What kind of A/V equipment do you watch your horror with at home?

[starseed]

What kind of A/V equipment do you watch your horror with at home? Please list the equipment and brand and any special features. I'd also like to hear your wish list.

My Current A/V set-up:

*Mitsubishi TV (thirteen years old or more and getting ready to die - at least it has S-video inputs though and the picture if fine)

*DirecTV Satellite w/ all pay channels - cable sucks because it doesn't offer high resolution picture or Dolby Digital

*TiVo/DirecTV Receiver by Hughes - Love that TiVo- it auto records every Horror movie broadcast 24/7 - saves them to watch when you want - allows you to cut out commercials - can't say enough good things about TiVo - I'm a TiVo Whore.

*Sony 200-Disc DVD Player - filled with horror and Sci-Fi (mostly horror)

*Sony 5.1DD/DTS A/V Receiver w/ speakers - missing Sub-woofer because I live on the top floor of an apartment, but my down stairs neighbor got one for x-mas and we came to an agreement the other day

*Old School VCR - Piece of Crap, but still use it for those Horrors available only on VHS - and when I want to save something from TiVo

Wish List:

*Sub-woofer (can have it without guilt now)
*51" Widescreen Sony TV

[Mud Mutt]

I have a 36" Sony Trinatron TV.
A Sony DVD player
A Sony PS2
A Sony Pro logic Suround Sound Reciever
A Sony 5 disc CD changer
A Sony 4 head HI FI VCR
Bose Suround Sound Speaker system w/sub woofer for theater sound
and Stock Sony speakers for the loud stereo or CD usage

That in a nut shell is my set up, I am such a Sony whore.

Oh and I don't have cable or satilite I am a cheap bastard, besides there has not been anything good on TV since since they canceled Home Improvment. That show rocked. I either buy or rent my horror on DVD when ever possable.

[_Leatha_Face_]

i have a
53 inch toshiba very nice (just got it :) )
3 12 inch subs to power my bass and surround sound
sony receiver and cd player
samsung dvd
and a PS2
looking @ getting a satelite but dont know if its worth it

[starseed]

Cheers to another Sony Whore ;) - I think they are great, never had a problem with any Sony EQ - And everyone knows Bose kicks ass.

Toshiba TVs are great purchases too. Done research and they are right up there. A friend of mine has one too and it's great. I am very jealous of the three 12 inch subs. That has to be a literal blast. can't imaging what ID4 would sound like.

Satellite is very worth it.

Cable (at least in the San Francisco Bay Area) does not offer high resolution TV, HDTV, or Dolby Digital. Cable is always running ads saying their equipment is upgradeable unlike satellite because they provide the receiver, but they never update anything. Pissed me off too cause they just string the customer along while raising their rates.

Cable also target advertise old people by saying the dish looks ugly on your house, is hard to place, and will blow down. If I lived in blizzard country or the windy city, that might be a concern, but here in SF we don't have storms like that to blow the dish off alignment. And with TiVo, even if the dish was out of alignment during a storm, you will still have plenty of TV to watch on that dark rainy night. I personally have never had the dish go out of alignment. Best of all, Satellite is cheaper than cable here.

If you go satellite, get a TiVo integrated receiver ($100). People say they don't watch enough TV or they aren't home enough to really warrant satellite. That's what TiVo is for. While you're at work or asleep, TiVo will search out your favorite shows and save them on its hard drive for you to watch when you want. Thanks to TiVo I've seen a lot of unusual horror that I don't see in the video stores. (Get Sundance and the Independent Movie Channel - they show rare artsy horror).

People who don't have TiVo don't usually understand it. I try to explain it, but they just don't get it until they see it for themselves. They think it's a glorified VCR, but once you go TiVo you'll never go back. It's also healthier TV because you never have to watch another commercial again. 30 minute shows are just 20 minutes without commercials so you can see more TV that you really want to see.

No, I don't work for TiVo or DirecTV (actually - once I upgrade my TV to HDTV I might consider switching to VOOM Satellite, They have a 24/7 horror channel (uncut, gory, no commercials, willing to show Evil Dead or even Dead Alive) in HDTV, not to mention they offer more HDTV than any other provider - they are expensive though).

Sorry if this is off horror topic - to me it's not. I started collecting horror on VHS and all I had was my TV (same one I have now) and a crappy VCR. I started getting into Widescreen releases of Horror on VHS which were not that many then. I wanted to see the entire picture the director meant for us to see. Once DVD came out I was hooked. Then I needed to HEAR the horror as it was meant to be heard so then came 5.1. My A/V passion stemmed from Horror.

[HappyCamper]

wow i wish i had some of the awesome A/V equipment listed by others...

all i have is my old 2 part deck VCR (which still works..sorta...POS)
and my toshiba 5-disc dvd-cd player, which is hooked up to my old Panasonic single disc cd stereo. my tv is an old Magnavox, not sure which model. i do have a PS2 though so that's cool..i'd eventually like to have a plasma-widescreen tv with a kickass sound system!

don't know if anybody saw the episode of MTV's 'Cribs' with Shaq, but he has my dream home theater!!!

[ds_spoon]

a sony 34" sony tv
samsung dvd player
surround sound speakers
vhs samsung

my personal bedroom things

oh ive got an xbox and ps2 and gamecube in my bedroom also:D

[Freddy Krueger.]

Sanyo 42-inch High Definition Plasma Televsion w/ remote.

Sony Surround Sound System With DVD Player & VCR HT.

Water Bed.

Clap on/off lights.

Huge Room With Only One Way Out, Which Is Locked Down During A Horror Movie.

[rikki]

I have some crappy old TV (don't know much more about it than that), a Phillips DVD player and an old and slightly abused VCR (I don't know the brand).

But, I'm a loser and live w/my mom again and she has a 65in Phillips HDTV which is SOOOOOOOOO sweet. It has surround sound, too. She has a whole Phillips setup. When I can, I take control over their TV. It's not very often that I can, but it's when I can that counts :0)

[meetthecreeper]

Shadow puppet theater, 60 watt lightbulb if I am lucky. Sometimes I use a 4 inch wax candle for a more creepy shadow effect.

Have surround sound but it gets tiring running around in circles yelling in someones ear.

[starseed]

LMAO :D