Pecker
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Well, I have a long history of pratting around, moving my home cinema, and never getting what I wanted. But now I'm starting on what I hope will be the finished article, and room as I want it, without unnecessary compromise.
My first home cinema room was great, in a complete batcave cellar at my old house, back in my sad single days. Sadly, I have no pics.
When I moved into my new house I got this:
http://www.avforums.com/forums/members-home-cinema-gallery/587025-my-home-cinema-room.html
The biggest problem was that everything got thrown in there, and it was a bit of a junk room/library/storage room. In addition, because a lot of this was dumped in the room on day 1 of moving house, I was never able to decorate it, or move things round to my liking.
As you can see, it had potential, but was a real mess.
Also, I brought with me my old screen. Whilst the cellar was excellent, it was small, and the screen was pretty small too at only 170cm wide. So small, in fact, I'm not sure how I put up with it.
Then two kids came along (now 3 and 5). This meant me losing the room as teenage stepdaughter moved into the room, and my cinema had to move to the lounge:
http://www.avforums.com/forums/members-home-cinema-gallery/822198-my-third-home-cinema.html
In many ways better and tidier. But still a compromise in regards to the positioning of the speakers and projector, the colour of the walls, the lack of any batcave feel, and having a pull down screen instead of a fixed screen. However, at least the new screen was larger - 234cm wide, but the sofa is much further away (about 4.5m). I prefer sitting about 1.25 x screen widths away, so I usually pull my recliner out into position.
Well, the teenage stepdaughter has just moved out, and I'm getting the old room back (see first link, above). But this time we're doing it properly.
I'm already having compromises imposed on me; the room will double up as a playroom. But I intend to keep everything to do with this behind the seating, so we should have clean lines from the seats through to the screen.
Plans in a minute.
Steve W
Well, I have a long history of pratting around, moving my home cinema, and never getting what I wanted. But now I'm starting on what I hope will be the finished article, and room as I want it, without unnecessary compromise.
My first home cinema room was great, in a complete batcave cellar at my old house, back in my sad single days. Sadly, I have no pics.
When I moved into my new house I got this:
http://www.avforums.com/forums/members-home-cinema-gallery/587025-my-home-cinema-room.html
The biggest problem was that everything got thrown in there, and it was a bit of a junk room/library/storage room. In addition, because a lot of this was dumped in the room on day 1 of moving house, I was never able to decorate it, or move things round to my liking.
As you can see, it had potential, but was a real mess.
Also, I brought with me my old screen. Whilst the cellar was excellent, it was small, and the screen was pretty small too at only 170cm wide. So small, in fact, I'm not sure how I put up with it.
Then two kids came along (now 3 and 5). This meant me losing the room as teenage stepdaughter moved into the room, and my cinema had to move to the lounge:
http://www.avforums.com/forums/members-home-cinema-gallery/822198-my-third-home-cinema.html
In many ways better and tidier. But still a compromise in regards to the positioning of the speakers and projector, the colour of the walls, the lack of any batcave feel, and having a pull down screen instead of a fixed screen. However, at least the new screen was larger - 234cm wide, but the sofa is much further away (about 4.5m). I prefer sitting about 1.25 x screen widths away, so I usually pull my recliner out into position.
Well, the teenage stepdaughter has just moved out, and I'm getting the old room back (see first link, above). But this time we're doing it properly.
I'm already having compromises imposed on me; the room will double up as a playroom. But I intend to keep everything to do with this behind the seating, so we should have clean lines from the seats through to the screen.
Plans in a minute.
Steve W
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