NeilT

for anyone thats interested in this kind of thing, thought you might want to see the pics, start to finish.

Its a dedicated room, that we've planned to use as a cinema since moving in to the house in the summer.

Room stripped down, back to floor boards...

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...eilt/start.jpg

Window had to come out to get sofas in

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...eilt/sofas.jpg

Installed a Sony ceiling mounted projector

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6.../projector.jpg

In comes the gear, Yamaha 6.1 amp, Sony DVD, Xbox, Gamecube, Mission Volare speakers all round

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...lt/finish2.jpg

Fired up for a bit of Sith...

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...t/finished.jpg

Got some furniture to add, inc a new equipment rack, but pretty pleased with the result. Looks & Sounds awesome Best start saving to buy some DVD's now

Neil

turboman786

You'll no doubt get tons of people calling you a chav.....I like.....bet it must have cost a fiar bit though...

mart360

Nice set up,

do you get a good sound stage with the speakers forward firing like that??

whats the room dims and the speaker placement??


Mart

Warwick-hunt

nice one neil, looks great

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

which sony is it? I have the vpl es2, fantastic isnt it! better than a poxy plasma anyday, and you can replace the bulb when it goes, unlike the plasma.

NeilT

rooms almost square at just over 5m x 6m so plenty big enough. The Volares give a great soundstage - have tried them facing at various angles, but straight on seems to work best

Is home cinema chav now? either way dont really care.

Neil

NeilT

VPL HS3 - same jobbie I think, just the later model.

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

whats the ansi?

Markus

Very nice

sti-04!!

Stupid question coming but, i am planning on doing this in my new build.
In my house at the moment, in my sitting room i have heavy curtains that i draw to erradicate any sun glare, but if i wanted to go roughly the same route as yourself, do i just do the same thing or is there something you can get that can cover the window ???

NeilT

i used blackout blinds, which work well in creating a v dark room, even on a bright day. heavy curtains would probably have the same effect.

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

black out blind and a drop down projector screen? I use a white wall, its just as effective, but thats a big empty space on one wall.

PG

A blackout blind.

PG

3 at once

sti-04!!

Cheers all

PG you want to be my new architect & designer

deano

**** the electronics, that's a cute cocker spaniel.

NeilT

thats Misty - 18month old cocker spaniel - as cute as they get!

+Doc+

Nice, wish I had the space

PG

Your home would fall to bits around you !

sti-04!!

Dieseldog

depends what the questi is

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

bigsinky

those speakers look rather nice. make, model? my black ash B+Ws are starting to look dated. here is what i did with mine.

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

BigSInky, I was accumulating as many black boxes under the telly as you, I bought a cabinet that could be closed to avoid it looking like Dixons !

Thats a serious ammount of kit !

stormyuklondon1

neilt, nice install! i'd love a dedicated room with projector, unfortunately ive got to share mine with the rest of my brood...
heres mine..

cant be arsed to trunk the cabling, i'll probably get round to it in the next decade or so

NeilT

Mission Volares V63 are the front speakers and the Volare V6C for the centre. They are a cracking pair for home cinema, whilst sounding crystal clear and tight bassline with music too. They were a Xmas present from my wife last year

More info on Missions site http://www.mission.co.uk/index1.htm

I went from a Sony speaker setup to these, and the difference was incredible - worth every penny.

Just bought these from USA....

http://store1.yimg.com/I/moviedecor_1849_52247

bigsinky

jacko that's actually a oldish picture. the video has gone, replaced by a DVD recorder. the Pace MSS1000ip (bottom left) was used to move my 1.2m dish has now been replaced by a Dreambox and a H2H mount using Diseq commands to move the dish. sky box is now NTL box as most of the encryption systems for the european channels is decoded by the dreambox in emulation. this is a great piece of kit, with a 160GB hard disk and is linked to the PC via router.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...amboxfront.jpg

So many channels, so little time. sorry for the hijack

bigsinky

Mate go to www.dtsonline.co.uk and see if you can get on thier mailing list for DTS demo disks. i managed it because i run my own computer company. some of the disks are amazing. love to hear what DTS ES sounds like. i only have a 5.1 setup atm. i would need to change the sony amp to get 6.1 or 7.1 sound.

Swen6

I'd love to it but again i live with other family, I'll kick them out problem solved

Also was in a furniture shop the other day and you can now by the cinema experience seats, electric leg supports and back rest, drinks holder, available in a 2 or 3 in red or black leather watch out Odeon

M444GY

iTrader: (72)

that looks cool mate