With the current Superbowl sales at many stores, I've been tempted to finally spring for a big screen. Been tracking the technologies very closely, so I'm familiar with the pluses and minuses of the current LCD and Plasma sets (and RPTV). I am fixated on getting a Pio 1150HD, but I'm not sure it will work in my room. Currently using a Sony XBR tube TV.
I don't have a dedicated HT room. My viewing area is in my living room (14x26). The room can be looked at as two rooms: the front 14x13 is an semi-open space. The TV goes against that 14' wall There are standard 8' ceilings, but it is part of an open architecture first floor which has fair amount of ambient light during the day. There are ceiling lights abouve the TV area which provide variable illumination against the wal that the TV is against.
The back half of the room has a cathedral ceing with a large skylight, one wall is a sliding glass dooe with light and sound blocking pull drapes, and the back 14' wall has a bay window dead center (also with similar curtains). Seating for TV viewing is about 11' back from the face of the TV, so about 12' or so into the room.
Even if I use the curtains during the bright afternoon, this whole living space still has a fair amount of brightness to it. This is the part that concerns me about getting the Pio. If I leave the room as is, is there a feeling that in daytime viewing hours the plasma will look to dim for comfortable viewing?
I love the Pio, but this room is not going to change any time in the near furture. If it's not a space that can ideally support a plasma set, I'd appreciate hearing it from you all.
I don't have a dedicated HT room. My viewing area is in my living room (14x26). The room can be looked at as two rooms: the front 14x13 is an semi-open space. The TV goes against that 14' wall There are standard 8' ceilings, but it is part of an open architecture first floor which has fair amount of ambient light during the day. There are ceiling lights abouve the TV area which provide variable illumination against the wal that the TV is against.
The back half of the room has a cathedral ceing with a large skylight, one wall is a sliding glass dooe with light and sound blocking pull drapes, and the back 14' wall has a bay window dead center (also with similar curtains). Seating for TV viewing is about 11' back from the face of the TV, so about 12' or so into the room.
Even if I use the curtains during the bright afternoon, this whole living space still has a fair amount of brightness to it. This is the part that concerns me about getting the Pio. If I leave the room as is, is there a feeling that in daytime viewing hours the plasma will look to dim for comfortable viewing?
I love the Pio, but this room is not going to change any time in the near furture. If it's not a space that can ideally support a plasma set, I'd appreciate hearing it from you all.