New Home Entertainment Setup
Posted on August 19th, 2007
Recently got our new home entertainment equipment. With much unboxing joy, fun setting up, and grueling waiting for cable guys - it's HD, surround sound, DVR heaven. Here's the list with some quick reviews.
Sharp Aquos LC-42D62U - 1080p LCD screen. Looks wonderful once you turn off the ughzzz factory settings. Nice blacks, crisp HD, no blur problems - no banding reported by others.
Onkyo HT-SR800 - 7.1 Surround Home Theatre in a Box. Has a cool feature where you place a microphone in the listening zones and it configures your EQ and levels for your room acoustics. Sounds fabulous!
Slimdevices Squeezebox - Streaming mp3s from server, internet radio, open source. Sweet solution for digital music junkies.
Philips dvp642 - Still using my old DVD player since it plays almost any AVI I throw at it (great for watching torrents burned to DVD) - will upgrade to a HD player once the price for those goes down.
Comcast HD Receiver / DVR (Motorola DCT 3416) - My only gripe in the whole setup. User interface response is really cumbersome. Device itself is really loud. Does, however, work fine as a DVR / HD receiver.
Logitech Harmony 890 - This is the glue that brings it all together! I love this remote! Let's you control your whole system from one remote, Activites based workflow makes for crazy ease of use, computer-based setup allows for quick but powerful customization of buttons. Top it off with RF capabilities so you can stash all your gear inside a cabinet for a super clean setup! Bye bye 5 remotes!
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