Lets See Your Home Entertainment Setup

[MetsFan]

Awesome setups guys! zx10guy, how much of a difference did the ISF calibration make? I've been thinking about it, but the picture already looks great on my TV.

Here's my modest setup:

60" Samsung F8500 Plasma
Yamaha RXV673 Receiver
Cambridge Audio Minx 11 for the 5 and X200 subwoofer for the .1
PS3 for Blu Ray and gaming
HTPC for streaming shows and gaming

[zx10guy]

If you're into video fidelity or call yourself a videophile, to not have any of your screens you use for serious viewing, is doing yourself and your screen a dis-service. The 9G Kuro picture is very good to start with. But having the screen ISF calibrated just takes it to another level. It's literally spoiled me for what the mainstream would call the best picture they've seen from a TV. Once you have a screen dialed in, you'll quickly see issues with other screens which haven't been calibrated.

Having my 141FD calibrated has actually saved me money over the long term as I haven't had one urge to upgrade. Nothing currently available has provided a better picture or if it does it's only marginal in my opinion. Not enough to make me want to ditch my 141FD and spend the money to get into a new TV.

A somewhat similar analogy is you wouldn't use a 5.1/7.1 system without doing a basic sound level/distance configuration. Why would you do the same with a TV you've spent good money on?

If you decide to get an ISF calibration make sure you get references or the person has a known reputation. If you frequent AVS Forum, D-Nice and Chad B are two ISF calibrators with a well respected reputation. D-Nice (Dewayne) did the ISF calibration on both of my Pioneer screens. He spent 4 hours on my 141FD and about 2 hours on my 1010HD.

[GoodMoodley]

Here is my current setup in a 12ft x 21ft room in my basement.

Integra Receiver running as a 7.1 processor
Emotiva 7 channel Amp
Polk Audio RTi A9 fronts and matching center
Mission Rear and center rear speakers
Cerwin Vega 12" Sub
Oppo 103D Blu Ray
Toshiba HD-DVD - Pretty much only used to watch my Eagles HD-DVD
PS3 and PS4
HTPC running off whole home network server
Apple TV
Amazon Fire Stick
Epson 3020 projector
Stewart Firehawk 92" screen

Have built up a collection of about 400 DVDs and around 200ish Blu-Rays over the years.

Will be upgrading to 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos setup some time this year

Also have a slick driving simulator setup using an alcantara Recaro seat and the Thrustmaster T300RS system.