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Ah, thanks for the correction.

The first six-footer is gluing, and looking great... But, it's not perfect. Due to error in measurement, the distortion in the wood, etc... I ended up with about a 1/8" gap on one side in order to make the two sections parallel. I will probably be able to fill this gap with epoxy, but for...

Actually, now that I've got a couple 3' sections glued up, I'm fairly confident that they could carry my body weight (approximately 190lb). I'm just not sure if I'm confident enough to test that theory. :) In any case, this thing is going to be alot stronger than I had originally anticipated...

With all of the poles drilled and dowels cut, I have started constructing the truss sections. I've drilled the gluing jigs for 7", 8", and 9" wide, just in case I want to try different sizes. The photograph here shows the first two 8"x8"x3' trusses. Since I'm using polyurethane glue that...

Aryan, I would advise against the SR600, but I would recommend the SR800. It's about $200 more than the SR600, but you get full 7.1 sound from ten 5" speakers and a 220W sub (as opposed to 5.1 sound from eight 5" speakers and a 125W sub with the SR600). I recently bought the SR800 for my...

I have my eye on a few projectors, but the JVC DLA-RS1U at 25.6lb is the heaveiest one on my list.

That's the system I own, and I love it. Thumbs up! :emoji_thumbsup:

The snag for me is that I live in an apartment.... not such a great place to set up a machine shop. :D

This is a crazy idea that I've had in the back of my head for a couple years now. I've always wanted to use aluminum trussing for a home theater, but it's pretty expensive stuff. At $150 to $250 per 3' section, it would cost me about $4,000 to build my "master plan". A fairly steep investment...

Chad! You broke the first law of home improvement... Always get your wife's permission before you start! :thumbsdown: But, you bravely adhered to the second law of home improvement... If your wife isn't immediately available for comment, then ignore the first law. :emoji_thumbsup:

Which Panasonic HTIB do you have? Does it have video and audio inputs and outputs in the back? If so, then it is a receiver, and you already have everything you need. The Nintendo Wii doesn't support HDMI (or, at least, mine doesn't). It only supports S-Video and RGB-Component out with...

I remember going to the drive-in theater to watch this in 1984. I was 11 years old, which was just the right age to be indelibly impressed by the insanely cool video game and special effects (which were actually good for their time), even if the plot and acting wasn't A-grade. I remember that...

Very nice, Chad. A little high for my taste, but it'll look great! I've taken the liberty to overlay a frame on your photograph. I'm not sure what the building code is for a "nook", but it's probably the same as a window. I have no idea where your studs are, so I just made some very rough...

I agree with Kevin, it's just the movie in this case. 300 was shot with an artistic grainy/sepia quality to make it look more "antique", I guess. "Planet Earth" from the BBC makes a pretty good benchmark standard for image quality for HD-DVD, imo. :)

I live in an apartment, so I can't go drilling holes in the walls or rewiring the outlets. But, I plan to wire a 6-way outlet with a fuse to the dimmer which will be installed in a standard metal outlet box. The box will be mounted in my entertainment system cabinet, and the box cover will be...

Thanks Chris. I actually looked at that one and switches that are similar to it, like the Faedra, but the way the descriptions were worded it didn't sound like any of them would do just a simple on/off fade. But, I guess it'll work, after all. :)

You can buy some great 720p projectors for WELL under $1800. The Panasonic PT-AX200U is going for around $1,100 these days, and the Sanyo PLV-Z5 isn't much more expensive. Both are great projectors. The ones that you mentioned are also quite good. In the 1080p DLP category, the Sony VPL-VW50...

Very true. I do have my sub in my couch, but it's a big couch. A 98" wide monster that was intended for a convertable bed, but I bought it without the bed option (I just don't have room for it in my apartment). I could actually hide inside it if I removed some of the bracings. The bass is...

I have six small lights with 25W bulbs that I want to setup on a single-circuit dimmer. There's a lot of fancy programmable dimmers out there, but what I'm looking for is something that's much, much simpler... Push the button, the lights dim to zero. Push the button again, the lights...