Agreed, really do like MarkP1's set up there. Looks smart, good use of colours too

 

Why thank you [Davey] To be fair the screen and mounting is a copy of Alistairs.

The cables to my TV run behind the stud wall and exit at floor level behind the storage cabinets. If you do this properly you can add cables easily enough. I don't have this problem as my plasma has a seperate media box so al the sattelite/games consoles/PC/DVD/Amp etc. plug straight into that.

If you just hang a conventional plasma/LCD on the wall, The only way you can make it look good is channel the plaster and then fill it. Then you have to do it all again if you add anything. This is what i have done in the bedroom but i am not likely to add anything so i am not fussed.

I would recomend doing a false / stud wall as a few on this thread have done. It looks so much better. I have a 50" TV in a medium sized room and it does not look out of place or get in the way / dominate the room at all.

 

Wouldn't say "money to burn" - I've got two young kids, and it's really difficult to go to the cinema.
This is how I've justified my setup - a social life compromise

DAn

 

My set up is

BenQ PE7700
XBOX 360
Samsung 5.1 (POS)

Uumm thats it

I mainly use it for gaming TBH, but do watch the odd film. Would like to get a better sound system but I am in a semi and I dont think the neighbours would be impressed..

 

your neighbours will love it, mine asked to lend my copy of 300 after hearing it thru the walls

 

I have a Sharp 32" HD Tv, Kef 3000 5.1 Speakers, Onkyo 605 amp. Well chuffed with the sound setup. Will be looking to replace the Sharp for a Samsung 37 and the Sharp will go in my boys room

 

Well my neighbour is deaf so mine gets cranked up as much as I like

 

We will probably move to a detached in the next few years so once we have done that I will do a proper job, also the current cinema room I have is quite small, about 4mx5m so would really need something a bit bigger to make use of the bigger sound system.

 

Mine was 5k two Crimbos ago.

 

Dan,

If you don't mind me asking, Where did you get the LED lighting from? I think this would look quite good behind my screen. I would just get a 2" band of lighting round the outside of the screen.

How many did you use? Are they separate or do they come 'christmas tree' style IYSWIM.

 

No probs

Got em from Ikea.

I'm running four strips (you can add more or take off less) - they also come in multi-colour variety too.

Dan

 

I have the multi-colour ones About 9 colours and you can set one static, constant and instant change, or slow progressive fade between IYGWIM.

 

a few of mine before adding a 2m electric screen, a Wii and Xbox 360 (and redecorating!)





Neil

 

Im not allowed loads of speakers in the house, its all in my garden cabin,

Tannoy Front speakers,
Denon 7.1 Amp
Mission centre
Aiwa rears
J4cko's mate's old Goodmans 28 inch widescreen (not putting a grands worth of telly in a shed))
Xbox
Pc with wireless

New couch for the living room is being delivered next week so I get the old one for the shed

 

OMG i have to take the Mr's to Ikea now

When you say strips what do you mean? do all the strips run of one plug?

 

Nice shed

 

Thanks !

Best three grand I have ever spent.

 

usefull info cheers mate

 

CLICKY

Kit comes with a transformer and a switching box with four sockets, cable runs and connectors. You can connect 1 to each socket, or daisy-chain them. I have 8 running in two daisy chains from 2 sockets out of one tran/switch, but when on white it seems to overload the transformer (white will have r,g & b at full power I guess). If I used two separate trans/switch's then I forsee the colour shifts moving out of phase

 

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Please dont call it a shed.

it is his wanking retreat.

 

Two of my setups:

 

My "Part of The Way" Setup

Original Setup:



Setting up:









As it is now:



Full Kit List:
Sony 40" KDL-40x2000 LCD TV
Sony STR-DB930 Amp
Sony DVP S725 DVD Player
Sony SCD-XB940 SACD Player
Sky+ 160 Box
Mission M33i Fronts Speakers
Mission M3C2i Centre
Mission M30i Rears
Sony PS2
Various Monster THX Cables

Coming Soon:
Sky HD
Harmony 895 Remote
STR-DA5200es
Structured Cabling

 

Good info, i took the Mrs for a good night out and an IKEA hotdog last night. After picking myself up off the floor after seeing the price i bought 3 sets (in white, i think it will suit the room better and its cheaper).

I unpacked them all and found i could put all 12 strips into a single transformer and they worked OK. How pissed would i be if after daisy chaining 12 to one transformer and chanelling/refilling/repainting the recess behind the screeen if they kept packing in on me.

I will use all 3 transformers now, with each strip individually connected to the switching box. Down side is i will have to drop 12 wires behind the stud and fish them out at the bottom and i will have 3 switches.

 

i have the plasma, i need the surround sound system but i dont want massive speakers all over the place.

any decent ideas?

 

Bose...

 

Wash your mouth out!! Utter rubbish unless you just want a bit of treble and a load of bass.

B&W, Kef etc all do small speaker setups which will blow Bose out of the water.

Hope the above doesnt offend!

 

Bose? He said decent...

There are lots of excellent small speakers available: B&W MT20/30, KEF KHT, Mission M-Cube. You would need to add an AV amp to these. If you want an all in one, try the new Sony DAV-IS10, the speakers are absolutely tiny! :0

Here's my home cinema, I'm lucky enough to have a dedicated room, click the pic for a decent size:

 

I dont understand how Bose get away with selling such rubbush, Im looking to use B&W inwall sig7nt up front and the dipole rears, if i feel brave then maybe a meridian g95 to run it all. topped off with a 50" pioneer plasma

 

.... listen at all the pretend audiophiles.... "Bose is rubbish"

I've a full B&W setup as well as a Bose system and they both ROCK... so let's not start pretending otherwise in some pathetic attempt at audio-snobbery....

 

Let's see it then Lewis, we know you've got a camera...