Digg.com and Revision3 founder Kevin Rose has been putting together a new home theater system and filming live-streaming videos of himself doing it. So is he going plasma or LCD?
Neither, he’s anchoring his system with an HD projector, the Panasonic PT-AE2000U. The projector delivers a 1080p HD picture at 1500 lumens and a 16,000:1 contrast ratio and is currently going for $2700 on Amazon.com (review of projector). To complement it, he’s mounting a large motorized projector screen on the wall. There seems to be a large window right next to the screen–is he concerned about light washing out the picture?
For a receiver, he’s going with a high-end Denon (model unknown). Connected to it are a Series 3 HD TiVO and an Apple TV.
He didn’t stint on the speakers. He’s got a pair of Klipsch XF-48 floor-standing speakers ($1249 each) along with a Klipsch subwoofer and center channel. His rear speakers were not shown, but with his good friend Jack Buser from Dolby there to help him set things up, I’m sure he’s got things covered. Or is that center speaker doubling for the surround sound duties?
Rough estimated cost of Kevin’s current setup?
Projector: $2700.
Projector screen: $700.
Denon receiver: $1200.
Series 3 HD TiVO: $660.
Klipsch right and left floor standing speaker: $2500 ($1249 each).
Klipsch subwoofer: $500.
Klipsch center speaker: $450.
Apple TV: $330.
Professional installation: free
Total: $9040
*Update from Kevin* Mr. Rose says he does have the surround sound system, the XF-48 Home Theater System. Also, his Denon Receiver is the AVR-4308CI.
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#1 by WayneB on April 9, 2008 - 5:29 pm
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Wow, that’s kinda lame seeing as there’s no Windows Media Center or XBOX in the whole setup.
#2 by Dave on April 10, 2008 - 1:34 pm
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The Giz posts are crazy. I know several millionaires and this isn’t a bad setup at all – it’s fully functional and not a PITA to use! I like the fact that Kevin isn’t trying to “show off” and just wants a system that sounds good, looks good, and that he can chill with. Kudos Kev!
#3 by Josh on April 15, 2008 - 10:09 pm
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All you kids posting comments are very childish!
He has a very nice setup for hes needs. you don’t all ways have to get a 1 million dollar setup to watch movies.
I have the same setup as he’s but i went with a 50 inch lcd and a pioneer vsx 94txh receiver. kevin is lucky,free installations.!