Hello All,
I am about to pull the trigger on a Pioneer Elite Pro 150FD. I have a few questions. First is 16ft a little to far for viewing a 60" Plasma? My current TV is 65RPTV. Now once the plamsa is mounted an am gaining an extra 4+ feet in viewing distance.

Second question let's say i have all my video devices wiring into the wall, which is obvious. How do the installers account for future growth of more equipment?
Let's say i have I want to add a Blu Ray device added as a source I figure I have to take the display off the wall and somehow get my Blu Ray cable into that Plasma. Has anyone come across this dilemma now ?

Thank you all.

Hello All,
I am about to pull the trigger on a Pioneer Elite Pro 150FD. I have a few questions. First is 16ft a little to far for viewing a 60" Plasma? My current TV is 65RPTV. Now once the plamsa is mounted an am gaining an extra 4+ feet in viewing distance.

Second question let's say i have all my video devices wiring into the wall, which is obvious. How do the installers account for future growth of more equipment?
Let's say i have I want to add a Blu Ray device added as a source I figure I have to take the display off the wall and somehow get my Blu Ray cable into that Plasma. Has anyone come across this dilemma now ?

Thank you all.

You basically want have more cables installed for future items.

I just purchased a plasma tv with 3 hdmi ports. I currently only have 2 hdmi devices direct tv and ps3. Im going to run 3 hdmi cable into the wall so when I decide to add something I wont have to worry about trying to run cable again. So you basically want to run as much able as you can that might include component cable as well to avoid having to pay someone to come out to add more cable.

Another alternative is to have an HDMI switching A/V receiver with the HDMI output connected to the HDTV. Then you can add as much equipment as the receiver has inputs without touching the HDTV again. As a bonus, you have surround sound, which is really neat, even if you use inconspicious in-wall speakers.

How about considering saving your $$$ and getting a (very attractive) 60" Vizio plasma?

http://www.vizio.com/products/detail.aspx?pid=21
http://www.avrev.com/equip/vizio_vm60p_plasma/
http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/VIZIO_VM60P_Plasma.htm
http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/vizio-vm60p-maximvs-review-1159.shtml

It's 720p (not 1080i as one stated), but even with 720p, you'd need to be closer than 12 feet from the screen to see any of the additional resolution that 1080p brings (http://s3.carltonbale.com/resolution_chart.html). So, you might as well move that close, and use the extra room as space to fill the room with surround sound from a system like the Onkyo HT-SR800. You're considering a Pioneer, so if you get the Vizio, you'll have more than enough left for the surround system.

Hello All,
I am about to pull the trigger on a Pioneer Elite Pro 150FD. I have a few questions. First is 16ft a little to far for viewing a 60" Plasma? My current TV is 65RPTV. Now once the plamsa is mounted an am gaining an extra 4+ feet in viewing distance.

Second question let's say i have all my video devices wiring into the wall, which is obvious. How do the installers account for future growth of more equipment?
Let's say i have I want to add a Blu Ray device added as a source I figure I have to take the display off the wall and somehow get my Blu Ray cable into that Plasma. Has anyone come across this dilemma now ?

Thank you all.

I'd typically suggest viewing HD between 1.5 to 2.5 times the screen width. For a 60" screen that's between 12' to 15'. At 16' you are a little further back but probably OK depending on your personal taste. You definitely don't need 1080p at that distance. 720p will be more than adequate.

For cabling I would run a conduit up to the back of the screen so you can easily change cables when you need to this can be any kind of tubing big enough for your cable to pass thru. I suggest 1" minimum.

I also agree with the previous comment.... get a video switching reciever.... you would then make all audio video connections to it and run only 1 hdmi to the TV. Onkyo TX-SR 705 is a good deal/quality, 3 hdmi and multiple component etc that can all be converted and sent through one hdmi.