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ChadTower:
...or maybe not...

Using BluRay 3D as an example... in addition to the display device you'd also have to upgrade your BluRay player to a 3D capable unit... upgrade your HDMI cable for a 1.4 capable cable... upgrade your AV receiver because even if it's fairly new it's not going to be HDMI 1.4 capable... and then a pair of active shutter glasses for each person in the house plus any regular guests like Grandma.  All for a small handful of channels on DirecTV and a small but increasing number of 3D movies on BluRay.

It may be possible to upgrade some BluRay players to 3D capable via firmware upgrades IF they have the juice for HDMI 1.4.  Yeah, I know the PS3 counts here, but I'm not interested in a $300 optical player.

All of that while the standards and tech are still evolving much like the aforementioned RPTVs and the early resolutions (720, then 1080, etc).


So, 3D is still not really all that worthwhile, at least to me.  But at $520 for the projector does position itself strongly as a 2D HD projector as well.

shmokes:
FWIW, no need to upgrade your receiver to support HDMI 1.4. It'd be nice, of course . . . cleaner. But everything would work just as well without. HDMI directly from BluRay to projector, digital audio back to your current receiver. For that matter, it occurs to me that my complaint regarding IR blasters and Harmony remotes is probably also a much smaller issue than I suggested for the same reason. Power and inputs can often be controlled over HDMI, so you can just tell your projector to turn on and off automatically, and switch to the appropriate input, based on the signal coming over the HDMI cable. I can do this my TV which is quite a few years old now. So I assume that newer devices, using a newer HDMI spec, no less, generally have the same capability.

Edit: a good illustration of this concept, actually, is my setup. I have a very nice receiver, but unfortunately I purchased it JUST before HDMI switching became a feature on mainstream receivers. So my receiver has no HDMI ports. I lose absolutely nothing as a result of this, except for initial simplicity during setup. But my current setup works exactly the same as it would if my receiver had HDMI ports on it. My TV has four HDMI inputs, so all HDMI devices are plugged directly into the TV. A TOS/Link cable then runs from the Audio Out on my TV back to my receiver. Everything is perfectly seamless. My TV gets the proper HDMI video feed. My receiver gets the proper DTS or Dolby surround feed.

ChadTower:
One thing I did spend money on is a nice Harmon Kardon AV receiver.  Lots of inputs, lots of power, etc.  Of course, it started to fail 24 months after I bought it, and today all of the digital inputs are dead as is all digital processing of analog inputs.  So now all the expensive AV receiver can do is straight two channel and even then only to the satellites.   :banghead:

drventure:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on July 11, 2012, 10:49:52 am ---Of course, it started to fail 24 months after I bought it, and today all of the digital inputs are dead as is all digital processing of analog inputs.  So now all the expensive AV receiver can do is straight two channel and even then only to the satellites.   :banghead:

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Wow. that's surprising in an HK. I'd always thought they had a pretty strong rep.

I ended up with the high end Onkyo about a year and a half ago. Really like it so far, so I guess we'll see what kind of longevity it has.

Do you have your audio/video gear on any power conditioners/surge protectors?

shmokes:
At least it looks nice on your component shelf. Harmon Kardon makes a beautiful chassis.   ;D

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