alexjholland85
Established Member
Hey,
We converted a basement/storeroom into my bedroom around five years ago.
After getting a new plasma at Christmas, it was about time to empty, redecorate, stuff the ceiling with soundproofing, mount the plasma/speakers and move everything back in. I couldn't be much happier with results - it looks brilliant!
I've tried to combine elements of modern/funk with more traditional/buddhist - with a little room left for artwork at some point.
I am fortunate that it is breezeblock (with a carpet to minimise echos) and excellent dimensions for a home cinema, with my plasma bang-in-the-middle of the wall and all five speakers being in pretty damn good placement.
You can see the three fronts and the rears are at about 1.6m on the sidewalls, just behind the sofa - in fact you can see them in pictures 2, 3 and 4. They fire just above the sofa, which seems to be decent, although I am open minded to suggestions!
When gaming I grab the beanbag and chuck it in front of the plasma, which is partly why the front left/right speakers are quite near the TV and the centre is underneath - so it still sounds great close-up.
Cinema Equipment List:
Panasonic P42X10
Sony DAV-D150G 5.1 Cinema Kit
Creative DTS-610 5.1 Home Cinema Connect
XBox 360 (HDMI)
Nintendo Wii (Component)
Playstation 2 (RGB Scart)
Nintendo 64 (Composite)
PC (VGA/Optical)
Logitech Harmony 525
(If anyone wants to know about my Music Production setup, just ask!)
Mounted using:
Uni21 tilting mount
B-Tech BT33
Both of which did a brilliant job and are highly recommended (only problem with the TV mount is that it can be hard to screw the tilt mechanism tightly, as the small gap to the wall makes it hard to get a good grip - but is doable and otherwise perfect.)
I also have a 1.5Tb hard drive that I have network shared to my 360 to stream my huge collection of predominantely 5.1/720p movie content - along with a second USB cable straight into the 360 so I can switch and power-down the PC for 'cinema time'.
Right now I'm very satisfied. At some point it is likely I'll get a Popcorn Hour to allow me to watch MKV files as well - and a separates 5.1 or even 7.1 is a nice idea, but some way off.
Any comments, questions or suggestions/ideas are welcome - the answer to many will probably be 'Ikea!'
Apologies for photography, particularly the dark shots - I have little idea how to use my dad's SLR! The plasma looks awesome in the flesh (glass) though.
Thanks for all your help, from choosing my Plasma before Christmas, to getting speaker placement sorted recently - particularly BamBamMickey, without whose help and reassurance I might have had crap speaker placement!
We converted a basement/storeroom into my bedroom around five years ago.
After getting a new plasma at Christmas, it was about time to empty, redecorate, stuff the ceiling with soundproofing, mount the plasma/speakers and move everything back in. I couldn't be much happier with results - it looks brilliant!
I've tried to combine elements of modern/funk with more traditional/buddhist - with a little room left for artwork at some point.
I am fortunate that it is breezeblock (with a carpet to minimise echos) and excellent dimensions for a home cinema, with my plasma bang-in-the-middle of the wall and all five speakers being in pretty damn good placement.
You can see the three fronts and the rears are at about 1.6m on the sidewalls, just behind the sofa - in fact you can see them in pictures 2, 3 and 4. They fire just above the sofa, which seems to be decent, although I am open minded to suggestions!
When gaming I grab the beanbag and chuck it in front of the plasma, which is partly why the front left/right speakers are quite near the TV and the centre is underneath - so it still sounds great close-up.
Cinema Equipment List:
Panasonic P42X10
Sony DAV-D150G 5.1 Cinema Kit
Creative DTS-610 5.1 Home Cinema Connect
XBox 360 (HDMI)
Nintendo Wii (Component)
Playstation 2 (RGB Scart)
Nintendo 64 (Composite)
PC (VGA/Optical)
Logitech Harmony 525
(If anyone wants to know about my Music Production setup, just ask!)
Mounted using:
Uni21 tilting mount
B-Tech BT33
Both of which did a brilliant job and are highly recommended (only problem with the TV mount is that it can be hard to screw the tilt mechanism tightly, as the small gap to the wall makes it hard to get a good grip - but is doable and otherwise perfect.)
I also have a 1.5Tb hard drive that I have network shared to my 360 to stream my huge collection of predominantely 5.1/720p movie content - along with a second USB cable straight into the 360 so I can switch and power-down the PC for 'cinema time'.
Right now I'm very satisfied. At some point it is likely I'll get a Popcorn Hour to allow me to watch MKV files as well - and a separates 5.1 or even 7.1 is a nice idea, but some way off.
Any comments, questions or suggestions/ideas are welcome - the answer to many will probably be 'Ikea!'
Apologies for photography, particularly the dark shots - I have little idea how to use my dad's SLR! The plasma looks awesome in the flesh (glass) though.
Thanks for all your help, from choosing my Plasma before Christmas, to getting speaker placement sorted recently - particularly BamBamMickey, without whose help and reassurance I might have had crap speaker placement!
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