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Hey everyone. I've been rather out of the loop on AV gear for the past couple years. My wife and I recently moved to a much newer house, though, and our finished basement has a nice area to set up a home theater.

It's a fairly wide open space, with very little window exposure. Most of our viewing down in the basement would probably be in the evening anyway. I currently have a Pioneer Kuro (non-Elite) 50" in our living room, so that is the type of video quality I'm looking for, I guess. It seems like plasmas still give the best "bang for the buck" as far as video quality, but I may be wrong on this.

The primary seating area will be about 12 feet back from the wall where I would plan to mount this TV (though it might go on a stand to start). I'm thinking I'd want at least a 60" TV then?

Can someone point me to some models to look at, or give some general recommendations? I'd like to make this purchase in the next month or two, so I need to start doing some research. Thanks!

Edit: I realize I forgot to state a budget. I'd like to keep it to $2000 or less, but can stretch this if needed.
post #2 of 6
The st50 from Panasonic is an amazing tv for the price, I'd go at least 65, but that would run you a little more then 2k. Have you thought about a project at all? You could go much larger then 60 from 12 feet back but I guess that's preference too.
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The st50 from Panasonic is an amazing tv for the price, I'd go at least 65, but that would run you a little more then 2k. Have you thought about a project at all? You could go much larger then 60 from 12 feet back but I guess that's preference too.

A projector might be a possibility down there, but that's something I know next to nothing about doing. I guess I'd feel more comfortable doing a flat panel for now, and then maybe upgrading in a few years. My plan is to start out using an older Onkyo receiver I have with some castoff speakers I have (mains will be Bose 301s to start with...not ideal, but I figure OK to start), and then slowly upgrade things.

I'll check out the ST50. I agree that 65" would be a nice start.
post #4 of 6
65ST50 would be your best choice imo.
post #5 of 6
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Guys, if I do look at projectors, anyone know a couple models to look at? From what I've read, the Epson 3010 might be a good fit, but I'm really unfamiliar with projectors in general.
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Originally Posted by Invader3 View Post

Guys, if I do look at projectors, anyone know a couple models to look at? From what I've read, the Epson 3010 might be a good fit, but I'm really unfamiliar with projectors in general.

Try rummaging through a "Projector Owners" thread, or some such - probably find more relevant data in a shorter time frame.
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