esc's Home Theater Odyssey - Page 2

ganthc · 07-10-2006, 09:11 PM

esc's Home Theater Odyssey

Seeing this got me excited. This must be awesome to work on!

(p.s. the link doesn't point to the "super hottie" carpet installer

)

Pirate · 07-10-2006, 09:22 PM

Esc may end up with the best HT on the forum. Bastard!

esc · 07-11-2006, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by piratehunter

Esc may end up with the best HT on the forum. Bastard!

teehee

the pics can be slightly misleading too. the room is about 13' X 17'. Some of the pics make it look a bit smaller, especially with the overstuffed furniture.

more pics to come soon ....

esc · 07-16-2006, 06:53 PM

here's more pics!!

Outside and Inside my bio-dome.

esc · 07-16-2006, 06:54 PM

Furniture piled up with the component rack sealed off and me in my level-10 biohazard sanding gear.

The projector had of course been taken down off the celing by this time.

esc · 07-16-2006, 06:56 PM

Puttied, sanded, and primed wall, ready for another screen attempt plus tons of drywall dust on the lens.

After priming the wall, I painted it and then put up some cheap light-grey paint as a temp screen for a few weeks until my Da-Lite arrived.

esc · 07-16-2006, 06:57 PM

The new Da-Lite Light Contrast 2.5 Gain Glass Beaded screen arrives!

Measuring and cutting the screen material.

esc · 07-16-2006, 06:58 PM

Hanging the screen and putting up an nice MDF border, with a little Sin City on the screen for a 1.85:1 reference of where the inside of the border should be.

esc · 07-16-2006, 07:00 PM

Here's a shot of the screen once I got the rest of the curtains up. The brightness has been tweaked out as the screen is too reflective to get a decent picture with the flash on and the pic originally just looked like a big white rectangle in the middle of a bunch of black.

esc · 07-16-2006, 07:28 PM

A little splash of PowerPuff colour, overstuffed pillows and black end tables with handy chip storage underneath complete the seating.

esc · 07-16-2006, 07:30 PM

esc · 07-16-2006, 07:41 PM

One of the first things I watched with a bunch of people was the NHL Stanley Cup .... booooo! Edmonton lost!

Once again, the cheap camera is terrible at picking up images on the screen.

esc · 07-16-2006, 07:42 PM

esc · 07-16-2006, 08:04 PM

The rack.

If you look closely, yes, there is a christmas tree behind the Xbox.

I'll have a full hardware list and a few more pics up soon. The room is just about done and only needs a few finishing touches like movie posters.

ganthc · 07-17-2006, 01:38 AM

absolutely beautiful!! and even more impressive that you built it yourself.

elwood731 · 07-17-2006, 02:43 AM

Very nice, and I am impressed that you did it all yourself (well, sounds like a little help from your friends

. Anyway, if nothing else, you should be proud of accomplishing a home renovation task such as this.

Pirate · 07-17-2006, 03:43 AM

Looks beautiful! Good job! .

P.S. Those end tables are awesome!

ganthc · 07-17-2006, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by piratehunter

P.S. Those end tables are awesome!

Oh yes, I meant to comment on those. I love how they look, and it adds to the look of the room. I think you did a fantastic job, esc.

Pirate · 07-17-2006, 07:28 PM

Is the curtain material leather?

P.S. As one person who had trouble taking pics of their HT to another; go down to Wal-Mart and buy yourself a 5mp camera. Take your pics. Post them. And then return the camera.

Nice HTs like yours must be well documented.

sub780lime · 07-20-2006, 11:13 PM

Great Job Man! This is what i someday hope to be able to do with a basement or large room.

Iguana Man · 07-25-2006, 09:45 PM

I can't believe I never saw this thread before. Kudos!!!

Now I wish I had taken pics of the "progress" of my HT.

I also wish I had done something similar with the audio equipment, but I guess I didn't feel like cutting a hole on the side of the closet to make an inwall audio rack...now I wish I did!

Awesome!

Iguana Man · 09-11-2006, 10:11 PM

I think I would like to see some better pics of this room in action ESC.

Have you made any updates on the camera (a GOOD one.

) or room? Any more documentary pics to add?

Come on Mr. Do-it-yourself!

esc · 09-12-2006, 03:31 AM

I know! I'm tryin here! I have been meaning to get some more pics up. I hope to soon.

