My new Home Theater is open!

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by romafan

Do you guys spend more than four hours a week in front of the toob?

Maybe four hours a quarter.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by romafan

Do you guys spend more than four hours a week in front of the toob?

I get probably 10 hours a week, but that is generally b/c I put the tv to one of the radio channels and listen to music while I do my homework. Time spent actually watching tv is probably 1-2 hrs a week.

 

[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by romafan

Do you guys spend more than four hours a week in front of the toob?

Not individually no, but if you combine viewing of say 3 people on the same TV over the course of a week...then it becomes a different equation.

As well, for the money spent isn't it better to watch a 2 hour movie the best way possible?

Jon.

 

[romafan]

Originally Posted by iammatt

Maybe four hours a quarter.

That's about what I am. I picked 4 hours for the netflix devotees, figuring some guys had more time on their hands and could watch a couple movies a week. I can't imagine spending so much time and money learning about and constructing a 'system' just to watch a movie every couple of months. But hey, different strokes. My dad has the golf channel on everytime we go over, and there're guys at work who tivo/dvr(?) something every day. Me, I've got thousands of $$$ worth of fishing equipment sitting in the closet that sees the light of day a couple of times a year. I guess if you're going to put the time, effort and money into something you might as well enjoy it....

 

[prozach1576]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

I like the HD-A3, but GODDAMN does it take forever and a day to boot up. Seriously, its like three minutes.

Have you updated your firmware yet?

Yeah, it's kind of annoying and no I haven't updated it yet.

 

[prozach1576]

I don't watch much TV to speak of, but I do watch a lot of movies and have been playing a fair amount of video games with my new equipment. I've got like 250 DVDs and use Netflix religiously, so a big TV is almost necessary to get the full value out of my collection.

 

[A Y]

Originally Posted by prozach1576

Yeah, it's kind of annoying and no I haven't updated it yet.

The firmware update doesn't really speed it up. I think it fixed a couple of bugs.

--Andre

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by Andre Yew

The firmware update doesn't really speed it up. I think it fixed a couple of bugs.

--Andre
What other observations might you have about the Home Theater/Library of Invisible Books?

 

[dokelroth]

Originally Posted by RJman

What other observations might you have about the Home Theater/Library of Invisible Books?

Don't forget the Sybian, cat-boy.

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by dokelroth

Don't forget the Sybian, cat-boy.
Go back to Lombardy.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by romafan

Do you guys spend more than four hours a week in front of the toob?

Jeez dude, I'm pretty sure I spend more than 4 hours a DAY in front of the "toob". Though there are no actual tubes involved. Consider the fact that on an average weekday, I watch one movie, and on the weekend I like to watch... oh... between five and seven... I watch at least one full football game a week I watch Heroes (when it's on), Jeopardy, and the news at least once a week. I play about... 3 hours of video games a week Not to mention the fact that one of my "Televisions" is actually a computer. The computer that I spend most of my time on.

 

[Artisan Fan]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

Artisan Fan, personally, I'm not the "bright, airy, loveseat/couch, non-surround" type of home theater guy.

I want reclining theater style seating, velvet drapes, 5.1 surround, remote dimmable lighting, and acoustic foam.

That being said, I like your TV.

I agree on that. I will add 5.1 or 3.1 soon; the wife is making drapes, dimmable lighting is being ordered, and the HT seating will improve over time. Just takes cash.

 

[Artisan Fan]

I probably watch 6 hours of movies and 6 hours of TV per week.

 

[romafan]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

Jeez dude, I'm pretty sure I spend more than 4 hours a DAY in front of the "toob". Though there are no actual tubes involved.

Consider the fact that on an average weekday, I watch one movie, and on the weekend I like to watch... oh... between five and seven...

I watch at least one full football game a week

I watch Heroes (when it's on), Jeopardy, and the news at least once a week.

I play about... 3 hours of video games a week

Not to mention the fact that one of my "Televisions" is actually a computer. The computer that I spend most of my time on.

That's a lot of 'toob'!

 

[Artisan Fan]

Originally Posted by RJman

What other observations might you have about the Home Theater/Library of Invisible Books?

The books have not been moved in as we are still finalizing the bookcases. Costco has some very nice ones although not modern enough for Matt's taste for sure. I'm still looking however. A new Design Within Reach store opened up in Atlanta and I'm curious to see what they have.