Seeking A/V recommendations
Feb. 6th, 2004 12:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cthulhiaMy mum and sister want to buy me a TV. They are suitably horrified that I don't have one. (Even the crap hand-me-down TV has finally died.) I've been putting it off.
But, last night I didn't have the energy to do more than doze at media, and felt a distinct lack of options.
I'm not sure what their price cap is, but I suggested one of those flat TVs, and they glared at me. I'm figuring, reasonable. Of course, I have no idea what is reasonable for a TV, having never purchased one. (And, yeah, I will probably get a matching TiVO as well, and I suppose I need to check out a DVD and VHS player... although there is a VHS player in the house that belongs to none of the current residents...)
So this brings me to another media issue. I also have never purchased a stereo. I've been given boom boxes, walkmans and discmans. I had the hand-me-down components at my parents' house. My apartment currently houses![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kalessin's giant speakers that are rendered intolerable by a constant buzzing noise, and (mangosteen's?) old receiver(?).
So, what I'd like is: small, wall-mountable speakers, preferably wired so I can play music in the kitchen or in the front rooms (the wayceo set it up when we used to live together), a small system, and, if I'm getting a new TV, I suppose I should aim for something surround-sound. Also, for the sake of space, I suppose I should get something like an ipod so I can rip all my cds onto it and just connect that to the stereo.
(Not as urgent, but on deck: I also want to get different living room furniture. I want a big chair with an ottoman, that I can sleep in sitting up, without rolling over, for when I'm as congested as I was for most of this week. And a couch long enough to lie down on, instead of that inappropriately-named loveseat.)
Recommend?
But, last night I didn't have the energy to do more than doze at media, and felt a distinct lack of options.
I'm not sure what their price cap is, but I suggested one of those flat TVs, and they glared at me. I'm figuring, reasonable. Of course, I have no idea what is reasonable for a TV, having never purchased one. (And, yeah, I will probably get a matching TiVO as well, and I suppose I need to check out a DVD and VHS player... although there is a VHS player in the house that belongs to none of the current residents...)
So this brings me to another media issue. I also have never purchased a stereo. I've been given boom boxes, walkmans and discmans. I had the hand-me-down components at my parents' house. My apartment currently houses
kalessin's giant speakers that are rendered intolerable by a constant buzzing noise, and (mangosteen's?) old receiver(?).So, what I'd like is: small, wall-mountable speakers, preferably wired so I can play music in the kitchen or in the front rooms (the way
ceo set it up when we used to live together), a small system, and, if I'm getting a new TV, I suppose I should aim for something surround-sound. Also, for the sake of space, I suppose I should get something like an ipod so I can rip all my cds onto it and just connect that to the stereo. (Not as urgent, but on deck: I also want to get different living room furniture. I want a big chair with an ottoman, that I can sleep in sitting up, without rolling over, for when I'm as congested as I was for most of this week. And a couch long enough to lie down on, instead of that inappropriately-named loveseat.)
Recommend?
