Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation Re: Home cinema ideas please:-) 11Mar 11, 2010 1:18 pm Tom's Playroom what is immersive to you may be sickening to your family members and friends. one thing I learnt early on was to pick a screen that is the best size for you!! if you family and friends are only going to be in there once a week/month etc. Then don't design the room to suit them.. If you like the big 150" screen and your friends don't.. then bad luck.. 99% of the time, I'm the only one that uses my theatre room... I only have two big armchairs in there and 2 bean bags but think I have only ever had 4 people in there once or twice in the last 8 months. I've clocked up 1000 hours since I have had it (Jun 09) as I use it for everything.. whether watching the news or a playing the PS3. Anyway I love it.. and have been playing FFXIII on my PS3 for the last week.. and the graphics just blow me away still to this day... 1080p on 108" screen is just beautiful... and probably even more so on your 150" screen.. and then again on Tom's scope screen!! and yes Tom those forums you mentioned are very good for this type of stuff.. I frequent both quite a bit.. I use the same username also!! Re: Home cinema ideas please:-) 12Mar 11, 2010 4:28 pm wakeboardandy Tom's Playroom what is immersive to you may be sickening to your family members and friends. one thing I learnt early on was to pick a screen that is the best size for you!! if you family and friends are only going to be in there once a week/month etc. Then don't design the room to suit them.. If you like the big 150" screen and your friends don't.. then bad luck.. 99% of the time, I'm the only one that uses my theatre room... I only have two big armchairs in there and 2 bean bags but think I have only ever had 4 people in there once or twice in the last 8 months. I've clocked up 1000 hours since I have had it (Jun 09) as I use it for everything.. whether watching the news or a playing the PS3. Anyway I love it.. and have been playing FFXIII on my PS3 for the last week.. and the graphics just blow me away still to this day... 1080p on 108" screen is just beautiful... and probably even more so on your 150" screen.. and then again on Tom's scope screen!! and yes Tom those forums you mentioned are very good for this type of stuff.. I frequent both quite a bit.. I use the same username also!! Good point. You obviously have a VERY understanding wife. Mine is still upset that 'I have the biggest room in the house"! Still working on the dark colours for the wall and ceiling but the jury is still out! Hope to run into you on line! Greg Re: Home cinema ideas please:-) 13Mar 11, 2010 9:31 pm Tom's Playroom Mine is still upset that 'I have the biggest room in the house"! haha.. that's the EXACT words my fiance said to me a few days ago! But then again, I said she could have one of the spare bedrooms as a walk-in wardrobe, so there's some give & take there! T&T Knockdown and rebuild - building Metr1con Nolan 41 (43) @ http://tim-and-tina.blogspot.com! http://www.verdantdental.com.au Re: Home cinema ideas please:-) 14Mar 12, 2010 11:22 pm That's a nice big room! However as has been stated, it will take some serious power to fill that room at reference level. The large windows also wont do you any favours. The Epson projectors you mentioned are very good however all projectors need a dark room to really look their best. The glass also sucks bass out of a room. The bass goes straight through it and isn't contained within the room so you will need to make sure you don't skimp in the subwoofer dept. Good curtaining will help in both regards (not so much with the bass) The epson tw5500 has anamorphic scaling built in so allows you to go full anamorphic by just adding an anamorphic lens. You could buy a seperate scaler and the tw3500 and get a similar result. Once you've seen full cinemascope you just wont want to go back. It should be awesome when you get it finished. Just make sure you do that beautifull space justice. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Home cinema ideas please:-) 15Mar 13, 2010 9:49 am Thanks for the replies peoples The plan is to have very thick shag carpet and dark blockout curtains on the windows. Ive got a friend who is an airbrush artist (does movie sets and stuff).. so thinking of getting the whole room (including the ceiling) done in a 'Roman' type theme.. but keeping it dark. Id say I will go an electric 120-130 inch screen.. would like to go 150" but I've been told that might be too big for the epson?? not sure duel subs for sure.. i can see the advantage. Thanks again for the info everyone.. I will post updated pics soon Cheers Cameron I would say both styles you have pictured are steel. The lower chord of the first pic would be a massive lump if made using timber considering the size of the rafters. If… 1 6217 Hi guys We have just removed a very large grape vine which was mounted to a structure along this wall. This is a shared wall with our neighbour, and after removal, we… 0 3981 |