

Although when this 50" was delivered, it was a struggle to get the box in the house



When we move house, I'm having 2 things, a 60" pioneer full hd and a 5-6ft fish tank inthe wall that you can see from 2 rooms

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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 08:22 PM
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You moving into a Mansion Stu? IMO sorry if this sounds bad but its all about getting the right size. As to big in small room can look a bit erm naff aswell. PLus the pic will not be as good as slightly smaller one aswell.
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 08:30 PM
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Rhys, I bought them primarily for music, for which the are SUPERB. Fortunately my so let's me adjust frequency cut off and EQ for each input so they are set up differently for surround sound with the DVD player, so they work well for that aswell
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 11:39 AM
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That's fecking huge!!!!!

What's the pic quality like? I went for a 36" LCD last year and the picture is rubbish unless your watching HD. Especially for sport.
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 11:56 AM
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crikey thats large! someones feeling flash this month
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 11:59 AM
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It's not bad actually! I was expecting at that size, with regular DVD and Freeview for it to be blocky and pixel'ly but it's actually pretty good - get up close to text on screen like BBC news etc and you can see artifacts, but general watching is fine.

Got the DVD (regular, not HD) connected by both component cable and HDMI and there's very little in it - HDMI is a bit sharper, and is reporting 1920x1080i res - and the computer connected by VGA is superb! Was running it at 1920x1080 for 1:1 pixel mapping, but switched that down to 1360x768 just to make the text and icons a bit larger and easier to see. But it's clear as fuck (I was running that PC into a CRT TV using s-video!) and dvd/avi playback through the computer is stunning!
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crikey thats large! someones feeling flash this month
Nah - it's 2 months mortgage payments
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 12:51 PM
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thrush get out more homo ;0)


ps v nice thoe ;0)
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 01:35 PM
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Oi oi Dave, not seen you for a while!
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 02:55 PM
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I'm on 130".. Projectorpowwah
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 04:02 PM
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kverna ,

show your set up

zaga
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 04:48 PM
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Very nice TV,s but i think i will stick with my old tv with a tube inside lol.
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 06:24 PM
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invest in a better camera !

nah love the setup!
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 06:32 PM
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Glen - thats what I've just gone from - a 36" Toshiba CRT, which had such a WICKED picture! And the speakers on that old TV were so much better than the ones in the plasma! Shame to see it go really, but time to move with the times lol....

James - shitty iPhone camera in low light!
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Old Apr 14, 2009 | 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Rob Virgo
kverna ,

show your set up

zaga
Sry for the late reply. Here it is




The projector isn't warmed up yet, but you'll get the idea
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you always say your skint Thrush!
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Here's my samsung 50" along with a few of my other gadgets, toys lol, its just all the cabling thats a nightmare !


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Originally Posted by Lee Reynolds
you always say your skint Thrush!
now you know why
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Old Apr 14, 2009 | 04:23 PM
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Just bought a HD projector and got my old 100" screen setup for gaming







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Old Apr 14, 2009 | 04:37 PM
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that's sweet fasterfords
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my little setup in my bedroom, 42" 1080p toshiba, didnt want to go bigger as the picture seemed abit crap unless I wanted to spend more than a grand.
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massive TV's in some tiny rooms

Id love a 50" plasma but round my way the only way to afford one is to be unemployed and a benefit cheat
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Originally Posted by purple_fiesta
my little setup in my bedroom, 42" 1080p toshiba, didnt want to go bigger as the picture seemed abit crap unless I wanted to spend more than a grand.
You must have square eyes?!
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Originally Posted by purple_fiesta
my little setup in my bedroom, 42" 1080p toshiba, didnt want to go bigger as the picture seemed abit crap unless I wanted to spend more than a grand.
bet you dno't need that radiator eh
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Originally Posted by FasterFords
Just bought a HD projector and got my old 100" screen setup for gaming



That looks the absolute nuts of a setup!! Ive played Fifa and Pro Evo on a projector screen and thought it was a bit wank, but for first person shooters and racing games it must be awesome!! So discreet when not in use too!!
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I couldn't quite fit a 50" on the wall I wanted, to had to settle for a 42"



planning to knock the kitchen into the dinning room, then remove the doorway from the lunge to dinning room
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