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This projector supposedly shines a bright light THROUGH the lcd portion of a 15" XGA monitor, with fresnels and whatnot. Some of the testimonials in the forums seem pretty promising. They even have project logs. Lots of work, yes...which I dont' mind because I love projects like that. Lots of...

A friend of mine and I are considering going in on building one of these. But I want to get some high end unbiased opinion first. Check this link out: http://lumenlab.com/ What do ya think? Is it a scam for the 20 bucks or is it worth trying?

Well, we went shopping for stuff for the project saturday. Got a Yamaha 5790 (I think) receiver, with two zones. Zone 1 will be the surround sound, and zone two will go to a 6 room speaker selector...we've cut down our room choice to of course fit on the 6 channel selector. We got a Monster...

Sounds good....so in regards to wiring...what should I do? I take it splicing teh Zone B output to a series of control and volume control sliders on the wall for each room would be a bad idea?

Thanx, good points too. I'll address the last point first. He's a home builder...he's VERY stingy with his money...he cuts corners for everything. He retracted the balance controls for every room...he just wants to be able to control the balance for each room individually, which I misread...

I looked at that Nuvo.com website and saw nothing about audio anything...sure thats teh right one?

Thanx! I need to read more on impedence matching I guess huh?

Hi all! The guy who built my house is building one for himself, and he doesn't want to pay for a professional audio installation, he just wants me to help him plan the perfect pre-wiring setup for his floorplan. First off, here's the floorplan...

Gary I thought about that too...I agree...Problem is, all the wires that are pre-wired go to the access panel already where the tv is currently...I'd have to move all of them...yuck.

yeah thats what I was figuring...but wasn't sure... how abotu directional aiming? should I aim it more downward than the other one?

I cleaned up the image a bit and added some blue numbers for my "proposed" rear left surround speaker mount location...let me know which one ya think is best or if I should pick another spot... How important is it that the surround speakers are actually behind my listing point as opposed to...

above as in centered above the fireplace?

I decided it would best fit in basics and so I posted it here: http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...hreadid=185287 I'm trying to figure out where/how I should mount my rear left speaker

Finally got my 15 posts so I can post URLs. I need some advice on configuring my living room for best sound quality. Thanx to all who have been so receptive to newbs such as I thusfar. Living Room: My house (new) was pre-wired for 5.1 surround sound...the 5 red circles show the wiring...

I don't really mind leaving the receiver on...just out of habit I turn the tv all the way down when the receiver comes on and was wonderign if there was any reason not to..compelling though...I see what you mean...the tv sounds are noise compared to the rest...thanx :D I just wish there was a...

What seems to be the concensus regarding regular tv speakers??? usually I end up turning the tv all the way down and turnign the HT audio receiver up when I'm watching somethign with decent sounds...do the tv sounds get in the way of well placed speakers or can they add to them?

The funny thing is...I'm soooo close...I need like 2 more posts after this one...but I don't want to spam the place up...I'm trying to at least participate instead...Also I'm used to really fast paced forums where you have to referesh every few seconds to see replies and new threads because...

sounds like a good idea...but what I meant was that its rare to even find a house WITH a basement around here...you have to go a little further away from the gulf I think before ya start seeing basements as regular features of houses. I wish I had a basement though...I'd have fun with it. I do...

does having a cathedral style ceiling help with this concept??? and does it matter which direction the angles are??? for example, my living room has a cathedral ceiling, but the apex runs perpendicular to the viewing direction. -------|------- couch--|-----tv -------|------- the | is the...

looking very nice!

cool...thanx...interesting concept though...I never would have worried about going that deep into it...but I'm new to HT...

yup....that seems to be the case...I'm gettin there...

ohhh...THAT x10...yeah...I'd probably stay away from the X10 stuff...I'm pretty interested in the whole smarthome concept though....I'm gonna wire up me houe with cat5 too so I can go WAY into home automation...hopefully. thanx for the info.

me too..I'm in florida...we don't do basements too often because of hurricanes and flooding and whatnot...but I could make the best out of a basement. For now I have to deal with a living room and the potential of a spare bedroom.

Chris. I can't get to that website from work for some reason...but I was wondering how much is what you just posted gonna cost?

my house came pre-wired to the ceiling wiring blocks for surround sound...I don't know how long the cable is, but I'm sure its NOT all the same length for the pairs...I'm guessing the length of wire from wiring block/terminal to the back of my mounted speakers doesn't matter either?

btw check the electronics forum at bit-tech .net (I can't post URL's yet, still too new)

If you're electonically inclined you may be able to build a circuit yourself...I've seen some simple infrared remote circuits on some PC modding forums like bit-tech for example...most of them consist of remote on/off for a pc which MAY be able to be modified for a remote light switch. You could...

Hi all...I have a message ready to go with all kinds of descriptions and questions but I can't post it because it has url's to pictures and I haven't gotten 15 posts yet...other than just going to 15 threads and offering a very amateur opinion...whats a good option?