What is your display system for Movies/TV?

[PastTense]

What is your display system for Movies/TV?

So far I am using a 19" monitor and the speakers which came with my computer--and I don't find this satisfactory.

[Damnatory]

I actually just FTP the movies I download to my XboX and watch them on my TV. Works out quite nicely. :D

[Chrys]

17" LCD monitor and a 5.1 system

[emsee]

26" LCD Matz

and

Logitech X530 5.1 system

[askj]

17" CRT.

Creative 5.1.

[Gripper]

Burn as iso then watch on my 32" lcd,wit my cheap divx dvd player that plays everything.
Kazuki (http://svp.co.uk/products-solo.php?pid=1658)

[mr. nails]

Dell 24' WS LCD w/ creative labs 5.1 5300.

[DefX]

19 " CRT for me and regular sony speakers.

[killuminati96]

21" LCD and a Audigy 2 soundcard hooked up to a huge JVC stereo system..sometimes i hook my graphics card tv-out to my 46" LCD HDTV

i usually just burn to dvd-r and watch on my tv tho..i don't like sitting at the pc for a whole movie

[St0ry]

20' Samsung Widescreen with Logitech x530 speakers.

[Busyman™]

65" Mitsubishi HDTV
5.1 Dolby Surround (ya gotz to have teh subwoofuz)
Phillips DVP-5960 HD upscale DVD player w/USB port

[mavg]

TFT 19, some times lcd 32 ,his the 2 hi have

sond :criative 5.1

[lephron]

I put all my downloads into a shared file, then watch them on my TV via my XBox which has XBMC installed. Works a treat.

[mym_2006]

"i use my laptop 15.4 with external sound system of 7.1 "

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"i use my laptop 15.4 with external sound system of 7.1 "

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[eyeofnewt]

Panasonic 42" plasma

[ezzzy]

samsung 42inc plasma hd

[JordoR]

17" CRT Monitor with my headset. Keeping it simple :dry:

[Cheffy]

Use Tv out. and watch it on my 28" Tv.
(A 42" Plasma should find its way to my living room rather soon)

You need to sit comfortable wile watching movies and tv shows.
Only thing i can watch on my monitor is a anime episode once in a wile.

[siik]

Same as Damnatory 'cept thru a Samba share straight off the fileserver. too easy

[Busyman™]

Use Tv out. and watch it on my 28" Tv.
(A 42" Plasma should find its way to my living room rather soon)

You need to sit comfortable wile watching movies and tv shows.
Only thing i can watch on my monitor is a anime episode once in a wile.

Here, here!

I can't stand watching vids on a computer monitor.:angry:

(although there are some large computer monitors)

[TorrenTy]

i am using , Asus 17 inch , WXGA , brightview . very nice color ; )

[Cheese]

What is your display system for Movies/TV?



The left hand corner of my monitor whilst I play FM2007. I'll go full-screen if it's a program I like.

[userz]

17 lcd monitor and 2.1 speakers

[Busyman™]

Same as Damnatory 'cept thru a Samba share straight off the fileserver. too easy

Yeah that's what I want next. I want media server but I need it to connect HD.

I wouldn't bother with burning a DVD or, for that matter, even transfer to USB.

I'd play the video ts files straight from the computer.

It must be HD though.

[kaosfere]

PyTivo (http://pytivo.armooo.net) on the linux media server in our spare bedroom streaming wirelessly to the Tivo hooked up to a crappy old 27" television (waiting for the wife-to-be to OK a new plasma) and 5.1 surround system.

Or just the DVD player for stuff I didn't download. :P

[Busyman™]

PyTivo (http://pytivo.armooo.net) on the linux media server in our spare bedroom streaming wirelessly to the Tivo hooked up to a crappy old 27" television (waiting for the wife-to-be to OK a new plasma) and 5.1 surround system.

Or just the DVD player for stuff I didn't download. :P

Thats sweeeet.

I'm gonna take a look at my connections on my DVR. I ran wired ethernet to my 360 downstairs (more reliable) and I don't see why I can't run another line down.

I still have 2 ports left on my router/modem.

