Headset vs headphones & stand alone mic?

[Death_Reincarnated]

@morbit How much you willing to spend? The only issue I have with 7.1 channel home theatre systems is that the middle two speakers reproduce sound and are 'not real' and not many videos/audios are designed for 7.1 channel therefore its 'synthetic' sound coming from those middle side speakers. Bit hard to explain but true surround sound comes from 5.1 so when you see...OMG 7.1 CHANNEL SURROUND SOUND..you really are getting 5.1 and IMO its not worth it.

I hate it when they do that because its part of marketing and I was a sucker at the beginnign as well untill I did some research and found out that 5.1 is what you really only need and that those two extra speakers are really just there so you can say OMG I HAS SPEAKERS 360° around my comfy sofa.

Wharfdale speakers are quite good I think, but Bose is overrated and over marketed IMO. I'm not saying they are bad but you can do alot better and for someone who is not into audio tech would think OMG BOSE IS DA BEAST...but its not.

Anything is better than SONY though lol.

 

[morbit]

research again death :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_TrueHD

in fairness same as with dts audio, most blue ray may not be encoded with this sound track , as with dts on dvd it was rare to find a movie with this quality sound track, although this was mainly due to the massive size of dts audio so simply would not fit on disc without applying compression, the other factor is expense, however blueray is not as limited in the space area so epense should be the only factor.

looking at spending up to prob 6k, thinking 2k on amp 4k on speakers

and although truehd sound may not be on all discs, if have good quality amplifier/reciever it will replicate the sound to these speakers quite well and if nothing else give better room fill

 

[Death_Reincarnated]

research again death :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_TrueHD

in fairness same as with dts audio, most blue ray may not be encoded with this sound track , as with dts on dvd it was rare to find a movie with this quality sound track, although this was mainly due to the massive size of dts audio so simply would not fit on disc without applying compression, the other factor is expense, however blueray is not as limited in the space area so epense should be the only factor.

looking at spending up to prob 6k, thinking 2k on amp 4k on speakers

and although truehd sound may not be on all discs, if have good quality amplifier/reciever it will replicate the sound to these speakers quite well and if nothing else give better room fill

Lol can u imagine needing to run an extra DVD player in unison with the audio and video. A friend of mine has the complete pakcage for 7.1 and honestly I cant hear any difference in how sound is meant to achive the purpose of hearing that things happens on the sides or behind you. Its just loud from the sides as well instead of front and back only. Perhaps he did not have movies which had those additions so that you may experiecen better sound in 7.1 thna 5.1..i dont know.

I still find it that 7.1 system has not been used for its purpose and it just gives you those extra speakers on the side so you get more sound coming out.

There are some good marantz amps/receiver ive seen for $1400-1600. As for speakers I was suprised to find Wharfdale in JB HiFi (around $0.8-1k for columns i think). The problem with general electronics stores is that you tend to have limited choice and low-mid range items which you might have to buy seprately and with specialised stores they tend to overcharge you and set a package and if you want to chagne they will once again charge you extra.

You said you have a plasma to pay off atm? what brand...why didnt you get LCD instead..did you buy it ages ago?

 

[morbit]

You said you have a plasma to pay off atm? what brand...why didnt you get LCD instead..did you buy it ages ago?

bought it about 12 months ago, its a panasonic neo plasma actually its this one: http://panasonic.com.au/products/detail ... ectID=5104

wouldn buy lcd as they are not as good as plasma, for ..anything really..unless you like over bright fake looking pictures with over exaggerated colours also lcd can NOT handle moving pictures well, even the new so called "led" lcd, they have better picture but are jerky in any kind of fast moving action scene, also they are not really a led panel the backlighting has been changed from florescent to led that is all. also they still havin matched plasma for there superior black levels /contrast (but are getting close with some of the new LOTS more expensive units)

hands down for cinema, plasma!

organic led is the technology they are trying to cash in on by marketing there panels as so called "led" panels

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_LED

and totally agree with the hole jb hifi vs specialist shop thing, so will definitely be shopping around first

 

[Death_Reincarnated]

You said you have a plasma to pay off atm? what brand...why didnt you get LCD instead..did you buy it ages ago?

