This has been a BIG adventure. I started building Jan 09 and this is what I have gotten accomplished so far. Anyone's opinions are appreciated as well as any ideas on anything you think I might need to add. You can see my partial list of equipment on my home page but here is a quick overview..... Epson HC6100 Projector, Klipsch Speaker System, Yamaha 7.1 Receiver, 106" Screen, Currently a Samsung Blueray player from upstairs that I have borrowed from the Master Bedroom, and will be hooking up the Direct TV HD/DVR next week.
I currently have Some small Items to finish so it is not 100% complete, but I have received so much help from everyone on here I wanted to give a few Pics to see what everyone thought so far. The only things we did not complete ourselves was finishing the Drywall and the carpet installation. Everything else we(My Wife, son, and I, along with some help from some good friends) did. I will be adding some other pics in a little while showing the room from different angles, and explaining some of the things you can't tell in the pics.
The room size itself is approximately 20' wide by 23' deep. The room where the sliding door leads to is what I call the Poker room. It has 2 ceiling speakers that are hooked up to the audio system and a 32" Samsung lcd wall mounted so you don't have to miss any of the movie when getting a drink from the bar or a bag of popcorn. The other room going through the pocket door will be a gameroom when finished. Right now I am going to take a small break and enjoy some movies though. It will have a pool table, jukebox, and dart board along of course with another 32" or maybe even a 37" lcd tv so if you want to get up and play a game with the kids you can still watch the movie. It also has 2 ceiling speakers fed from the A/V Room.
If you look in the second picture you will see some Crown molding being lit up by what appears to be another run of something similar. I used Vinyl guttering and after being primed and painted several times hung it up about 8" below and placed ropelighting around the room. This gives a great ambient light while watching a movie without washing out the picture at all. I also have the recessed lighting set in three different rows, 3 wall sconces operating from a different dimmer, and the rope lighting seperate as well. I used the Lutron Ir dimmers you can buy at Home depot for $40.00. Even though they are all on the same frequency I still have the main IR Switched at different location where I can use the remote and activate them individually. This has worked great especially with their preset function for when you want to start the movie and I press the Silver Button that dims the recessed lights out, and puts the sconces and ropelight at their movie setting.
I will add more as I can and try to answer any questions that someone might have. I am sure I will have more questions as I get into hooking it all up. I have watched a one movie so far, but it's not near time to have opening night just yet. I want to get everything in its place for that.
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I currently have Some small Items to finish so it is not 100% complete, but I have received so much help from everyone on here I wanted to give a few Pics to see what everyone thought so far. The only things we did not complete ourselves was finishing the Drywall and the carpet installation. Everything else we(My Wife, son, and I, along with some help from some good friends) did. I will be adding some other pics in a little while showing the room from different angles, and explaining some of the things you can't tell in the pics.
The room size itself is approximately 20' wide by 23' deep. The room where the sliding door leads to is what I call the Poker room. It has 2 ceiling speakers that are hooked up to the audio system and a 32" Samsung lcd wall mounted so you don't have to miss any of the movie when getting a drink from the bar or a bag of popcorn. The other room going through the pocket door will be a gameroom when finished. Right now I am going to take a small break and enjoy some movies though. It will have a pool table, jukebox, and dart board along of course with another 32" or maybe even a 37" lcd tv so if you want to get up and play a game with the kids you can still watch the movie. It also has 2 ceiling speakers fed from the A/V Room.
If you look in the second picture you will see some Crown molding being lit up by what appears to be another run of something similar. I used Vinyl guttering and after being primed and painted several times hung it up about 8" below and placed ropelighting around the room. This gives a great ambient light while watching a movie without washing out the picture at all. I also have the recessed lighting set in three different rows, 3 wall sconces operating from a different dimmer, and the rope lighting seperate as well. I used the Lutron Ir dimmers you can buy at Home depot for $40.00. Even though they are all on the same frequency I still have the main IR Switched at different location where I can use the remote and activate them individually. This has worked great especially with their preset function for when you want to start the movie and I press the Silver Button that dims the recessed lights out, and puts the sconces and ropelight at their movie setting.
I will add more as I can and try to answer any questions that someone might have. I am sure I will have more questions as I get into hooking it all up. I have watched a one movie so far, but it's not near time to have opening night just yet. I want to get everything in its place for that.
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