One Installer\'s Opinion: A Belated Christmas Wish... — Community

#1 Jan 16, 2012 at 3:41 pm

I subscribe to almost every publication targeted at the Home Theatre arena, both on-line and hardcopies. The objective, obviously, is to try to stay current with new developments and maybe spot a trend or two, before the next guy. As I peruse late November material I can\'t help but spot an annual and apparently immutable trend to offer Christmas gift ideas to Home Theaterites (yes, I\'m licensed to make up new words whenever I feel like it).

Ever the contrarian, and aware that this issue won\'t land on your coffee table or appear magically next to the ... uh, \"throne\" until after Christmas, I am pleased to offer -

10 THINGS I HOPE YOU DIDN\'T GET FOR CHRISTMAS

Here we go, low hanging fruit first...

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#2 Jan 16, 2012 at 11:06 pm

I kept my Kuro Elite 60" and my 3+ year old Master and True capable PLIIx 7.1 AVR so far. The HTPC with full-blown BD and media file playback works great!

So don't tell CEA I'm not buying any new toys until an old one fails. Hopefully I'll skip 1080p 3-D altogether, and get a 70" OLED in a year or two or three. I may have to get a PLIIz AVR if the Yamaha AVR fails.