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In Reply to: Front projection TV posted by Tom on January 17, 2000 at 17:50:56:
I am also an audio-first fan, and built my HT around an existing high end audio system.I quickly decided that any box between the front speakers would unacceptably compromise the sound, and went for a front projection TV.
I had recently moved my whole system into the room, and spent a few weeks setting up the audio system and getting the speakers positioned first, before deciding how big a screen I could accomodate.
The wall against which the screen had to go had an existing old style cast iron radiator against it that I didn't wish to move, so we hung the screen from the ceiling just in front of the radiator - worked perfectly. The only downside to not having a roll-up screen is that people that come to listen keep looking at it, wanting there to be a picture! Doesn't bother me, though - I spin more vinyl than digital and have no problem concentrating on the music.
I use a Zenith projector that will not accept line doubling, a compromise I accepted in view of the price. It actually has better colour than several others I looked at, including a Sony at 4 times the price. Once set up, I have found no problems with it - it isn't tweaky at all, and the guns don't seem to drift.
Buying amplification and surround speakers that are up to the quality of your main audio system is another (expensive) story. So is setting up an AV system that won't compromise the sound of the main system - I haven't yet found an AV preamp that is QUITE as transparent as my audio one, for example, and so I use two preamps.
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Follow Ups
- Re: Front projection TV - Bill Spohn 07:48:11 01/19/00 (1)
- Which Zenith Projector? <nt> - Marcus of Markdom 07:12:18 01/21/00 (0)
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