OT: Home Theatre

[Z71GUY]

I'm in the process of finishing my home theatre.  I almost have all my equipment bought or upgraded.  Hopefully I should be moving into my new apartment which will allow me to convert my living area into a small dedicated theatre.  Just wondering if anyone out there is into this stuff?

 

 

 

Eric

[LarryE]

I have a kenwood system running through to my dvd player, satelite, vcr, PS2, and Laptop.

 

Currently still running a small 27" tv  but soon as I find a job I'm buying a wide screen and a tivo.

[mac3897]

Z71Guy

I have a friend who actually builds home theaters. He is very well informed as to this kind of stuff. If you would like, I could give you his email address if you have any questions.

 

mac

[ClawSS]

I have one.  A friend and I started a BGHT (Bluegrass Home Theater Club) here in Lexington.  We get together every so often and review system setup tweaks, have demos of equipment (make your own cables, AVIA setup, etc.) and new DVD releases.

 

This is what I have so far.  Nothing special, just that I made my own subwoofer that can run pump out a little over 105db at 10Hz.   :music:    

 

There are pics here:

 

Home Theater Pics

 

Between the HD, the Impala SS, and Home Theater my wife says that I can't have anymore hobbies.  I just tell her that I am building up something to hand down to the kid.

 

;)  

[Shaners]

I have a 50" Toshiba Cinama Series HD Television.  I have the VCR and DVD firing through my stereo system at what is now a weak 100 Watts per channel.  I don't have full surround sound but I do have my TV speakers set-up as the center channel, and then I run the rest through my Bose 701's.  It's adequate, but I still have some room for improvement.

 

We should have fiber-optic Digital Cable available this spring.  The lines are on the poles right now, but we are waiting for the installation crews to get to our street.

[Import Hater]

He he.  I love this stuff!  I used to work in the business, so I got all this stuff at cost, but I built a pretty good one.  Here's the brag sheet:

 

Mitsubishi WS65905 16x9 65" HDTV

Mitusubisi SRHD500 HDTV OTA/DirecTV System

Denon AVR3300 DD/DTS Receiver

Full Klipsh KLF series speakers and 15" sub

Toshiba SD5109 Progressive DVD Player

Sony SLVR1000 SVHS VCR

Monster Power HT3000

Monster Cable on everything

 

Needless to say, my neighbors probably don't like me very much.  Even though the receiver is ONLY 100 watts per channel, Klipsch speakers have a very high sensitivity number.  Probably becasue they use compression loaded horns.  But things can get obscenely loud if I want.  Matter of fact, I think I'll do that now.

 

Rob

[Z71GUY]

I can assure you I wont need any help setting everything up.  This has been my hobby for years now...I pretty much know it inside-out.  Just curious to see what everyone has out there and who is interested in this stuff.

 

Import Hater.....very nice setup!!  

 

I currently have a:

 

Hitachi 36" HDTV (heavy SOB!!)

Sony progressive scan DVD

Sony HiFi VCR

JVC 9010 Dobly Digital Reciever (just picked it up)

Speakers (just running a pair of old infinity towers & some sony surrounds)  Looking for a new speaker system before I move.  (All 5 will be matched)

 

Everything will be connected via Monster Cable...never realized how much cable can make a difference until one day I bought the "good stuff" and did a test against the cheapo wire I've been using.

 

 

 

Oh, I am also looking for a good universal remote to control everything.  I'm looking for something that will program macros as well.  I know the Pronto is the king of all remotes....but is it really worth the $$$?  Anyone use this remote??

 

 

 

Eric

[gmcjoe]

I just have a Sony HT setup with a 32" Toshiba TV.

 

Had that Bose Lifestyles 12, what a waste of $$.  My Sony setup sounds twice as good for 1/3 the $$.

[scooter70]

Anybody know of any good sites for setting up a home theater room?  I mean the room, not the equipment....  I'm going to finish off my basement this summer and want to know any little tricks before I get started.  What should I run for speaker wire thru the walls?  

 

You guys got any tips?  I'm not really into home theater, but I am into gadgets and electronics and want it to look and sound cool.  Is there a rule of thumb for how big of a tv you should have for a certain sized room?  I think my room should be around 12x22 with the tv at the long end of the room.

[Dihappy]

Cool man, cool!!!

 

I love HT!!

 

Im slowly building mine up, but my extra money goes to my truck right now

 

Toshiba 50H81 HD TV

Pioneer DVD (component outs)

Denon 3801 DTS/DTS-ES/DD/DD-EX 6.1

7 Yamaha Speakers all the way around + Yamaha Sub (cheapies going with Paradigm Studios and SV woofer soon)

Rotel Line Conditioner.

 

Anamorphic DVD's look awesome on my TV!!!

[vettenet]

I love watching movies at home in my HT. I have a Yamaha DTS receiver with Sony and Infinity speakers, with a Polk Audio subwoofer. My DVD source is my Playstation 2.

 

The TV could be bigger (can't it always?). The whole setup is close to my computers, and divX movies downloaded from the internet look and sound great when played through the home theatre.

[ClawSS]

scooter,

 

drop by Home Theater Forum.  You should be able to find quite a bit of information regarding your HT build.

[Z71GUY]

Yep, I just found that forum a few weeks ago.  Looks like a good site for BS'ing about HT and getting information about custom installs....  

 

 

 

Eric

[Dihappy]

Its a great forum for HT!

 

Just dont post too often in Afterhours or get sidetracked as the Moderators are Holier Than Thou, and will close a thread faster than you can say "what happened?"

[carguru]

Mine is now around 4-5 years old, but still good.

 

Denon AVR-5600 receiver

2 Sony CDP-CX240 cd changers

Sony DVP-S500D dvd player

Sony MDS-JE320 md player

Mistubishi HS-U520 VCR

Sony WEGA 32" TV

2 Polk RT20P mains

Polk CS350LS center channel

Polk LS f/x surround speaker

Polk Sub

Monster Cable everything else (DVD, MD, CD with fiber)

 

Room is not quite ideal.  Wished I had a dedicated room for this.  Maybe next house!!!  It will be mostly garage and HT. LOL.