Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation 1 Mar 04, 2009 11:01 am Hi, I am in the process of starting to build my home and am interested in finding out what kind of projector and screen would suit the room and what kind of costs I would be up for? It would be for movies and sports I suppose, nothing too fancy as I am a tad technologically challenged
Or should I just put a plasma in and not worry about the projector?? Would appreciate any advice Re: Theatre room 5.81 x 4.43 2Mar 04, 2009 12:02 pm I would go Projector for sure.
I currently have a 50" Plasma (not in a theatre room) as my main TV but I would never put one in a theatre room. The reason is simple, you can darken a theatre room easily, and any decent projector will project a 100" image (3x more screen size to a 50" plasma!) Sports = DLP projector IIRC, they are better at fast motion to LCD projectors. Your room will suite it length wise too EDIT: You will also want to think about cabling before the plaster goes up! I made a thread a few days ago about it, it will make things much easier later Re: Theatre room 5.81 x 4.43 3Mar 04, 2009 12:32 pm Thanks for that Hellman109. In regards to the cabling, I have already signed my plans and they are to start in the coming week or so and am sure that if I added this now, it would cost me $1000 to add this in or would it?? I do not have a Site Sup. appointed as yet, should I contact the contract administrator and ask her?? What kind of cabling would be required?
Cheers Re: Theatre room 5.81 x 4.43 4Mar 04, 2009 1:44 pm Cabling to look at would be...
Power and video cables to the roof/mounting bracket for the projector Audio cables through the wall for audio Extra power points for the equipment Network points if your wiring any network I wouldnt talk to the contract admin as they probably wont help much. Talk to the salesperson/SS when given about it. These changes are some extra works for the sparky and wont change the structure, so the $1000 fee should be able to be worked around. Re: Theatre room 5.81 x 4.43 5Mar 04, 2009 2:16 pm Hi Tillie.
Is this a single storey place? As far as the cabling goes, you need to know where you are going to (or at least are most likely to) put your speakers and projector. You need speaker cable run from where the gear (AV Receiver, DVD Player, etc.) will sit to where each of the speakers will be. You need to run a mono audio lead from the gear to where the subwoofer will be located, and you need to run video cable(s) from the gear to where the projector will be (at least HDMI, but if you have any old gear, especially the AV Receiver, then you might need other video cables too..). You will need multiple power-points for the gear, 1 power-point for the subwoofer (everyone forgets that one) and 1 power-point for the projector (if single storey then the power-point for the projector can be inside the roof). If your place is single storey then you can get most if not all of this done after you move in (even if some of it is harder), but if your place is 2 storey then that's another storey... Re: Theatre room 5.81 x 4.43 6Mar 04, 2009 2:28 pm Thanks for your replies, yes Rodda it is a single storey home. What kind of a budget should I be looking at in regards to this? Including equipment and installation if I am unable to have the wires done during the build? Any specific brands that people may recommend or specific stores to go to??? I am in the west of Melbourne.
Thanks Re: Theatre room 5.81 x 4.43 7Mar 04, 2009 3:59 pm I would say that a good starting budget for a decent Home Cinema setup that includes a HD projector and a sound system that isn't left behind by the picture would be around the $7K - $8K range (including installation) - for good quality gear and brands (eg. I use Marantz, Paradigm, Mordaunt-Short, BenQ, Mitsubishi, Jamo, just to name a few).
For a multi-room audio system, how many rooms are you thinking? The Elan Home Systems 'S6' or System 6 is a (up to) 6 room audio system that includes keypads for each of the 6 rooms it's installed to. I've retro-fitted these systems to with 6 pairs of speakers (Elan and Paradigm) + source components (AM/FM tuner, 5-disc CD player, iPod dock) for < $8K. It is a much more complete and fully functional system than many of it's competitors and other pretenders out there... Re: Theatre room 5.81 x 4.43 8Mar 04, 2009 4:39 pm hey tillie, def home projector, we bought ours for about $1,100 and it's fantastic, that's without all the cabling etc... Plasma is just a tv - YKWIM, but the projector is an experience! oh yeah, go projector without all the cabling etc rather than just a plasma (if you have too!)
Annie A thankful person is a happy person. [/color]My hobby design blog: http://aviewondesign.blogspot.com/ Re: Theatre room 5.81 x 4.43 9Mar 04, 2009 4:58 pm Rodda If your place is single storey then you can get most if not all of this done after you move in (even if some of it is harder), but if your place is 2 storey then that's another storey... I'm about to build a house, and I want to install the acoustic batts in the walls. How hard is it to run cables (CAT6, RG6, or speaker cables) through the batts ? That's if I want to install the cables after the handover. Thanks Re: Theatre room 5.81 x 4.43 10Mar 04, 2009 6:06 pm iTalk Rodda If your place is single storey then you can get most if not all of this done after you move in (even if some of it is harder), but if your place is 2 storey then that's another storey... I'm about to build a house, and I want to install the acoustic batts in the walls. How hard is it to run cables (CAT6, RG6, or speaker cables) through the batts ? That's if I want to install the cables after the handover. Thanks get conduits and pull strings installed Kodiak Data Cabling onFaceBook Consult*, Design and Installation Data, TV, Home Theatre/ AV Cabling, Multi Room Audio, IP CCTV and Door Intercoms Ask for a Quote. *DIY DATA Cabling Is Ilegal Re: Theatre room 5.81 x 4.43 11Mar 04, 2009 6:07 pm If they are on an internal wall.......... to be honest...... so hard!
