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In Reply to: Home Theatre 101 - Help please posted by Musichead2 on February 17, 2003 at 19:10:15:
Projecting a VCR signal onto a 100" screen will make you vomit, depending on how close you are to the image.Stereo out in DVD players are still much better than VCR's output. You just have to make sure when you are watching DVDs, select Dolby 2ch instead of 5.1, this way, the surround and low freq information are not downmixed improperly or tossed out completely.
As for center channel, you could get a accoustically transparent/micro-perforated screen, this way, you could place then center channel behind the screen and still have the sound come through. Or you could place the center speaker below the screen, depending on how low the screen goes down to.
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Yes, projecting onto the wall is my only option as nothing can go between the speakers. Home theatre isn't that important to me but if I can utilize my sterio system for great sound and get a good image through a projector I would be interested.Is DVD a must with a projector? The image will probably be approx 72inchs by 48inches. If I am forced to use the 2 channel dolby are there machines that do 2 channel better than others? What is the general concencus on the audio quality of DVD playback? I personally don't like CD playback (DVD similar?) and thought that VCR playback could offer better audio.
I'm green with DVD so be nice.
Thanks
Dolby 2ch is passed straight through by a 2ch system. The reason for playing dolby 2ch encoded is because the surround information would be encoded out of phase, so when played back in a 2ch system, it would sound like it is coming from nowhere specific, somewhat akin to what a Dolby prologic surround system would sound like.The sound from a DVD, namely Dolby or DTS soundtrack, are in theory higher quality than that of a CD player. But the main reason for a DVD over a VCR is the video quality, including resolution, color and noise. If you project that VCR with its 220 line of resolution onto your 72x48 wall, you will either have to sit pretty far away or not try to focus or conecntrate so much on the image, because if you do, your eyes will try to focus that blurry image and you eventually will get a headache from it.
If you prefer the sound of a VCR's audio track to CD's, then maybe you could pass the CD/DVD player's sound through one of those FM transmitters like Mr Microphone so that it sounds more like a VCR's sound.
DVD sound hardly compares to vinyl, but it is lightyears better than VHS. (Perhaps you were thinking of laser disc, which is an analog medium.) VHS quality is pretty poor, sonically and visually, unless you're watching a 19" TV. Given the size you intend to ptoject, VHS would be almost unwatchable IMO, without serious, very serious, scaling and upconversion. Even then, you'd still be trying to make a sow's ear into a silk purse.Sorry to tell you, but not only is DVD quality better, VHS is dying out. The best mastering and all the goodies are going onto DVD. Blockbuster is phasing VHS out of it stores. In fact, VHS isn't the LP of video, it's the 8 track tape.
Yes, you really, truly, madly deeply need a DVD player, maybe one of the Denons, or Pioneers. Not a cheapie, or you WILL be disappointed with the sound. Most people will be running their sound through a separate processor, BTW. I think for dialogue, you ought to experiment with a center channel, it might prove much better for movies.
You might also consider one of the 42" plasma TVs, like the Panasonic ED model. Less than $4K, and less than 4" thick.
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