I'm considering, at some point in the (hopefully not too distant) future, a home cinema system, so I'd like some advice:
It WILL be 2-D, not 3-D, and as it will go with a Sony 40Z5810, more likely than not, it will be based around Sony electronics. (I'm hoping that that will reduce/eliminate all questions of handshaking errors etc., and they'll talk to each other without issue!)
The question is: do I dip a toe in the water with the BDP300series + STR-DH800, spend a bit more and go mid-range with the BDP700series + STR-DA2400, or go (for me) high-end with the BDP5000/STR-DA5400ES, on the basis that it will be the only system I'll ever need?
Note that I don't swap boxes every few months either in the pursuit of perfection or because of an inner need to be at the (b)leeding edge of technology (hence the no 3-D). Our first colour telly was with us for ca. 20yrs, I lived with (and enjoyed) the last hifi for ca. 15yrs before upgrading, so there's every possibility that I may live with this for a similar length of time. This may help to explain why the budget may seem ill-defined.
(We'll talk about the speakers in another post!)
It WILL be 2-D, not 3-D, and as it will go with a Sony 40Z5810, more likely than not, it will be based around Sony electronics. (I'm hoping that that will reduce/eliminate all questions of handshaking errors etc., and they'll talk to each other without issue!)
The question is: do I dip a toe in the water with the BDP300series + STR-DH800, spend a bit more and go mid-range with the BDP700series + STR-DA2400, or go (for me) high-end with the BDP5000/STR-DA5400ES, on the basis that it will be the only system I'll ever need?
Note that I don't swap boxes every few months either in the pursuit of perfection or because of an inner need to be at the (b)leeding edge of technology (hence the no 3-D). Our first colour telly was with us for ca. 20yrs, I lived with (and enjoyed) the last hifi for ca. 15yrs before upgrading, so there's every possibility that I may live with this for a similar length of time. This may help to explain why the budget may seem ill-defined.
(We'll talk about the speakers in another post!)