Recent content by Brian Osborne

I'd agree with most of what Alon said except for the screen. mostly because I don't know enough about high end components to speak for them... I like screens, but for a true custom look, paint the screen yourself. I did this and couldn't be happier. I've done the comparison, half my wall, half...

Sounds like you have a pretty good idea of what you want already. Check out the gallery of pics and such of other members. I have a link there in my sig. below. If you see something you like, most are more than willing to let you know how they did it. Good Luck in the rest of your planning!

do you have your screen yet? I'd bet you don't even need that. If your components can see your screen and your screen can see your remote, your screen will reflect the signal really good. Works for mine. i have an IR reciever (hidden behind a speaker grill) for the IR emiter in the equipment...

I used them for my theater and my bedroom as well. I didn't do them for the fan, just the lights, but I did change out the ugly switch for the better looking toggle for the fan control. I also installed one in my master bathroom for the lights in there. nothing worse than having to turn on 1000w...

I'm going to be the nonconformist here and tell you to place it as close to the ceiling as you can. Here is why. When you watch a movie, what do you do? You relax, you kick your feet up, afterall, that is why you built a home theater. Where are your eyes pointing? When I sit in my chairs and I...

David, If this is happening when you watch Cable, Satellite or OTA antenna, you are likely getting some FM interference. You can probably find an 'FM trap' at your local Radio Shack for under $20. Make sure all your components are grounded well, your amp is plugged directly to an outlet or...

As you can tell it takes a bit of geometry if you want to do this right. You need to account for how far away your front row is. How high the BOTTOM of your screen is. Distance traveled of your head when reclined, back and down. Sounds to me like you have a good enough size room, you shouldn't...

I've used Blutooth in my Home Theater room and there is more to it than just distance and walls. Electronic interference will severely limit it's capabilities as well. I don't know many HT's that don't have a lot of that. If it becomes a big problem, Sony will do something about it. They wont...

I hadn't seen the remote thing. not that it'll make a difference to me, but that is a bummer. It wont be long though before someone comes up with a converter for it....

If you ask the question "rear projection or front projection?" on this forum 9 out of 10 times you know what the answer is going to be. You can control the light in the room, you have a wall and the means to install a projector, definately, do the projector. While a HTPC can be a nice thing to...

If you are going to do a raised floor, you have to consider doing a TST (shaker). I don't care what type of sub you have or how good you think it is, there is nothing, I mean nothing like feeling your bones rattle from the shaker and your chest thump from your sub. You can only have both, if you...

go to ebay and buy a used HD OTA set top box. They are dirt cheap. that'll get you about the best HD you can demo. Some of those boxes even have the ability to quickly switch between SD and HD.

Check out www.projectorcentral.com . there is a lot of really good info for beginers and reviews to help you narrow down your selection. As far as the inputs, thats why you use a video switching amp. Most amps today even convert composite or s-video up to component outputs. That makes hooking...

Does your receiver have a zone 2 powered? Here is what I did. I've got an old Sony 5.1 that powers 4 in walls upstairs. (The Amp is in the basement) I used the A and B, or zone 1 and 2 powered front speaker outputs. I use a leapfrog IR repeater for volume control. You could do the same thing...

I wouldn't look at a reciever for upconverting capability. Depending on your other components, your DVD player, your TV... my already do this, and may do it better. I don't know if recievers will upconvert to HDMI, mine doesn't. My DVD player on the other hand will not upconvert via anything but...