EM3 · 09-12-2006, 05:54 PM

Is that 3 dvd players or 2 players stacked on a 5 disc cd changer? If so what players?

Pirate · 09-12-2006, 10:15 PM

Hey Esc,

What's the distance between the seating area and the screen?

esc · 09-14-2006, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EM3

Is that 3 dvd players or 2 players stacked on a 5 disc cd changer? If so what players?

Its a cheapy Toshiba R0 PAL to NTSC / DIVX player, underneath that is a R1 Panasonic S77S HDMI upconverting Player, and on the bottom is a Panasonic 5 disc DVD player that I am using as a CD player because its getting twitchy when playing DVDs in its old age. In addition to all that I now have the Toshiba A1 in the rack.

Quote:

Originally Posted by piratehunter

What's the distance between the seating area and the screen?

the rear seating is about 16ft back from the front wall/screen.

I promise I'll get a whole whack of new pics up soon, including some HDDVD pics. I've been busy with work and dogs and traveling and yardwork and picking apples for pies and making pies, etc.

Quote:

Originally Posted by piratehunter

Is the curtain material leather?

see post 3 and 4. Its called Pleather. Its very heavy, thick and rubbery on one side, and cloth on the other so its very stretchy and durable. I got it at the WalMart craft department of all places. They had a ton of it in around halloween '05. I guess its used alot for halloween costumes and decorations ... because of its qualities its used for S&M gear sometimes too!

bembol · 09-15-2006, 02:27 AM

Great job...looks amazing, congrats....!!!

Dolby CP-200 · 10-28-2006, 11:01 AM

esc

Very impressive display of documenting the project, I do like however a few things that you have done at that is the raised seating platform, and the electronics system rack display.

The screen is all wrong, don’t get me wrong here mate, it looks fantastic, but loudspeakers, properly belong behind the screen, a (perforated screen) that is!

I could see all the trouble you was going though to do everything else, but making a false wall for the loudspeakers to be mounted within in it, much like the THX baffle wall, and then cover the wall with (high frequency absorbent material) and then fit the screen over it.

You would also need an access way to get behind the screen to remove loudspeakers, in the unlikely event that one or more needs to have a bass mid or HF tweeter replaced, or sub bass!

That is how the real THX sound system looks, behind the baffle wall itself, the entire fitting is covered with (pink panther) or (rock wool) to absorb the sound behind it, but, but the front wall between the loudspeakers and the screen uses a material that is slightly less in thickness for the (high frequency absorbent) to stop high frequencies bouncing of the hard parallel surface and the screen, thus creating a bright harsh sound!

If you watch the video interviews about Tom Holman in this section of the (hardware) thread you’ll twig on mate.

I’ll post my home cinema up sometime soon, but isn’t has no where as good as yours, I mean, if I had a video projector, I could really finish it off!

Tom Holman Video interview
Mr. Tomlinson Holman THX Video interview and more!

07-10-2006, 09:11 PM	#41 (permalink)
ganthc Actor Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: "Vyenna", VA	esc's Home Theater Odyssey Seeing this got me excited. This must be awesome to work on! (p.s. the link doesn't point to the "super hottie" carpet installer ) __________________ HOOK'EM!!! UT LONGHORNS - National Champs 2005-2006!!! http://ganthc.youaremighty.com

07-10-2006, 09:22 PM	#42 (permalink)
Pirate Moderator Emeritus Loves Yellow Subtitles Join Date: Jun 2003	Esc may end up with the best HT on the forum. Bastard! __________________ Early Adopting So You Don’t Have To.

07-17-2006, 01:38 AM	#55 (permalink)
ganthc Actor Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: "Vyenna", VA	absolutely beautiful!! and even more impressive that you built it yourself. __________________ HOOK'EM!!! UT LONGHORNS - National Champs 2005-2006!!! http://ganthc.youaremighty.com

07-17-2006, 02:43 AM	#56 (permalink)
elwood731 Moderator Emeritus On a mission from God Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Kentucky	Very nice, and I am impressed that you did it all yourself (well, sounds like a little help from your friends . Anyway, if nothing else, you should be proud of accomplishing a home renovation task such as this. __________________ "Stupid people surround themselves with smart people. Smart people surround themselves with smart people who disagree with them." - Sports Night "You may not be a maniac, but neither should to remain an impotent!" - Damian

07-17-2006, 03:43 AM	#57 (permalink)
Pirate Moderator Emeritus Loves Yellow Subtitles Join Date: Jun 2003	Looks beautiful! Good job! . P.S. Those end tables are awesome! __________________ Early Adopting So You Don’t Have To.

