StevO84
Standard Member
Long time reader, only a recent poster.
I've been very inspired by a lot of the work carried out by some of you lot.
http://www.avforums.com/forums/home...07220-my-17-x-8-home-cinema-room-project.html
http://www.avforums.com/forums/memb...28-inzamans-refurbished-home-cinema-room.html
http://www.avforums.com/forums/memb...edback-input-appreciated-10.html#post14016145
http://www.avforums.com/forums/members-home-cinema-gallery/1382955-my-attempt-cinema.html
and Phil5366 but cant find his thread
Me and the missus live in a rented appartment (ok its a flat), so we cant do too much. Current set up is a cheap and cheerful Sanyo 42" plasma, decent picture for the money (picked it up for £150 from a work mate when six months old, and its 1080p) a Samsung 5.1 package set up (would like individuals but this one looks pretty and has a decent sound, and being in a block we cant have it booming loud anyway) Sony PS3 and Sky+HD box. Throw into that a load of Ikea and you get the pitcure (real pics to follow later).
I have it on good authority that the missus has bought me an Optoma HD67n for Christmas, so i've spent the last few days ordering a few bits i'm going to need to put my plan together.
I'd like to have a drop down screen, but as we cant do any work to the flat its not possible. Im going to bite the bullet and do away with the TV in the living room and go for the PJ full time (i know it will put wear on the bulb, but the TV is often only used for a couple of hours at night, and with the TV moving to the bedroom the PJ may not be used that much of an evening. Also the flat is pretty dark, even in day light so there shouldnt be too much wash out.
Me and my old man will build a framed screen (i got the idea of using an Ikea blind for the screen fabric on here http://www.avforums.com/forums/members-home-cinema-gallery/926930-jays-living-room-setup.html )
Today a few more HDMI cables turned up, 1m & 10m (1.4 so i can go for a 3DXL in the near future) and a switching box.
Optical cables are also in the post, and a splitter (only one input in the amp, two cables needed)
I'll post some pics of the current set up for now, and the rest as and when it moves along over Christmas and January.
I've been very inspired by a lot of the work carried out by some of you lot.
http://www.avforums.com/forums/home...07220-my-17-x-8-home-cinema-room-project.html
http://www.avforums.com/forums/memb...28-inzamans-refurbished-home-cinema-room.html
http://www.avforums.com/forums/memb...edback-input-appreciated-10.html#post14016145
http://www.avforums.com/forums/members-home-cinema-gallery/1382955-my-attempt-cinema.html
and Phil5366 but cant find his thread
Me and the missus live in a rented appartment (ok its a flat), so we cant do too much. Current set up is a cheap and cheerful Sanyo 42" plasma, decent picture for the money (picked it up for £150 from a work mate when six months old, and its 1080p) a Samsung 5.1 package set up (would like individuals but this one looks pretty and has a decent sound, and being in a block we cant have it booming loud anyway) Sony PS3 and Sky+HD box. Throw into that a load of Ikea and you get the pitcure (real pics to follow later).
I have it on good authority that the missus has bought me an Optoma HD67n for Christmas, so i've spent the last few days ordering a few bits i'm going to need to put my plan together.
I'd like to have a drop down screen, but as we cant do any work to the flat its not possible. Im going to bite the bullet and do away with the TV in the living room and go for the PJ full time (i know it will put wear on the bulb, but the TV is often only used for a couple of hours at night, and with the TV moving to the bedroom the PJ may not be used that much of an evening. Also the flat is pretty dark, even in day light so there shouldnt be too much wash out.
Me and my old man will build a framed screen (i got the idea of using an Ikea blind for the screen fabric on here http://www.avforums.com/forums/members-home-cinema-gallery/926930-jays-living-room-setup.html )
Today a few more HDMI cables turned up, 1m & 10m (1.4 so i can go for a 3DXL in the near future) and a switching box.
Optical cables are also in the post, and a splitter (only one input in the amp, two cables needed)
I'll post some pics of the current set up for now, and the rest as and when it moves along over Christmas and January.
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