kenshingintoki
Distinguished Member
Attached some photos of the under construction room.
Basically, I am REALLY into interior design. I love it. However one thing which has always held back the interior design of most room I've been in and I've occupied is the sinister device known as a TV. A TV is where all the furniture is aimed at, a TV is generally pretty ugly when off, it forces the use of horrid stands or it sticks out massively from the wall or involves a false chimney breast.
Since using projection, its been liberating to know when an electronic screen, my room can be restored to its normal state with no intrusive viewing black box. Anyway... Projection has its obvious cons so I'm digressing massively now.
I have bought a new house. It had a dining room with a little sun room attached. Awful idea for a brick construction from the former owners. anyway it'll be extended eventually 6M out but thats going off topic. I knocked out the wall connecting the 'sun room' to the dining room which gives me an extra 2M throw distance.
The reason I did this is a 'demo' for what will become the proper HT room when construction is done. I also want to experiement with different screen sizes because I will have to eventually decide whether to go with an ALR screen and a smaller screen with speakers infront or an AT screen but a bigger screen.
These are photo of the current room!
Completely not ideal for HT.. and its not really meant to be a true HT room. The vibe of this room is a 'hidden' projector experience. I'll update as stuff happens.. for now I've got to:
1. Level the floor between the two rooms
2. Get blinds for the windows & doors
3. Paint the PJ wall with PJ paint
4. Paint the walls a decent colour which will reflect less light AND look okay as a dining room
5. Find a way to mount the PJ or position the PJ when its needed to NOT hit the furniture in its way and not hit the dining table
So this is a room with... crap light control, open to the kitchen AND has awful architecture for positioning... but as I'm doing construction on the house, I am in YOLO mode and at last can let out my inner child of doing whatever stupid idea I want.
Basically, I am REALLY into interior design. I love it. However one thing which has always held back the interior design of most room I've been in and I've occupied is the sinister device known as a TV. A TV is where all the furniture is aimed at, a TV is generally pretty ugly when off, it forces the use of horrid stands or it sticks out massively from the wall or involves a false chimney breast.
Since using projection, its been liberating to know when an electronic screen, my room can be restored to its normal state with no intrusive viewing black box. Anyway... Projection has its obvious cons so I'm digressing massively now.
I have bought a new house. It had a dining room with a little sun room attached. Awful idea for a brick construction from the former owners. anyway it'll be extended eventually 6M out but thats going off topic. I knocked out the wall connecting the 'sun room' to the dining room which gives me an extra 2M throw distance.
The reason I did this is a 'demo' for what will become the proper HT room when construction is done. I also want to experiement with different screen sizes because I will have to eventually decide whether to go with an ALR screen and a smaller screen with speakers infront or an AT screen but a bigger screen.
These are photo of the current room!
Completely not ideal for HT.. and its not really meant to be a true HT room. The vibe of this room is a 'hidden' projector experience. I'll update as stuff happens.. for now I've got to:
1. Level the floor between the two rooms
2. Get blinds for the windows & doors
3. Paint the PJ wall with PJ paint
4. Paint the walls a decent colour which will reflect less light AND look okay as a dining room
5. Find a way to mount the PJ or position the PJ when its needed to NOT hit the furniture in its way and not hit the dining table
So this is a room with... crap light control, open to the kitchen AND has awful architecture for positioning... but as I'm doing construction on the house, I am in YOLO mode and at last can let out my inner child of doing whatever stupid idea I want.