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by: Ozblu3 July 30, 2012 6:45 AM PDT

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Update Tv room: What to get & what to do

by Ozblu3 - 7/30/12 6:45 AM

Hell everyone, hope you're all well happy.

I'm looking to update my main Tv room, I can find a Tv & speakers all right but what else? Yesterday I discovered the benefits of Apple Tv and will soon get it. But what else?

What else can i get that would bring my main tv room into the 21st century? Is Internet Tv the latest thing going?

I've only got a first gen plasma there atm, it runs perfectly well. But i'd like Hd viewing and other funky stuff..

Let this first time poster know your thoughts please.. Thanks happy


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by Pepe7 - 7/30/12 7:26 AM

In Reply to: Update Tv room: What to get & what to do by Ozblu3

Understand, this is all quite subjective to someone's respective wants/needs/budget. How about you give us an idea of your usage/media/content interests, then we could recommend some specific gear. Married to iTunes and/or other iOS devices already? Or isn't that a factor?

Also, when you say 'TV & speakers', I presume you are referring to HT gear w/ surround, sub, and the whole nine yards(?)

My perspective is, if you consume a lot on the internet, most of the built in 'Smart' (and I give the term a lot of leverage here) HDTV apps pale in comparison to what a very basic PC connected to the HDTV could accomplish over HDMI. For example, on the new Panasonic plasmas, you *can* search Youtube, but it's more cumbersome than using their standard website w/ a keyboard.

In this respect, you might want to send over the full range of PC/Mac content to your new HDTV display.
And this goes beyond Apple TV, btw. Having helped some folks get started in person with this about a half dozen times already, I find a pretty basic wireless keyboard/mouse (or trackpad) with USB active repeater can take your whole computing/entertainment system to the next level. It fits within most folk's budgets too IME.


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