dalar
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Hi All
My name is 'Dal' and Im 22 years old, I just graduated about a year ago and have been working/saving up to finally build my very own HT room.
Well after nearly a year of planning... I finally finished my HT room. We had one spare room in the house so I decided to use it for the project.
This was ideal because I wanted to use a projection system, and they only look the best provided that the room is catered for them (hence no compromises - ambient light).
So here goes.....
First thing, everyone wants some kind of media centre right - I sure do. I decided to build a PC dedicated to do just this, I realise there are many commercial products suited for this but I prefer having more control by building it manually and loading media centre on it.
Now since this is going to placed in the HT room, its very important that it is quiet! So I invested in a Nexus silent case along with a silent PSU - it really does sound silent!
Next, we have one of the walls which has been plastered and just started applying primer to it... this is where the screen will be placed initially.
This side of the wall has had its first coat of primer...looking good
... almost done....
... the wall where the projection screen is to be placed is now complete... ready for paint!
So, I was at work, browsing ebay, when I saw this - for some reason I just couldn't resist
Its a biometric keylock, and yes it really works!!
Enough of the gadgets, time to paint those walls...
Ok, firstly - I need to figure out how to take good pics with this silly camera - the paint isnt blood red as shown here, its a much darker spicy red.... BLACK is the best of course but this room is to be used as a guest room also so I decided on this shade, with lights off reflections are very limited indeed so it was a good choice - also put the new lights up too
Screen is finally up - to be honest it was at this point I really saw the potential for what was being built, this is a 92" fixed frame - pretty easy to assemble too!
One of the first things I wrote in my planning was 'blackout curtains' - soo important, especially if you want to be able to watch movies in perfect darkness during daytimes
Ok so here is most of the equiment setup - coke can is there for scale lol. I wanted to make the most out of the equipment that I already have - the speakers either side were made by my dad, they are using KEF drivers and they sound very good indeed. - In the middle we have a AE Center and a Yamaha AX-620.
I searched for weeks to find the right chairs for the right price, I finally got lucky with a recliner store in Nottingham and purchased four of them, also shown in the pics are the rear yamaha speakers!
^^ just finished setting them up, took a quick pick before hiding cabes and aligning them up...
Hi All
My name is 'Dal' and Im 22 years old, I just graduated about a year ago and have been working/saving up to finally build my very own HT room.
Well after nearly a year of planning... I finally finished my HT room. We had one spare room in the house so I decided to use it for the project.
This was ideal because I wanted to use a projection system, and they only look the best provided that the room is catered for them (hence no compromises - ambient light).
So here goes.....
First thing, everyone wants some kind of media centre right - I sure do. I decided to build a PC dedicated to do just this, I realise there are many commercial products suited for this but I prefer having more control by building it manually and loading media centre on it.
Now since this is going to placed in the HT room, its very important that it is quiet! So I invested in a Nexus silent case along with a silent PSU - it really does sound silent!
Next, we have one of the walls which has been plastered and just started applying primer to it... this is where the screen will be placed initially.
This side of the wall has had its first coat of primer...looking good
... almost done....
... the wall where the projection screen is to be placed is now complete... ready for paint!
So, I was at work, browsing ebay, when I saw this - for some reason I just couldn't resist
Its a biometric keylock, and yes it really works!!
Enough of the gadgets, time to paint those walls...
Ok, firstly - I need to figure out how to take good pics with this silly camera - the paint isnt blood red as shown here, its a much darker spicy red.... BLACK is the best of course but this room is to be used as a guest room also so I decided on this shade, with lights off reflections are very limited indeed so it was a good choice - also put the new lights up too
Screen is finally up - to be honest it was at this point I really saw the potential for what was being built, this is a 92" fixed frame - pretty easy to assemble too!
One of the first things I wrote in my planning was 'blackout curtains' - soo important, especially if you want to be able to watch movies in perfect darkness during daytimes
Ok so here is most of the equiment setup - coke can is there for scale lol. I wanted to make the most out of the equipment that I already have - the speakers either side were made by my dad, they are using KEF drivers and they sound very good indeed. - In the middle we have a AE Center and a Yamaha AX-620.
I searched for weeks to find the right chairs for the right price, I finally got lucky with a recliner store in Nottingham and purchased four of them, also shown in the pics are the rear yamaha speakers!
^^ just finished setting them up, took a quick pick before hiding cabes and aligning them up...
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