bought it about 12 months ago, its a panasonic neo plasma actually its this one: http://panasonic.com.au/products/detail ... ectID=5104

wouldn buy lcd as they are not as good as plasma, for ..anything really..unless you like over bright fake looking pictures with over exaggerated colours also lcd can NOT handle moving pictures well, even the new so called "led" lcd, they have better picture but are jerky in any kind of fast moving action scene, also they are not really a led panel the backlighting has been changed from florescent to led that is all. also they still havin matched plasma for there superior black levels /contrast (but are getting close with some of the new LOTS more expensive units)

hands down for cinema, plasma!

organic led is the technology they are trying to cash in on by marketing there panels as so called "led" panels

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_LED

and totally agree with the hole jb hifi vs specialist shop thing, so will definitely be shopping around first

We have a Samsung series 8 (46") and I was watching Transformers recently and hardly any jerking of past paced images, it felt much smoother than in the cinema lol. Its not the LED/LCD version and its over a year old. (http://www.samsung.com/au/consumer/tv-a ... prd_detail)

Plasmas are going to be phased out in the next few years due to one simple issule...ammount of power needed to run it. Europe is one of the first continents to remove it from the market, not sure when exactly but possibly 2012, so alot of the stuff will be imported here.

LCDs have gotten alot better and yes the main issue is(was) the refresh rate of those crystals and the lack of pure black colour, but they have beaten plasmas recently and the fast paced action is as smooth as through a plasma, the colour is great and it costs quite less to run it. The reason why peple think its crappy quality is because they slap their face onto the screen and think the pixel quality will be as good as in the CRO TVs lol. Neither plasma nor LCD are designed to watch from close up but from what I gather and have seen in the technological advances in Plasmas and LCD/LEDs is that LCD have improced alot and really have beaten plasmas now (well the new and high-end quality versions of LCD/LEDs). What you need to be aware of is that the first few LED versions are not 100% LED but contain both LED and LCD technology. Organic LEDs are being trialed atm but their durability is of question.

I agree that LCDs have/had issues with image quality over Plasmas but Plasmas themself have issues, and one really needs to asess their needs from a flat screen TV.

My opinon is that I would buy an LCD over Plasma. My friend has Series 9 Samsung (52" from memory) and we watch movies through BlueRay and the action sequences are great and smooth overall. If you do take a reall close look you do see some distortion in the edges as the image moves by but you really need to focus yourself and at closer range...whcih you normaly would not when watching a movie.

 

[morbit]

so plasmas are expensive to run, thats why lcd better, i didnt buy the tv to save electricity i bought it to enjoy lol

also note the fact the one i have is a neo plasma, the latest gen plasma use a lot less energy then previous versions.

the absolute only thing better on an lcd is the brightness (in my eyes a bad thing anyway) everything else is better on plasma,

do some googleing look for recent reviews from audiophiles not dodgy sales pitch type crap

 

[Death_Reincarnated]

so plasmas are expensive to run, thats why lcd better, i didnt buy the tv to save electricity i bought it to enjoy lol

also note the fact the one i have is a neo plasma, the latest gen plasma use a lot less energy then previous versions.

the absolute only thing better on an lcd is the brightness (in my eyes a bad thing anyway) everything else is better on plasma,

do some googleing look for recent reviews from audiophiles not dodgy sales pitch type crap

NeoPlasma by Panasonic is just a last ditch attempt at trying to get people to buy plasmas. They are going to be phased out even if the technological advances will make them less power hungry. They break down quicker, long-time still imaging will never be resolved...LCDs will and are already take(ing) over. Sorry but I have been monitoring both the flatscreen technologies and Plasmas started of well but LCDs are on par, if not better, than plasmas now. Still many older LCD models lack the image quality that plasmas can deliver but the newer LCD models are as good.

My opinon on this but its how I see things goin along atm between LCD/Plasma.

 

[G-Train]

LED's ftw.

 

[nelots]

LED's ftw.

*cough* OLED FTW!!!

 

[Death_Reincarnated]

LED's ftw.

*cough* OLED FTW!!!

*cough* average efficiencies and longevity *cough* needs more improvement *cough*

They are getting there slowly but OLEDs are at about 40-50 lumes per Watt, which is lower than fluorescent tubes.

Recently a group has developed efficiency in the 90s! Have a read of the nature article of this groups work.

 

[nelots]

^Who cares about efficiencies when I can just roll the TV up and smack some sense into you all whilst watching some porn, the cricket and some other shit on the picture in picture screen.