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Start with your seating needs. That could be a very nicely laid out single row of 4 seat dedicated space, with a large acoustically transparent screen. Do you really want those reflective movie posters reflecting sound in the theater? Ever consider them outside the theater?

Excellent space for four wide seating! You left out the third dimension, height. It does impact on design. Proper design is to start with seating, and establish a desired number of seats. The real problem with such a long room is most speakers are unable to play reference levels. Once the...

The ejector and the water main could be hidden yet still be easily accessible, with an acoustically transparent screen. You don't have much in the needs of seating so you could do a dedicated theater in that space. I am thinking something along the lines of Art Install's The Loft, less the...

What I was wondering if there's some flex room with the bathroom and then you could flip the play area and media room, as utilize that 14' wide space as a dedicated space.

Now you are boxing in your speakers, and there's no symmetry re side walls up front. Plus your seating is on a wall. Not so good for audio. Are you absolutely tied to that exact plumbing rough-in? Concrete can be broken and lines moved a bit.

How many bodies do you need to accommodate? You could hide much of the HVAC sheet in a soffit up front, and go with an acoustically transparent screen, which would also hide your speakers/subs up front. How do those stairs land at the basement level?

13' wide is fine for 3 seats wide seating. As for two rows of seating with a 7' 11' ceiling height, it comes down to screen size, mounting height and projector throw distance. Have you given thought to the area to the right of the stairs, as a dedicated theater?

One alternative option is to annex the closet, and then utilize an acoustically transparent screen. One row of three theater style rocker seats will fit in 9.5', and allow for narrow aisles. So basically a 3 seat version of the JBL demo room. Max out the screen, and shadow box the front, to...

The light poster box is at the veneering the plywood frame stage. And I'll soon be taking exacting measurements to take my 1/4" aluminum plate in, to be water cut. The first picture is my working drawing I did up. The first image in it, is the LG hdtv, the second image is with the aluminum...

The Star War's poster is an example of a 1080x1600 resolution poster, that will fill a ninety degree rotated HDTV side to side. The 2nd and 3rd posters will fill an entire panel, and they have a color bar added, that will back light the "NOW SHOWING" cut out. BTW, that monster popcorn maker...

Digital movie poster "light box" project, in the making. 42" IPS LG hdtv + an aluminum plate to be water cut + some plywood + veneer. Uses the hdtv internal media player, to display posters, via usb jump drive. Very KISS, and very cool. :) Currently have 2400+ 1080x1600 movie posters on my...

And then there's the really hard core approaches...... http://www.avsforum.com/forum/117-2-35-1-constant-image-height-chat/1368295-2-35-1-pc-gaming-powered-lumagen.html

The columns should be loose packed with pink insulation, like a riser. You want to avoid them becoming resonant cavities (like a drum).

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I'd dump the calculator entirely and go for as long a space as you can get. Room calculators have limited usefulness in small rooms which tend to be boomy dues to their limited size. Proper room design starts with the seating and the placement of eyes and ears. Then based on screen size...

I'd dump the calculator entirely and go for as long a space as you can get. Room calculators have limited usefulness in small rooms which tend to be boomy dues to their limited size. Proper room design starts with the seating and the placement of eyes and ears. Then based on screen size...

www.savantav.com shows some of the promise of the IPAD.

Why the glass door if this is a dedicated room? A single solid wood door with gasket would be a far superior choice.

Why not cut the existing rails in half and epoxy these into the next size up metal tubing, cut to the length you want? I built a custom media rack using tubing and thread steel rod. I simply sanded the tubing, primered, and then sprayed with gloss black paint. Simple areosol can paint...

I doubt you'll gain much as you have extremely effecient speakers to begin with. Adding a quality subwoofer would be my first choice over amps. You will get very good value by adding the new HD codecs, hdmi 1.3 and room correction.

No contest in my mind. I'd take the PS3 over any currently available Bluray player. I use mine as solely a Bluray player. I originally bought mine with the idea it'd be a short term Bluray player with good resale value. It has proven to be very upgradable with timely firmware and is very...

I've owned a set of Arros and thought they were incredible for their size. They really need to be placed close to a wall to get decent bass output and they simply throw up a huge wall of sound (with a high power quality amp) and they sonically disappear. Construction is first rate.

Going to be a tough room to do acoustically. The width and length are virtually the same and the height is about double the width and length. I would frame the room out with the 15' dimension at 14'. And I'd try to steal another 6" or so to add to the 15' 6" dimension? You might want to play...

Tom is doing DIY faceplates out of aluminum here, around post 236: Tanner Ridge Cinema Construction Thread - Page 9 - AVS Forum

It is indeed never finished. My theater space is on it's fourth major remodel in the last fifteen years. In an effort to make it the last major renovation this space will ever see, I am incorporating many future proof ideas. I am doing front and rear accoustically transparent spaces, connected...

Your best bet is perhaps a layer of MDF on the door to beef up it's mass, and add some gaskets to seal the door. I'd also add a second layer of 5/8" drywall to the walls and ceiling. Then you need to give some consideration to the HVAC and electrical boxes to avoid flanking. $300 isn't much...

I beleive Meridian is coming out with a HD DVD player, as well as Onkyo.

What exact display? Powerstrip can give you custom resolution and refresh rates but most digital displays want a 60 Hz refresh rate. Crt monitors and projectors are multiscanning, so can accept various resolutions and refresh rates. Digitals tend to look their best at their native resolution and...

Please expand on why you beleive an eight foot seating distance is too close. The room is challenging, but more so for audio then video. I'd surrender screen size to keep the seats off the rear walls a foot, and perhaps use the surrounds in the ceiling.

Projection is possible in your room :) Gary's space is 13x13', with sloped ceilings. A NEC 1352LC is in the window alcove. A cinescope screen works with the sloped ceiling nicely. http://home.bigsandybb.com/gmurrell/...r/screens.html Or you could use a digital pj with lense shift...