07-17-2006, 07:28 PM	#59 (permalink)
Pirate Moderator Emeritus Loves Yellow Subtitles Join Date: Jun 2003	Is the curtain material leather? P.S. As one person who had trouble taking pics of their HT to another; go down to Wal-Mart and buy yourself a 5mp camera. Take your pics. Post them. And then return the camera. Nice HTs like yours must be well documented. __________________ Early Adopting So You Don’t Have To.

07-20-2006, 11:13 PM	#60 (permalink)
sub780lime Can't Spell Bilbo Join Date: May 2002 Location: A Galaxy Far Far Away	Great Job Man! This is what i someday hope to be able to do with a basement or large room. __________________ love comes and goes, but an avatar . . . that's forever. - Pirate

07-25-2006, 09:45 PM	#61 (permalink)
Iguana Man Ex-BadHumor Man Join Date: May 2002 Location: New Jersey, USA	I can't believe I never saw this thread before. Kudos!!! Now I wish I had taken pics of the "progress" of my HT. I also wish I had done something similar with the audio equipment, but I guess I didn't feel like cutting a hole on the side of the closet to make an inwall audio rack...now I wish I did! Awesome! __________________ Get outside and have fun! Nacho Website Focus

09-11-2006, 10:11 PM	#62 (permalink)
Iguana Man Ex-BadHumor Man Join Date: May 2002 Location: New Jersey, USA	I think I would like to see some better pics of this room in action ESC. Have you made any updates on the camera (a GOOD one. ) or room? Any more documentary pics to add? Come on Mr. Do-it-yourself! __________________ Get outside and have fun! Nacho Website Focus

09-12-2006, 03:31 AM	#63 (permalink)
esc Stay behind my aura! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: camrose, alberta, canada	I know! I'm tryin here! I have been meaning to get some more pics up. I hope to soon.

09-12-2006, 05:54 PM	#64 (permalink)
EM3 "Suspended" Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Southern WV	Is that 3 dvd players or 2 players stacked on a 5 disc cd changer? If so what players? __________________ The beatings will continue until morale improves!

09-12-2006, 10:15 PM	#65 (permalink)
Pirate Moderator Emeritus Loves Yellow Subtitles Join Date: Jun 2003	Hey Esc, What's the distance between the seating area and the screen? __________________ Early Adopting So You Don’t Have To.

09-15-2006, 02:27 AM	#67 (permalink)
bembol Actor Join Date: May 2002 Location: gta\|brampton	Great job...looks amazing, congrats....!!! __________________ Shaolin's Finest

10-28-2006, 11:01 AM	#68 (permalink)
Dolby CP-200 Actor Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom	esc Very impressive display of documenting the project, I do like however a few things that you have done at that is the raised seating platform, and the electronics system rack display. The screen is all wrong, don’t get me wrong here mate, it looks fantastic, but loudspeakers, properly belong behind the screen, a (perforated screen) that is! I could see all the trouble you was going though to do everything else, but making a false wall for the loudspeakers to be mounted within in it, much like the THX baffle wall, and then cover the wall with (high frequency absorbent material) and then fit the screen over it. You would also need an access way to get behind the screen to remove loudspeakers, in the unlikely event that one or more needs to have a bass mid or HF tweeter replaced, or sub bass! That is how the real THX sound system looks, behind the baffle wall itself, the entire fitting is covered with (pink panther) or (rock wool) to absorb the sound behind it, but, but the front wall between the loudspeakers and the screen uses a material that is slightly less in thickness for the (high frequency absorbent) to stop high frequencies bouncing of the hard parallel surface and the screen, thus creating a bright harsh sound! If you watch the video interviews about Tom Holman in this section of the (hardware) thread you’ll twig on mate. I’ll post my home cinema up sometime soon, but isn’t has no where as good as yours, I mean, if I had a video projector, I could really finish it off! Tom Holman Video interview Mr. Tomlinson Holman THX Video interview and more! __________________ The Empire Leicester Square cinema with 56Kw of JBL THX sound power!