Potential dedicated room for HT... thoughts

[jostenmeat]

Jostenmeat, what do you mean about the picking out the LCD for the dedicated room?

I just cannot see any benefits whatsoever in choosing LCD over plasma for a dedicated theater. Check out the 65" Pana V10 or the VT25 at a considerably higher budget.

By the way, I was mentioning the LCD idea because of the room size. I didn't think that I could get such a large screen in such a small space.

Now, using this calculator, I found that at a sitting distance of 10 feet I could use a 95" screen. Does that sound right to you?

Viewing Distance Calc

Yes, that is the perfect starting point for a system in which native HD material will be the exclusive or near-exclusive source. To know for certain, it is usually best to just get the PJ first, and fire it at the wall for a few days. Your patience will be extraordinarily tested, but it will pay off. The fine tuning of the viewing angle can also be dependent on the display's own quality/technology as well. For instance, with a plasma, you can probably go very darn big in angle if you wanted, due to superior motion resolution.

[The Dali]

Thanks! I prefer Plasma myself, I wan't sure, however, that they were making them 65" + - I thought the LED technology was going to the larger screen sizes.


I have bad and good news. The bad is that the room is actually 11x12, the good is that I perhaps can do something in another part of the basement that is 12x19.

I'll post an image of the basement.

[The Dali]

Ok, here is my super-crude drawing of the basement.




The scrapbook room is too small. An option would be to use the area near the water as the home theater, but I do worry about potential water issues. I could put up a wall at the far end and put all the equipment down there, away from the water. Doing this does eat up my basement space, however.

I don't want to close off the main section, and there are two windows (not shown) on the wall near the bathroom.

The small squares are the posts.

[TLS Guy]

Ok, here is my super-crude drawing of the basement.




The scrapbook room is too small. An option would be to use the area near the water as the home theater, but I do worry about potential water issues. I could put up a wall at the far end and put all the equipment down there, away from the water. Doing this does eat up my basement space, however.

I don't want to close off the main section, and there are two windows (not shown) on the wall near the bathroom.

The small squares are the posts.

You will need to close off from the stair area to the oil tank.

You will need an entry door.

I suppose the water area is the hot water tank. That is a pity as water tanks rupture periodically, so you will need to keep equipment well away.

[Whitey80]

I have a dedicated theater that is nearly those same dimensions.....and, my girlfriend has the same narcaleptic tendencies as your wife.....my theater is directly across the hall from the master bedroom.

After some tuning and arranging, you can get solid, clean sound in those dimensions....and the effective output of your sub will be phenomenal!

Here's the link to my theater thread:
My tiny dedicated HT

[The Dali]

Well, after more deliberation, I think that this room will have to do it for me... the beauty is that I've updated the idea, so now this room will act as a full media room and not simply a home theater. I expect to use the room for my guitars, laptop (for the guitar stuff), and the home theater, with the room also serving as a general music-listening room.

I have a set of stairs that run on the other side of one of the walls, of which under the stairs was turned into a closet. I should be able to locate all my equipment in this location and create a built-in cabinet for equipment and DVDs.

Since the room moves my guitar (hanging on the walls) and amps/pedals (against one wall) it allows me more freedom in the rest of the basement for placement of other stuff (including a large closet for the wife's scrapbooking). In addition, it protects the electronics and guitars from potential water damage (since they will be segregated from the water systems).

More to come!!!