Chevyonfuel
Prominent Member
Some history first - my interest in home cinema started in around 2001 (I was 16, and a bit silly). Having been given £400 by my grandfather, to put towards a car, I immediately went to Currys, and bought a JBL 5.1 speaker kit. Hooked up to a Playstation and 14" Matsui portable...those were the days...
The current iteration of my small home theatre started in 2011, when I went the PJ route (an Optoma HD67N & 3D-XL box), and a cheapo Panoview screen. I still have both...they refuse to sell.
My speaker and amp setup from then still remain, with just the BD spinner and PJ being upgraded (I had quite a bad case of upgrade-itis - the first Optoma being retired for a HD33, and that then being retired for a JVC X55 - which I'm more than happy with, fortunately). A big thank you goes to Allan at Ideal AV, as most of this wouldn't have been possible without him - thank you Al
Onto the room...
A first floor flat, windows everywhere, not a great shape, a bit smaller than I'd like, but I've achieved what I wanted given the constraints.
A 107" ReAct 2.1 screen in a 2.35:1 ratio, hung from some Draper brackets, to get around the wall mounted lights that were already here.
The rack (quite a basic Tesco 5 shelf jobbie). JVC DLA-X55, Onkyo 608 AVR, Oppo 103. Out of shot is a Humax freeview HD box.
Speakers have stayed the same since day one. An all Wharfedale affair, the Diamond 10.1 series.
They're beautifully made, and with the grills removed, have some nice details, but I leave the grills on to avoid distractions (the machined bits are a bit too reflective with the PJ pointing in their direction).
One day I'll get a Harmony remote...
As a bit of a Bond fan, it was nice to have the postcards with the 50th BD set.
I'm slowly building up the memoribilia side of things. At present it's just some posters - Pulp Fiction, Skyfall, and a few others dotted around the place. My Death Proof Duck is currently on a plane from the US.
If I can make space, my ultimate would be a Tony Stark Armour Iron Man suit, to sit in the corner of the room - that's a long way off though...
The current iteration of my small home theatre started in 2011, when I went the PJ route (an Optoma HD67N & 3D-XL box), and a cheapo Panoview screen. I still have both...they refuse to sell.
My speaker and amp setup from then still remain, with just the BD spinner and PJ being upgraded (I had quite a bad case of upgrade-itis - the first Optoma being retired for a HD33, and that then being retired for a JVC X55 - which I'm more than happy with, fortunately). A big thank you goes to Allan at Ideal AV, as most of this wouldn't have been possible without him - thank you Al
Onto the room...
A first floor flat, windows everywhere, not a great shape, a bit smaller than I'd like, but I've achieved what I wanted given the constraints.
A 107" ReAct 2.1 screen in a 2.35:1 ratio, hung from some Draper brackets, to get around the wall mounted lights that were already here.
The rack (quite a basic Tesco 5 shelf jobbie). JVC DLA-X55, Onkyo 608 AVR, Oppo 103. Out of shot is a Humax freeview HD box.
Speakers have stayed the same since day one. An all Wharfedale affair, the Diamond 10.1 series.
They're beautifully made, and with the grills removed, have some nice details, but I leave the grills on to avoid distractions (the machined bits are a bit too reflective with the PJ pointing in their direction).
One day I'll get a Harmony remote...
As a bit of a Bond fan, it was nice to have the postcards with the 50th BD set.
I'm slowly building up the memoribilia side of things. At present it's just some posters - Pulp Fiction, Skyfall, and a few others dotted around the place. My Death Proof Duck is currently on a plane from the US.
If I can make space, my ultimate would be a Tony Stark Armour Iron Man suit, to sit in the corner of the room - that's a long way off though...