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I highly recommend a front projector setup. Match it with a good stereo and you'll have an experience better then most theatres. I find it to be a very interesting hobbie.....an expensive one though 
Nothing better then having a good setup in your home. And it's great for company. only problem is, you can't get rid of them when they come over! and if you have a game console it's even worse!
Mine is on the Axiom Audio web page here
http://www.axiomaudio.com/wallofame.html
It's called Newf's Home Theater Heaven. I never named it, they did. I hate the name.
take a look at the one called Raven Manor too. Really nice and clean setup. That's what i wanted to do and plan on it once we move to a larger home.
Nothing better then having a good setup in your home. And it's great for company. only problem is, you can't get rid of them when they come over! and if you have a game console it's even worse!
Mine is on the Axiom Audio web page here
http://www.axiomaudio.com/wallofame.html
It's called Newf's Home Theater Heaven. I never named it, they did. I hate the name.
take a look at the one called Raven Manor too. Really nice and clean setup. That's what i wanted to do and plan on it once we move to a larger home.
Newf said:I highly recommend a front projector setup. Match it with a good stereo and you'll have an experience better then most theatres. I find it to be a very interesting hobbie.....an expensive one though
Nothing better then having a good setup in your home. And it's great for company. only problem is, you can't get rid of them when they come over! and if you have a game console it's even worse!
Mine is on the Axiom Audio web page here
http://www.axiomaudio.com/wallofame.html
It's called Newf's Home Theater Heaven. I never named it, they did. I hate the name.
take a look at the one called Raven Manor too. Really nice and clean setup. That's what i wanted to do and plan on it once we move to a larger home.
wow that looks incredible, how big is that screen??
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Antoine said:(mswerd)...We should make this a "Show your Home Theater setup" thread
Question...How much different is the quality/color/vibrancy on a projector/screen combo versus an HDTV/Plasma setup?
The Color and Resolution can not compare at all. It is Ok at best... The Size of the immage and low cost of the projector more than make up for it.
I look at it like this... You go to the theater and pay $10.00 to see a movie in bad colors (Compared to a TV) but you don't even care because the screen is so huge and It's a theater. It's like that for me at home, in the back of my mind I know the Color could be better especially on like "snow covered outside shots", but then in the first 10 Second I forget about it completely and focus on how fucing cool it is to watch at home on a 115" Screen.. Come over and see,
In my mind, the home theater is a control issue.
I want to be able to control the volume. My Onkyo goes to 80 on volume and most movies I watch it is at a measely 25-28 range due to my family but the first time I watched Fast and the Furious I had it up to 60's and according to my neighbor right next door I was shaking his house enough to move little tiny figures he had stacked in some cabinet.
and the fact, I can pause, get up and refill my soda/popcorn/whatever whenever I feel like it is nice...
And last, and most importantly. My wife can sit next to me and we can do whatever we want b/c we will not be kicked out due to public display of affection or indecent exposure. Don't ask... but well worth the $6k worth of electronics.
Gaming is nice on the bigger screen too. Can't wait to hook the 360 up to it.
When you play multiplayer on split screen on the 32" Toshiba it just isn't the same.
Spoiled, I am, yes...
on the subj. of projection tv's which I know very little about. I have 2 friends with the same Sony HS20 I believe. The weird part is one looked better from the get-go. I believe it has something to do with the screen. One just had a drywall wall that was painted flat white and the other had a pull down type screen and it looked 'fuzzy' it was a blantant problem but annoyed me the same. And they get hot as h3ll.. do not consider putting them in an enclosed box unless you have some serious fans keeping it cooled off.
I want to be able to control the volume. My Onkyo goes to 80 on volume and most movies I watch it is at a measely 25-28 range due to my family but the first time I watched Fast and the Furious I had it up to 60's and according to my neighbor right next door I was shaking his house enough to move little tiny figures he had stacked in some cabinet.
and the fact, I can pause, get up and refill my soda/popcorn/whatever whenever I feel like it is nice...
And last, and most importantly. My wife can sit next to me and we can do whatever we want b/c we will not be kicked out due to public display of affection or indecent exposure. Don't ask... but well worth the $6k worth of electronics.
Gaming is nice on the bigger screen too. Can't wait to hook the 360 up to it.
When you play multiplayer on split screen on the 32" Toshiba it just isn't the same.
Spoiled, I am, yes...
on the subj. of projection tv's which I know very little about. I have 2 friends with the same Sony HS20 I believe. The weird part is one looked better from the get-go. I believe it has something to do with the screen. One just had a drywall wall that was painted flat white and the other had a pull down type screen and it looked 'fuzzy' it was a blantant problem but annoyed me the same. And they get hot as h3ll.. do not consider putting them in an enclosed box unless you have some serious fans keeping it cooled off.
