UPDATE: Here are a few pics of my new set up which i've had for Christmas instead of me and the misses spending money on 'crap' for each other.
A Pioneer Kuro 5090, a QUAD Lite 5.1 system and a Pioneer AV Amp thing.
I purchased from Sevenoaks in Nottingham and originally used some Maplin speaker brackets to hold the speakers on the wall but they were not really man enough for the job as the speakers are quite heavy and after a few hours they dipped down on the P*ss.
The speaker brackets now are the Mission M30 ones and they are really strong.
With lots of help from my cousin we channeled the wall out using a grinder for all the cables and then just polyfillered over and then repainted.
The wall looks a bit bare so we are going to put some nice pictures doted around the wall to break it up a bit. I thought the TV looked too big to begin with but now when I'm sat infront of it watching a movie it's perfect and I love it.
I just had a big old CRT 'LG' TV before and have been threatening to buy a flat screen Tv for the last two years and due to the AVFORUMS website I decided to get the 5090.
I'm having the virgin HD box installed in a few weeks (so i can get a clear HDMI picture) as at the moment I've just got the 'normal' tv running off a single phono type cable so the picture is a tiny bit fuzzy - I didn't want to have to make enough space in the wall for a Scart lead as they are big and fat and old technology. The only cables i have in the wall are the HDMI, single phono type cable (currently providing the picture) and the power lead and of course the speaker wires.
I read all the reviews about the Kuro and its true the picture quality (even on the crap cable I'm using) is amazing - because the blacks are so good the picture looks so much better - on Blu ray its jaw dropingly good. I have been comparing the picture to other when we have been out and about visiting and when you see the ITV Christmas screen with the black background and the sparkly christmas tree they are currently using the blacks on other screens look slightly grayed out and flat in comparison.
The speakers are great too although I'm returning the subwoofer as it's humming - I called Sevenoaks and they said they will get it sorted so all good.
Do you think this looks good or would you of done something different?
Definitely. Why bother with GT5 when you could just go and drive the real things?