Because the trade will need to drill down with an auger or spade bit, the insulation will wrap around the bit as he drills causing mayhem. Standard batts tear easily compared to acoustic ones. Try to get a cable corridor down the wall where you want to run the cables. Licenced Sparky and Data Cabler If "The Data Guys" is too long to type, TDG will do. Re: Theatre room 5.81 x 4.43 13Mar 04, 2009 6:21 pm iTalk Great, what's the best way to support these conduits (I assume 2" water plastic pipes ?) on the frame ? no get clipsal 25mm or above flexi duct you can get clips that get attached to the frame then just leave about 100- 200mm exposed past the top plate with the pull wire exposed a further 100mm - 200mm past that. if you plan on doing other runs later install a secondary pull wire but mark which one is which ..... if your doing runs to the projector remember that it has the "bulkeir leads" only the run down the wall needs to be protected... it is hard to explain.. feel free to call me so i can explain to you over the phone Kodiak Data Cabling onFaceBook Consult*, Design and Installation Data, TV, Home Theatre/ AV Cabling, Multi Room Audio, IP CCTV and Door Intercoms Ask for a Quote. *DIY DATA Cabling Is Ilegal Re: Theatre room 5.81 x 4.43 14Mar 04, 2009 6:35 pm That's a good size room.. my room is only 4.14m long... I will probably go for a 92inch screen or maybe 100inch.. haven't decided yet. Viewing angle wise I am right in the sweet spot for a 100inch screen based on THX's recommendations so that is what I will probably go with.. I like sitting a bit closer than most at the cinemas!
Just remember a 100inch screen is like watching four 50inch plasmas all together.. so you certainly get a big picture experience!! I checked out a Benq DLP projector at Big Picture People the other day and it certainly looks sharper to me than LCD. I couldn't see this rainbow effect that people talk about, so I will most likely go with one of them. Re: Theatre room 5.81 x 4.43 15Mar 04, 2009 8:25 pm Rather than stuffing around with conduits, can't you just ensure that the noggins in the wall cavities where you want or even might want cables run are all turned on their sides? Then there will be no need to drill through any of them.
And you don't need 'pull wires' - that's what yellow tongue and other cabling rods are for (at least I find that stuff pretty easy to use...). Re: Theatre room 5.81 x 4.43 16Mar 04, 2009 8:39 pm Rodda Rather than stuffing around with conduits, can't you just ensure that the noggins in the wall cavities where you want or even might want cables run are all turned on their sides? Then there will be no need to drill through any of them. And you don't need 'pull wires' - that's what yellow tongue and other cabling rods are for (at least I find that stuff pretty easy to use...). yellow tougne would work fine.. no point the average joe bung a set of pull rods tho Kodiak Data Cabling onFaceBook Consult*, Design and Installation Data, TV, Home Theatre/ AV Cabling, Multi Room Audio, IP CCTV and Door Intercoms Ask for a Quote. *DIY DATA Cabling Is Ilegal Re: Theatre room 5.81 x 4.43 17Mar 04, 2009 8:51 pm Rodda And you don't need 'pull wires' - that's what yellow tongue and other cabling rods are for (at least I find that stuff pretty easy to use...). Yeah those yellow tongues are really handy.. makes it real easy even with insulation in the walls. Steel frame is easy to wire later on as the nogins are only about 10mm thick. If you do it from the ceiling the studs are already pre-drilled and you just slide a plastic grommit in and down goes the wire! Re: Theatre room 5.81 x 4.43 18Mar 04, 2009 10:18 pm Thanks very much for all your replies
Rodda what is a multi room audio system?? Also with regards to the equipment, is better to stick with one brand for all or are you able to mix brands up?? Sorry if these questions sound really silly, but was planning to have a rumpus with a pool table etc... as opposed to a home theatre and now have changed my mind Re: Theatre room 5.81 x 4.43 19Mar 05, 2009 9:21 am ^^ A home theatre is a rumpus room with doors and big curtains
Multi room audio means you play something from one device, but it comes out from speakers in multiple rooms. Some systems are more sophisticated then others (EG, controlling the music from multiple rooms, not just hearing it). Re: Theatre room 5.81 x 4.43 20Mar 05, 2009 10:06 am When people want a pair of speakers in one room and another pair in another room (that they want to here sound from) that's multi-room audio. I use the term as more of a definition to describe a system that provides sound to multiple rooms.
As far as mixing brands goes - you absolutely should never restrict yourself to using just one brand (unless that brand happens to be the best one for every piece of equipment you want). The only reason for sticking to one brand is that you may gain some efficiency in the remote(s) (the TV remote may have some functions that operate the DVD player), or so they look cool sitting next to each other with the same badges on them. Basically, unless you have a really, really good reason for grouping your brands, just pick the best piece of equipment based on it's merrits... Hey, I am wanting to add a second toilet to my house, bit we have limited room. There is a hallway/entry that is never used, so was thinking this could be an option. Only… 0 3000 Hi all, My first post, we are building a house and can’t decide the layout of the lounge room. We have a large N/W facing window and are wanting to have a wood slow… 0 11129 sorry mate, not wasting more time on this. Youve completely missed the mark on some fundamentals and regardless of how many times i try and put it to you differently, you… 11 6977 |