jcwillia1
Auditioning
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- Mar 30, 2013
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- Jason
Hi - great resource site - kudos to the the creators and contributors
I've always wanted a home theater with a movie style screen and projector and now I'm getting to the age and income level where I can afford something that at least approximates the theater experience. Just to be clear - I'm not a big spender - I tend to buy the mass adoption hardware so enthusiast recommendations of projectors that cost $10k and up are just going to go in one of my ears and out the other. Now that we've got that out of the way...
We're house shopping. One of the reasons we are house shopping is that we have 3 kids and 3 bedrooms so the two boys are sharing a room - fine for now but not for long. The other reason we are shopping is my lust for a wall size screen that I can watch football, play games and watch movies on. We walked through a house today that had a roughly 14' by 20' basement space and it just felt narrow to me. I was fighting the urge to think about getting a short throw projector and trying to project onto the longer wall.
What should I be looking for as I go house shopping? Especially as it pertains to basements?
Any other suggestions for first timers? I've done a lot of reading on the subject but I can't say too much of it has made sense to me yet. Are there any super cheap lo-fi solutions to get a feel for what a given set up will feel like before you go all in?
Thanks in advance!
I've always wanted a home theater with a movie style screen and projector and now I'm getting to the age and income level where I can afford something that at least approximates the theater experience. Just to be clear - I'm not a big spender - I tend to buy the mass adoption hardware so enthusiast recommendations of projectors that cost $10k and up are just going to go in one of my ears and out the other. Now that we've got that out of the way...
We're house shopping. One of the reasons we are house shopping is that we have 3 kids and 3 bedrooms so the two boys are sharing a room - fine for now but not for long. The other reason we are shopping is my lust for a wall size screen that I can watch football, play games and watch movies on. We walked through a house today that had a roughly 14' by 20' basement space and it just felt narrow to me. I was fighting the urge to think about getting a short throw projector and trying to project onto the longer wall.
What should I be looking for as I go house shopping? Especially as it pertains to basements?
Any other suggestions for first timers? I've done a lot of reading on the subject but I can't say too much of it has made sense to me yet. Are there any super cheap lo-fi solutions to get a feel for what a given set up will feel like before you go all in?
Thanks in advance!