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Brian MP5T said:The Color and Resolution can not compare at all. It is Ok at best... The Size of the immage and low cost of the projector more than make up for it.
I look at it like this... You go to the theater and pay $10.00 to see a movie in bad colors (Compared to a TV) but you don't even care because the screen is so huge and It's a theater. It's like that for me at home, in the back of my mind I know the Color could be better especially on like "snow covered outside shots", but then in the first 10 Second I forget about it completely and focus on how fucing cool it is to watch at home on a 115" Screen.. Come over and see,
(mswerd) Good comparison...I can imagine the difference now...Seems like the cost of a 50" HDTV would be about the same as a nice pull-down screen and projector combo...So really it comes down to size and getting that "theater" experience...From a viewing standpoint...
Get the beer ready...I'm coming over to check it out...
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Well that's not an entirely accurate comparison. My friend's dad has a $60,000 home theater setup in his house with a Dwin projector and some uber screen, I think it's like threaded silver or something. Anyway, with that thing properly tuned, you can barely tel the difference between it and their 52" plasma.
Plus you can't get HD tv's in anywhere near 110" screens.
Plus you can't get HD tv's in anywhere near 110" screens.
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I hope you don't live in a duplex.
Brian MP5T said:The Color and Resolution can not compare at all. It is Ok at best... The Size of the immage and low cost of the projector more than make up for it.
I look at it like this... You go to the theater and pay $10.00 to see a movie in bad colors (Compared to a TV) but you don't even care because the screen is so huge and It's a theater. It's like that for me at home, in the back of my mind I know the Color could be better especially on like "snow covered outside shots", but then in the first 10 Second I forget about it completely and focus on how fucing cool it is to watch at home on a 115" Screen.. Come over and see,
Correct me if i am wrong, but you are watching a Business projector on a sheet of gyprock right?
Where I work, we take care of the PJ's for the entire campus. Business projectors can't touch a proper home theater projector. The colors are completely washed out, blacks are grey, and white....well, the contrast sucks in comparison.
Don't get me wrong, they don't suck or anything, but you are comparing something that is meant for powerpoint, vs something that is meant for movies. I took several infocus business ones home to ...well..."try" and was not impressed by them at all. Night scenes are the worse. Can't tell what's black and whats brown if you can see anything at all.
Get yourself a real screen. Something with a high gain to it. don't do the silverscreen paint nonsense, it doesn't compare. Get a Da-lite hi power, or a draper m2500, or even a dalite VS screen ( or if you got money, a vutec silverstar). then get back to me. Colors POP much more with a good screen setup. I too was using a white wall before this and thought it was great. Then I started trying different screen materials and realized i just had to have one. don't get a plain white screen....boring, and doesn't nothing over a white wall imho.
My screen has a 2.5 gain. It's as close to a giant plasma as you are going to get. I watch friends Large lcd's, dlp's, and plasma all the time. The plasma will have an edge on me, but the lcd's got nothing on my setup. Plasma has better blacks, contrast is higher, and the color just jumps out at you a bit more. Of course, I also have to have the lights dim, plasma's don't. I have yet to see a LCD that impresses me with night scene's. DLP tv's aren't bad for the price, but I still think plasma is the best picture. Don't forget a good CRT either, damn good blacks, and colors.
just my 2 cents
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Kewl. It is the plan to get a proper surface but thanks for the heads up on the screen. I'll look into it...
We are moving in the next three months, we knew that when I set up the drywall in our rented house...
Thanks for the info...
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We are moving in the next three months, we knew that when I set up the drywall in our rented house...
Thanks for the info...
(first)
I like the home theaters guys. Good job. I just don't get why the center channels are on the floor/near the ground. In the cinemas, they are behind the screens b/c those are made of acoustically transperent material (which consumers can get for their home screens). However, if that's not possible, everything I've learned says to put the center above the screen pointing down (shrugs shoulders).
Here's a new way of looking at home theater speakers. These guys make killer in-wall and in-ceiling LCR speakers for low-profile, hi-fidelity, surround home theater. With all of those getting plasma/lcd/projection screens, it makes a lot of sense to get everything off the floors. Very cool stuff, and I can get it for dirt cheap as a dealer:
http://www.proficientaudio.com/lcr_main.html
Here's a new way of looking at home theater speakers. These guys make killer in-wall and in-ceiling LCR speakers for low-profile, hi-fidelity, surround home theater. With all of those getting plasma/lcd/projection screens, it makes a lot of sense to get everything off the floors. Very cool stuff, and I can get it for dirt cheap as a dealer:
http://www.proficientaudio.com/lcr_main.html
