Over the past few months I've been [slowly] upgrading my system from total crap to almost low-level-budget respectability.
I was wondering what I should upgrade next. FYI: I'm about 70% movies and 30% games for now. I'd like to keep the steps in upgrading small so anything over a couple of hundred bucks may be "right out".
What would you recommend next? [See below for what I have now]
--Get the display professionally calibrated. Overscan is too large / User level convergance settings aren't detailed enough so the edges of the screen don't have good alignment/convergance/etc. I've never even set color / contrast / brightness "excatly" right .....
-- Calibrate what I can on the display myself [if the above turns out to be bothersome]
-- Adding blackout blinds or similar so I can make the room DARK during the day if I desire.
-- Getting new front speakers [and a center] and rotate my current speakers back [Old Fronts-> Surrounds, Old Surrounds-> Rear Surrounds]
-- Rewiring some potentially sub-standard runs with some basic 12 AWG cable
Obviously if there's something I [as a newb] left out then let me know. Feel free to ask any questions if you want more info before giving a recommendation.
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Currently I have:
Display: 1080i Toshiba Rear Projection HDTV [with DVI & HDCP]
Receiver: Yammy RX-V665 [4 HDMI and reasonable feature set]
Blu-Ray: Panny DMP-BD605 [seems to get the job done well enough]
Legacy DVD players: Enough for multiregion support and Closed Captions when needed
Game System: XBox 360 w/ component & optical connections
Sub: The worst ever [not Bose]. It's underpowered, muddy, boomy, etc. Note the wife HATES bass so the sub would likely only be on during the weekends while she's at work.
Front Speakers: They might be tolerable but that's about all.
Center & Surround Speakers: Voice & Mid-Range aren't too bad but lows & highs are simply bad.
Room: 12W x 8H x 25L. Carpeting with decent padding. 3 Windows along one side and an opening to the kitchen on the other side. No real treatment for either light or audio has been done. Walls are dry-wall and I don't have too much of an issue with noise leakage into the room.
Wiring & Connects: Most are cheap but serviceable
