Home Cinema set up- the choice is endless..... NO!?

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I've had a similar quote , SPH800 projector , BS3 incl. Dvbt module , Stewart Ve82H , Pd2 projector drop , Bl7.4 & Sony Blu-ray BdpS1E + £1500 for cabinet and cables . Total quote £21,000. I have 6 Penta Mk3's for the sound and thought I was stuck with this system because of wishing to use these speakers , but the Penta's have other inputs as well as powerlink so does this open up the choice I have ? Not bothered about Lights and curtains at the moment , just want the best picture , films/Dvd only .
Richard

At the moment I have a less expensive system:

A Avant 32  RF DVD, Lab Penta MK3+ 6000, Screen with remote, Epson TW700, Denon 2930 DVD (with HDMI to the Epson).

And I've bought an "ordinairy"Logitech Harmony 525 which has macro functions and can control the whole set including the Avant.

So, choose "Watch DVD"on the Harmony and it will start the Epson, Denon, Avant and lower the screen.

Let the movie begin......

Location: Utrecht

Quite a challenge to achieve "Less is More" while having the Beovirus.

Maybe it's not my place saying this in the beoworld forum, but if I was looking to put together a high end home theater system, I probably wouldn't use any B&O products.  When it comes to stereos I'll sacrifice some sound quality for the cool B&O looks, but in a home theater system I don't really think the trade-off is worth it, especially considering the B&O premium you're paying.  Furthermore, I'm willing to bet they are bilking you on cables too.  Remember that assuming physics applies to your home as much as it does to anyone else's, then this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882155346

will not give you any visible difference in performance over this:

 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812339005

 Good luck with your endeavor though.  It sounds like whatever route you go with you'll have an awesome system in the end!
 

Hi there.. I am a Bang & Olufsen dealer so therefore this would be my costing for what you have listed.

 

Stewart Screen 92" visionary - £4200 (depends if this is a flush conceleaed unit)

Samsung SP A800 Projector  -£3500 (new style if lens is in centre of projector

Beosystem 3 DBVT - £5100

Future Automation PD2 lift - £1800

Addiditional  7.2 centrer speeker - £2200 (woudl highly recommend the 7.4 or Lab 10 as centre channel however)

Beo 5 - £495

DVD 2 DVD player - £900

 Cables & connections - £1000 - £1500 inc HDMI, Bsys 3 cables, Relays and GRX AV

Planning, Installing, commissioning. include 1x full time project manager.. £2500-£3000

 

So this must be a large job for the quote but anything between £22K - £28K is about right.  Contact me if you'd like any help.

Cheers, Michael

Why this Samsung Projector , is it that good or the only one that works with Bs3 ?

Projectorpoint.co.uk sell this projector for £2287 + vat , they assure me that it's the Sp-A800B although the B is missing in the add but if you click on the spec. pdf file it shows it's the 800B model .

Richard

 

 

I'm guessing that it's an issue of price. at my shop we've found the Samsung to be a good choice for around $6k US. We also use Seleco & Runco projectors for higher end jobs. In my experience, projectors are usually sold as "add-ons" rather than the center of the video experience, so it's not uncommon to seek out a good performer at a good price.  

There's a pretty wide variety of projectors that can be controlled by the BeoSystem 3, though. 

Has anyone viewed the Epson EMP TW2000 , impressive spec. Resolution VWXGA  , Brightness 1600 , Contrast 50000-1 ( yes 50000-1 ) and at £2542 + vat , got to see one myself . Is there a trade off somewhere because of these high specs?
Richard
quote from Projectorpoint :-

Whatever you watch, from movies and video games to photo slideshows, Epson’s latest technologies create superb, life like colours and deep blacks. With 1600 lumens brightness and an impressive Contrast Ratio of 50,000:1, the Epson EMP-TW2000 is currently the ultimate in High Definition big screen entertainment.

We recently had the EMP-TW2000 side by side against the projector (until now) we believed to be the best

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