[kaosfere]

I'm gonna take a look at my connections on my DVR. I ran wired ethernet to my 360 downstairs (more reliable) and I don't see why I can't run another line down.

If you've already got one wire down there, why run another? Just stick a cheap minihub on the end of the cable you've got running into the 360 now, and feed the 360 and the DVR both off of that.

I'm wiring averse. ;)

[avoozl]

Dell 30 inch flat panel screen with boston acoustics speakers.

[Busyman™]

I'm gonna take a look at my connections on my DVR. I ran wired ethernet to my 360 downstairs (more reliable) and I don't see why I can't run another line down.

If you've already got one wire down there, why run another? Just stick a cheap minihub on the end of the cable you've got running into the 360 now, and feed the 360 and the DVR both off of that.

I'm wiring averse. ;)

Good point. I wanted them separate and dedicated but why?

I'd only being playing either the 360 or DVR.

How much are minihubs?

[kaosfere]

How much are minihubs?

These days? Dirt cheap (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2050400030%20115010988%201150210241&bop=And&Order=PRICE). Just make sure it'll do 100Mbit (I'm guessing you don't have gigabit in your house?) and you're all set.

You can totally use both devices that way if you'd like, too. No need to switch the network from one to the other. If you only have the one TV, it'd be hard, though. ;)

[Busyman™]

How much are minihubs?

These days? Dirt cheap (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2050400030%20115010988%201150210241&bop=And&Order=PRICE). Just make sure it'll do 100Mbit (I'm guessing you don't have gigabit in your house?) and you're all set.

You can totally use both devices that way if you'd like, too. No need to switch the network from one to the other. If you only have the one TV, it'd be hard, though. ;)

Yeah they'll both be on the 65". Well I guess the only thing is to find a way to play my video ts files downstairs.

I've seen some media players that connect to your entertainment center but I need it to

play DVD files
play Xvid/Divx
play in HD

Right now I either burn a DVD and play it on an upconvert DVD player or
transfer Xvid/Divx files to a USB key and upconvert it to HD on the same player.

I'd like to eliminate the player altogether.

External hard drives cost shit these days and even worse on Black Friday. I got a 400 gig USB drive for $100.

So I'd like to just have 2 steps

1. rip my DVDs and download video files on my computer
2. play them on my big screen TV

and poofpow that's it. I wanna simply call up all my files, select, and play.

[kaosfere]

Yeah. Sounds like you definitely want to either stream to your DVR in some way, or set up a media PC. There's always Windows MCE, but if you're a little bit tech savvy, MythTV (http://www.mythtv.org) is alot more flexible. And free.

[Busyman™]

Yeah. Sounds like you definitely want to either stream to your DVR in some way, or set up a media PC. There's always Windows MCE, but if you're a little bit tech savvy, MythTV (http://www.mythtv.org) is alot more flexible. And free.

Yeah I've been thinking about building a small form factor PC with multiple hard drives (I rather have multiple drives than have 1 TB drive).

I'd want maybe a total of 2 terabytes.

[Agent47]

1 - 50" HDTV - 5.1 Channel
2 - HDTV Projector on 175" screen - 7.1 Channel
3 - 19" Monitor 2.1 Channel

[veto]

17 crt

[solid13138]

19" Widescreen Westinghouse LCD
Creative DDTS-100 Digital Decoder
Creative SBS 5.1 surround sound speakers

[magsimus]

Nice thread!
Me=
Panasonic PT-AE900U 720p projector
Da-Lite 100" 16:9 screen
Mac Mini 1.8GHz w 512MB RAM (DVI->HDMI to projector)
El Gato EyeTV Hybrid - watch/record OTA HD
MediaFork/Handbrake - rip DVDs
Western Digital MyBook 500GB - storage
Joost - Internet TV
Front Row on Mac Mini - watch ripped DVDs, Blockbuster DVDs, online TV shows and recorded TV shows

I also watch movies and TV shows on a MacBook Pro occasionally while working.

[Busyman™]

I forgot to add:

My piece o shit work laptop.

I was watching The Shield today from my USB flash drive.