How much have you spent on your Home Cinema setup?

Baldrick · Administrator Joined: 09 Aug 2000 Location: Sweden

$1000 - $2000

gadgetguy · Contestant Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Location: Michigan, USA

Less than $500, but to call it a Cinema System is really quite a stretch...
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rhegedus · Member Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Location: on the jazz

About £3000 over the years.
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freebird73717 · Man of Steel Joined: 09 Dec 2003 Location: Smallville

Whoa...alot of you have a lot more $$$ than me. I've got a cheapo norcent dvdplayer and an inexpensive 27inch tv. Mabe $150 total...
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louthewiz · Member Joined: 02 May 2003 Location: United States

Around $4,000-7,000 throughout the years I hate chep things.

Bodyslide · Posted: Sep 06, 2005 17:11

I marked the 500.00 to 1000.00 range. But I am always updating one piece or another every year or so. It's a work in progress.....

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ROBERT BLACK · Member Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Location: Toronto,Canada

Probably $2100 U.S all told. Before tax. The same setup bought today may be a bit less expensive. I'll be updating my cheap receiver pretty soon though.

EDIT:Shit, I forgot my DVD players and vcrs.

Okay that's about 2,500-2,600 then.

yoda313 · Regular joe Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Location: sector 001

Yeah I'd say $500-1000 for the current setup.

I first bought my sony dvp s360 years ago open box for a $100. My digital sony receiver was $200. a $100 for the sub. Then of course hundreds for my growing dvd collection

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shelbyGT · Fuzzy Nuts Joined: 17 Oct 2003 Location: Kansas City, KS

Over the course of many years (started with just the receiver, no speakers!!! and built up from there) I would have to guess around $3,500
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TheFamilyMan · Posted: Sep 06, 2005 18:11

For "home cinema" (which in my book it clearly is not), a little over $500 for my 27" TV, dvd, and vcr. Now for my HiFi (strictly in stereo), about $2500, for which for my "home cinema" I consider a happy coincidence, i.e. I can plug the dvd and vcr audio out into my preamp stage.

My definition of home cinema: 80" minimum viewing screen, high quality projector, THX certified sound system, and dvd player/media center PC. Final cost: more than I'll ever have to spend on such luxury.
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redwudz · Mod Neophyte Joined: 07 Sep 2002 Location: AZ, USA

Let's see....$1400 for the video projector, $350 for the 5X8 ft. screen, $250 for the surround sound. (I already had the speaker system) ~$2000US total purchase and I have never regretted it for a second. Going on two years now.

MovieDud · Member Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Location: United States

I have been into Home Theater (Cinema) for 10 years. My total system runs between $8500.00 - $9,000.00. It is mostly high end equipment and cables. All HDTV (off-air & sat.). Def. Tech speakers (except for B&W's for the surround). Tweaked to perfection and protected with the Monster Reference Power conditioner 3500 MK II. Yes, I never feel like going to the Theater, I typically wait for the movies to arrive on DVD.
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TooLFooL · Member Joined: 26 Feb 2004 Location: USA

oh, around $2600....much too much, yet not nearly enough!!!
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disturbed1 · Member Joined: 22 Apr 2001 Location: init 4

Built a cheapo PC (Cele 1000 512 RAM, 120 GIG HD, DVD ROM, ATI with DVI out) around $150. SB Live 5.1 $20, Used Philips XVGA projector $150. Cambridge Sound Works 5.1 speakers on sale for $75. Ubuntu Linux OS - free, White paint on the apartment wall was free also.

So thats about $400.

doppletwo · Posted: Sep 07, 2005 23:21

If the computers (laptop connected to TV and towers with harddrives) then it is about $2000, but without it's under $500.

I want a projector so bad. You are so lucky to get one for $150.
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hech54 · CONFUSED Joined: 26 Jul 2001 Location: Yank in Europe

I'll need to get the receipt for my Philips TV and get back to you.....

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rr6966 · Member Joined: 26 May 2004 Location: Cincinnati, Oh, USA

Well, I've been into home theater for almost 20 years. Started with a 20" TV, a VCR, and a boom box. Now, I am all Hi-Def at about $6,000 + .

computeguy · Member Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Location: United States

Between audio/video and cables.. $42,000

Skital · Member Joined: 18 May 2004

Let's see. I have a CRT projector that cost around $700 (but it blows away a majority of digitals costing $1,000s more) and a DLP projector (X1, about to upgrade it) which originally cost me $1,000. Funny that my $1,000 pj doesn't rival my $700 pj, but it's pretty decent. My CRT puts out a more impressive pic than the cinema simply due to the superb black levels alone.

I also have a 55" CRT HDTV that cost me about $400 (got a deal from my Uncle)

I'm not an audiophile so my Surround Sound system is one of those 130-watt $50 Wal-Mart systems. Very nice for the price though. I bought it as a joke intending to test how crappy it was (and then take it back), but it was more than acceptable. It's actually damn good for the price. I wouldn't mind having a more expensive one, but I'm just too cheap. I'm more of a videophile.

My Home Theater PC cost around $350, but then again I've had to upgrade and buy a new pc a couple times when some parts on my others ones failed, so I have spent probably around a $1,000-$1,200 on HTPCs over the last couple of years.

If DVD media counts then add another $1,500 or so. I have spent over $1,200 just on TV DVD Box Sets.

I've probably spent over $150 on projection screens.

So, it adds up to quite a lot.

INFRATOM · Member Joined: 23 Mar 2005 Location: USA

$1200 for video projector system and I had a Bose & surround system from before.

Hardcoreruss · Continual Brinse Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Location: London

WAY MORE that 7k
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tb33 · Member Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: here

$4,000-7,000 audio video and cables. Upgrades coming soon.