KristieT
Auditioning
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- Apr 13, 2003
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Hi all,
I'm new to the world of Home Theatre, so bear with me!
My husband and I are looking at creating a home theater in our home - we have two rooms we're looking at using...
one is 15x9.5x9 (Length,Width, Ceiling Height)
the other is 20x14x9 (LWH)
we've seen some information about the size of the room being a factor in the setup of the surround sound and getting the best quality surround going... so we're thinking the 15x9.5x9 room would work best since it's more
"theater" like/looking... would that be a correct assumption on my part?
also - we were looking at projection TV's - like the Mitsubishi diamond.. but then we noticed that the projector's are coming down in price to where they're almost matching the projection TV's - so we're thinking of getting one of those and a manual/ceiling mounted screen to really turn the room into a "theater"...
i've noticed that the major projectors out there are 16:9 aspect ratio with 2200 lumens - but for the size rooms we have, i'm not sure we would need 2200 lumens of light for the room - I've looked thru the primer info provided and haven't found any information on lumens - can anyone interject and explain what would be the major different between a lower lumen vs upper and what might be the best output for our size rooms?
any advice on best projector for our size rooms? we're looking at spending no more than 5 grand on the screen and projector (figure we can get a manual screen for $150)... but we also want to budget correctly to get the best optimal system for the best economical price - so the $$ can vary depending on opinions received!
we've already accumulated a bose 6-series speaker system and have a sony receiver with a sony 300+ CD/DVD disc changer - so for now, i think we have the surround sound covered (altho i really don't know how to set it up for optimal performance except from what i've already printed from the primer - thanks for that add'l info!!)...
any help would be very much appreciated! This forum has really been an eye opener for me - i never knew so much information was needed to correctly set up a system - but man - when it's done, we're gonna turn on that popcorn machine and enjoy ourselves! haha
thanks much!!
Kristie
I'm new to the world of Home Theatre, so bear with me!
My husband and I are looking at creating a home theater in our home - we have two rooms we're looking at using...
one is 15x9.5x9 (Length,Width, Ceiling Height)
the other is 20x14x9 (LWH)
we've seen some information about the size of the room being a factor in the setup of the surround sound and getting the best quality surround going... so we're thinking the 15x9.5x9 room would work best since it's more
"theater" like/looking... would that be a correct assumption on my part?
also - we were looking at projection TV's - like the Mitsubishi diamond.. but then we noticed that the projector's are coming down in price to where they're almost matching the projection TV's - so we're thinking of getting one of those and a manual/ceiling mounted screen to really turn the room into a "theater"...
i've noticed that the major projectors out there are 16:9 aspect ratio with 2200 lumens - but for the size rooms we have, i'm not sure we would need 2200 lumens of light for the room - I've looked thru the primer info provided and haven't found any information on lumens - can anyone interject and explain what would be the major different between a lower lumen vs upper and what might be the best output for our size rooms?
any advice on best projector for our size rooms? we're looking at spending no more than 5 grand on the screen and projector (figure we can get a manual screen for $150)... but we also want to budget correctly to get the best optimal system for the best economical price - so the $$ can vary depending on opinions received!
we've already accumulated a bose 6-series speaker system and have a sony receiver with a sony 300+ CD/DVD disc changer - so for now, i think we have the surround sound covered (altho i really don't know how to set it up for optimal performance except from what i've already printed from the primer - thanks for that add'l info!!)...
any help would be very much appreciated! This forum has really been an eye opener for me - i never knew so much information was needed to correctly set up a system - but man - when it's done, we're gonna turn on that popcorn machine and enjoy ourselves! haha
thanks much!!
Kristie