My first real theater

[mperfct]

This theater was constructed during 2008, and was part of basement buildout that took almost 21 months. I'll let the pics do most of the talking, but here is what I have equipment-wise today.

RBH SI760's L/C/R, MC6-DB surrounds, Marantz SR-8001, Pioneer BDP-51FD bluray player, Tosh HD-A30, APC H15, Mits HC6500, Seymour CenterStage XD 110" 2.37 AT screen, MFW-15, Harmony 1000, Lutron Spacers, SA8300 (yuck). All cabling from Monoprice, except for an unused 35' BJC HDMI cable.

One of pics shows my old Optoma HD80 and CavX lens, both of which have moved on.

Nov 2006:

February 2009:

 

[ParadigmDawg]

Sweet man....sweet.....

 

[jostenmeat]

SWEET BAR!

You like the vino, eh? I don't see any bourbon. Take care of that before I come over.

 

[ParadigmDawg]

Where is the bar in relation to the theater? I am looking for designs and like the bar area.

 

[Midcow2]

Very Nice

very nice setup. In answer to Dawg's question it looks like the bar is through the french doors behind the last row of theater seats. sweet

Later,

MidCow2

 

[jamie2112]

Very nice indeed.....I love it...

 

[Adam]

Wow! Beautiful place!

You inquired earlier about why you've never made out with a girl in a theater. Two words - fixed armrests. Where's the loveseat?

 

[mperfct]

SWEET BAR!

You like the vino, eh? I don't see any bourbon. Take care of that before I come over.

I think I could certainly accommodate that. Nothing wrong with a little (or a lot) bourbon.

Where is the bar in relation to the theater? I am looking for designs and like the bar area.

very nice setup. In answer to Dawg's question it looks like the bar is through the french doors behind the last row of theater seats. sweet

Later,

MidCow2

MC2 got it. I'll post a layout of the basement as soon as I find it. It's on the interwebs somewhere...probably over at AVS.

Very nice indeed.....I love it...

Wow! Beautiful place!

You inquired earlier about why you've never made out with a girl in a theater. Two words - fixed armrests. Where's the loveseat?

Thanks all for the compliments. I actually did switch two of the Berklines around in the front row and made a love seat. These Berklines seem to lean one way or the other. I wish they had adjustable feet, but they don't I might have to come up with some sort of shim system.

 

[mperfct]

Oy, here it is!

 

[ErinH]

mind elaborating on your screen a bit?

I've been trying to locate costs for something like what you have, so any info on that would be appreciated.

I need a transparent screen b/c I'm going with a vertical center.

Thanks!

- Erin

 

[Davemcc]

If you hear unexplained noises in your basement, that's me. But get used to the noise because I'm not leaving. I'll live comfortably down here forever.

 

[adk highlander]

Great setup. Looks like half of your pic links are broken so I cannot see the whole setup. If you can try and repost so I can drool some more.

 

[mperfct]

Great setup. Looks like half of your pic links are broken so I cannot see the whole setup. If you can try and repost so I can drool some more.

Don't know what happened...here's some more.

 

[jamie2112]

Sweet shower bro......

 

[mperfct]

mind elaborating on your screen a bit?

I've been trying to locate costs for something like what you have, so any info on that would be appreciated.

I need a transparent screen b/c I'm going with a vertical center.

Thanks!

- Erin

Hey Erin,

Costs = cheap. I just followed the directions on Chris Seymour's website (link) and I bet it cost me less than $400.

4 pieces of 3" poplar, 4 brackets, 4 yards of triple black velvet, screen material, and a bit of scrap base trim to mount it and you're good to go. I used a pneumatic stapler, and it worked great. Just make sure you aren't burying your staples in case you need to pull them to re-tension the screen material during the installation process.

The first time I built the screen, I nailed the screen tension perfectly. For whatever reason, when I redid the screen with his new material, it took me a few times to get it 98% right. I could still improve it a bit, but it's diminishing returns at this point and you can't see any picture distortion. I'll save that project for a rainy day.

 

[mperfct]

My picasa gallery has a pictorial of me building the new screen. The shots below are in the gallery. gallery here.

RBH SI-760 ear pinning devices

Screen wall sans screen

Screen (no, really.)

Tasty blu-ray!

 

[adk highlander]

Wow that is one impressive setup. From the bar to the bathroom everything looks top notch. Also a great place for the kids as well. Looks like you have everything you could want down there.

 

[ParadigmDawg]

Can I get the dimensions of the home theater?

 

[ErinH]

Hey Erin,

Costs = cheap. I just followed the directions on Chris Seymour's website (link) and I bet it cost me less than $400.

4 pieces of 3" poplar, 4 brackets, 4 yards of triple black velvet, screen material, and a bit of scrap base trim to mount it and you're good to go. I used a pneumatic stapler, and it worked great. Just make sure you aren't burying your staples in case you need to pull them to re-tension the screen material during the installation process.

The first time I built the screen, I nailed the screen tension perfectly. For whatever reason, when I redid the screen with his new material, it took me a few times to get it 98% right. I could still improve it a bit, but it's diminishing returns at this point and you can't see any picture distortion. I'll save that project for a rainy day.

Thank you very much!

So a couple questions for you:
1. Looks like you mounted your speakers in your wall so you could mount the screen to the wall, too. Any particular reason you chose to do this? Cost of buying motorized, etc?

2. Do you staple the screen to the frame from the backside? I’m just trying to picture it correctly…. Seems if it was stapled to the back you’d have a gap the thickness of the wood itself. Basically you’d have the frame, then a 1” depth, then the screen. Not sure if that’s how you did it or not.

3. Hanging the screen: Did mount the screen to the wall, or did you use some angled boards like in the tutorial to hang the screen to boards attached to the wall?

I’m sure I’ll have more! Lol.

Thanks!

 

[mperfct]

Thank you very much!

So a couple questions for you:
1. Looks like you mounted your speakers in your wall so you could mount the screen to the wall, too. Any particular reason you chose to do this? Cost of buying motorized, etc?
2. Do you staple the screen to the frame from the backside? I’m just trying to picture it correctly…. Seems if it was stapled to the back you’d have a gap the thickness of the wood itself. Basically you’d have the frame, then a 1” depth, then the screen. Not sure if that’s how you did it or not.

I’m sure I’ll have more! Lol.

Thanks!

Erin,

1) They are in-wall speakers, so I kinda had to mount them "in the wall". You could still have towers or whatever and build the false wall in front of them and have a fixed frame screen. I didn't see a point to a motorized screen since the only display I have in the room is the PJ and it is a dedicated theater room.

2) Right, you staple the screen to the back of the frame. Check my picasa gallery (a few posts up) and I have pics step by step. If you look through those pics and through Chris Seymour's .pdf, I think you should be able to find answers to any question you could come up with.