Rex.G
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My fiancé and I bought our first house and I’m considering turning a spare bedroom into a small theater. The room is cozy at 11' x 11'. At first I had no intention of putting a "theater" room in because I felt the rooms I had at my disposal were just too small. But a friend of mine decided to try to prove me wrong.
He brought over his SP4805 and we set it up just to get a feel if it would work in the room. I was pleasantly surprised at the results. The 4805 threw an image of aprox. 74". Sitting about 10' back we sampled Toy Story 2 and The Empire strikes back. I was unable to detect scan lines, dot crawl or the "screen door" effect. I have to say I was downright floored especially considering we were projecting onto the wall. My fiancé was just as impressed, thankfully she is into movies as just as much as I am. So we decided that after our wedding (July 1st) we could throw some $$$ into a theater room.
If you have made it this far into my post I commend you. Now for my questions. First off is this room simply too small for FP? When we were looking @ houses I always had a theater room in mind but this house, even though no media room or basement, had too much going for it to pass on. So it could be that I just wanted it so bad that the 74" image was going to look great no matter what. Does anyone have or been in a theater room this small? What are the downsides other that limited seating?
Next my budget will be about $2500.00 and am looking for suggestions/ recommendations on equip. This budget is just for a/v equip. I have the following that can be used:
Zenith DVB 318
Harman Kardon AVR 230
Bic Venturi DV52si Mains and surrounds
Bic Venturi DV53CLR Center
Sony SA-WM500 Sub
I was considering either using everything listed above and utilizing the entire budget on a proj, or getting something like the sp5000 and a new speaker set like the SVS SBS-01.
As I indicated before I won't be starting this project until at least this summer so I have plenty of time to plan or change my mind. But to me planning and thinking about it is half the fun!
Thanks for taking the time to read this. Any comments, suggestions or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
PG
He brought over his SP4805 and we set it up just to get a feel if it would work in the room. I was pleasantly surprised at the results. The 4805 threw an image of aprox. 74". Sitting about 10' back we sampled Toy Story 2 and The Empire strikes back. I was unable to detect scan lines, dot crawl or the "screen door" effect. I have to say I was downright floored especially considering we were projecting onto the wall. My fiancé was just as impressed, thankfully she is into movies as just as much as I am. So we decided that after our wedding (July 1st) we could throw some $$$ into a theater room.
If you have made it this far into my post I commend you. Now for my questions. First off is this room simply too small for FP? When we were looking @ houses I always had a theater room in mind but this house, even though no media room or basement, had too much going for it to pass on. So it could be that I just wanted it so bad that the 74" image was going to look great no matter what. Does anyone have or been in a theater room this small? What are the downsides other that limited seating?
Next my budget will be about $2500.00 and am looking for suggestions/ recommendations on equip. This budget is just for a/v equip. I have the following that can be used:
Zenith DVB 318
Harman Kardon AVR 230
Bic Venturi DV52si Mains and surrounds
Bic Venturi DV53CLR Center
Sony SA-WM500 Sub
I was considering either using everything listed above and utilizing the entire budget on a proj, or getting something like the sp5000 and a new speaker set like the SVS SBS-01.
As I indicated before I won't be starting this project until at least this summer so I have plenty of time to plan or change my mind. But to me planning and thinking about it is half the fun!
Thanks for taking the time to read this. Any comments, suggestions or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
PG