New member from Vancouver

[Scrooge McDuck]

Hello everyone!

I just registered with HTS yesterday. I've had an interest in home theatre since the mid 80's. I actually purchased my first projector a Sony Vidi Magic back in 1986 if memory serves me right and my interest in good audio goes way back to the early 1970's. I guess that makes me a bit of a fossil; nonetheless I look forward to seeing what many of you have to say regarding some of the new a/v equipment that is beginning to become available. I find that 1080p projection is now quite affordable as are some of the new a/v hdmi switching receivers that are finding there way to the market. In particular the Panasonic PT AE 2000 and the new Epson UB projectors are really interesting (which one is better?). Well that's it for now.

Cheers,

$crooge

[Mike P.]

Hi and welcome to the Shack!

[Blaser]

Scrooge McDuck wrote:

Hello everyone!

I just registered with HTS yesterday. I've had an interest in home theatre since the mid 80's. I actually purchased my first projector a Sony Vidi Magic back in 1986 if memory serves me right and my interest in good audio goes way back to the early 1970's. I guess that makes me a bit of a fossil; nonetheless I look forward to seeing what many of you have to say regarding some of the new a/v equipment that is beginning to become available. I find that 1080p projection is now quite affordable as are some of the new a/v hdmi switching receivers that are finding there way to the market. In particular the Panasonic PT AE 2000 and the new Epson UB projectors are really interesting (which one is better?). Well that's it for now.

Cheers,

Welcome Scrooge!

Pls open a new thread at the projector's forum and you'll sure find advice! For now I can tell you the Panny is more suitable and cost effective if you would need the anamorphic stretch feature through HDMI. The UB will do VS for 480p output only and doesn't support it through HDMI. It would be my choice if VS is not needed or if you have a DVD player that will do the VS (Samsung...), as for PQ it has some advantages compared to the Panny, but it is also more expensive!

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[mechman]

Welcome!

[Sonnie]

Howdy Scrooge and welcome to the Shack!

Lovin' my Panny 2000 here.

[drdoan]

Welcome Scrooge, Glad you could join us. Have fun, Dennis

[tonyvdb]

Welcome to the Shack!

Enjoy your stay here.

[Scrooge McDuck]

Many thanks for the warm welcome from so many of you. I look forward to all of the unbiased input that appears to be available through this forum; lots of good advice to be sure.
Cheers,

$crooge

[Scrooge McDuck]

Hi Sonnie,
I've been reading some of the reviews on the Panny 2000 here at the shack and they all seem to be very positive. I did come across some negative reviews on several other sites but most have been positive. Sound like you are very pleased with yours.

I am using an Onkyo TX DS 797 THX certified a/v receiver which puts out pretty decent sound. However it doesn't have hdmi switching which handles a+v; that said what would be the bestway to use this older receiver to deliver the best audio for my home theater? I'm thinking optical but not sure! Thanks for the input

$crooge

[nova]

Hello and Welcome aboard.

[Blaser]

Scrooge McDuck wrote:

Hi Sonnie,
I've been reading some of the reviews on the Panny 2000 here at the shack and they all seem to be very positive. I did come across some negative reviews on several other sites but most have been positive. Sound like you are very pleased with yours.

Hi Scrooge,

I don't know of any projector that doesn't have some issues. Some of them are more tolareted than others, some people are more tolerant than others...
But that's certainly a great piece of equipment.

I am using an Onkyo TX DS 797 THX certified a/v receiver which puts out pretty decent sound. However it doesn't have hdmi switching which handles a+v; that said what would be the bestway to use this older receiver to deliver the best audio for my home theater? I'm thinking optical but not sure! Thanks for the input

Well, you only have to chose between either optical or coaxial which are both similar in performance. You will not be able to fully enjoy the new uncompressed sound formats on full definition materal (BD), which will be doungraded to the core format. But that is still theoretically better than the standard formats which sometimes have lower bit rate depending on tracks.
You can still enjoy an excellent sound with such connections

[Sonnie]

Scrooge McDuck wrote:

Hi Sonnie,
I've been reading some of the reviews on the Panny 2000 here at the shack and they all seem to be very positive. I did come across some negative reviews on several other sites but most have been positive. Sound like you are very pleased with yours.

I am using an Onkyo TX DS 797 THX certified a/v receiver which puts out pretty decent sound. However it doesn't have hdmi switching which handles a+v; that said what would be the bestway to use this older receiver to deliver the best audio for my home theater? I'm thinking optical but not sure! Thanks for the input

Sorry for the late response... I have had some pretty serious issues for the last couple of weeks that had really bogged me down.

Yes! I very much have enjoyed the Panny. I have not read of too many issues, which is pretty good when you consider most of what you read on forums is typically those with problems.