Neil in Bristol
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We bought a house last year, and we're about to convert the spare bedroom to a cinema room. We'll still need to use a sofa bed for seating so that guests have somewhere to sleep, but other than that, it'll be a dedicated cinema room.
I've had several LCD projectors over the last 12 years, but since we've lived in rented acommodation, we've largely been restricted to using a magnolia wall or white roller blind as a screen.
Dimensions of the room are approx 10ft x 16ft. It has a sloping ceiling at either end, where the seating and screen will be, so I'm planning to build a false wall at one end to give us more height for the screen and to hide the front speakers.
Here's the plan I've created in AutoCAD so far, which should hopefully explain better.
Blue = timber frame for 'false wall'
Green = screen
Pink = raised 'stage' area in front of screen
Red = possible pod for projector sunk into wall
Yellow = projector
The budget is very limited, so I'll be doing the work myself with my father-in-law in our spare time, and keeping additional spending to a minimum.
- Screen will be home-made 2.40:1 constant height using Dunelm Mill blackout cloth stretched over a wooden frame (thanks to Ben for this tip http://www.avforums.com/forums/12689201-post258.html)
- Room is directly above garage and hallway, rather than living accommodation, so we're not planning to add any soundproofing.
- I currently use a hi-fi amp with stereo speakers but plan to upgrade to a 5.1 AV receiver and speakers.
- I already have a blu-ray player and projector (Epson EH-TW3500)
Here's a couple of photos of the room at the moment, looking towards where the screen will be:-
Front-left:
Front-right:
I'll post some more details on the thread below, and will update it as we start work next week. I'd welcome any opinions and suggestions!
Thanks,
Neil
I've had several LCD projectors over the last 12 years, but since we've lived in rented acommodation, we've largely been restricted to using a magnolia wall or white roller blind as a screen.
Dimensions of the room are approx 10ft x 16ft. It has a sloping ceiling at either end, where the seating and screen will be, so I'm planning to build a false wall at one end to give us more height for the screen and to hide the front speakers.
Here's the plan I've created in AutoCAD so far, which should hopefully explain better.
Blue = timber frame for 'false wall'
Green = screen
Pink = raised 'stage' area in front of screen
Red = possible pod for projector sunk into wall
Yellow = projector
The budget is very limited, so I'll be doing the work myself with my father-in-law in our spare time, and keeping additional spending to a minimum.
- Screen will be home-made 2.40:1 constant height using Dunelm Mill blackout cloth stretched over a wooden frame (thanks to Ben for this tip http://www.avforums.com/forums/12689201-post258.html)
- Room is directly above garage and hallway, rather than living accommodation, so we're not planning to add any soundproofing.
- I currently use a hi-fi amp with stereo speakers but plan to upgrade to a 5.1 AV receiver and speakers.
- I already have a blu-ray player and projector (Epson EH-TW3500)
Here's a couple of photos of the room at the moment, looking towards where the screen will be:-
Front-left:
Front-right:
I'll post some more details on the thread below, and will update it as we start work next week. I'd welcome any opinions and suggestions!
Thanks,
Neil