SCOOTERDOG Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Well I have finally finished phase one of the new HT. You will notice in the pics that there is some molding missing but thisis because the stage will be going into this area and there is no need for molding there. The outside lobby area or entry into the HT still needs some minor items but I do not consider this to be part of phase one. Phase two will be the completion of the columns which I hope to have done by mid week. Next weekend will be the start of phase 3 which is the stage. Here are some pics of the inside of the HT. It is quite sparse at this time but that will change soon enough. scooter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SCOOTERDOG Posted November 27, 2005 Author Share Posted November 27, 2005 Last one... You see where the Heresy's are right now? This is where the columns will be with the Heresy's inside of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Adams Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Very nice scooter. Man.....I really like how much room you have to work with. The walls look to have turned out very nice. Thanks for keeping us posted. BTW, what is that last thing below your A/V equipment. Is it a TV? Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOOTERDOG Posted November 27, 2005 Author Share Posted November 27, 2005 lol Great suggestion! No its storage for all of my laserdisc's.But I have always wanted to add a monitor. I will probably do that when I add my HTPC, but until then it's LD storage. The nice thing here is if I need to get to the power conditioner I take out the LD and the bottom comes out revealing all of my power hookups and cable/sat supply lines. I made a couple of errors in design but I don't think most would notice unlike me. Thanks for the nice comments Tom scooter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Scooter: Outstanding work, man! I like the wall color along with the white trim. Very classy-looking! Thanks for sharing your progress with us all. Nice job. It looks very comfortable in there. Nice size room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Sorry folks...double post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-malotky Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Very nice HT Scooter, you should be proud. Those chairs look so comfortable. I see some zzzzz's coming from your HT[] I have one question, do you get any projector light showing up on your beam covering that drops down between your projector and screen. If you do, it may get anoying. You may want to paint that a darker color so it does not reflect. That is the reason I have the black boarder around my HT screen. Having the excess light sucked up makes the colors on the screen look much better. JM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOOTERDOG Posted November 27, 2005 Author Share Posted November 27, 2005 JM, I so agree with the light bleeding. I have taken great care to make sure the beam does not pose a problem. The gray is pretty dark and it, as all the paint is flat. I bought 3 drop down pipes for my projector mount to make sure I had it the right height. Plus my mount is completely adjustable while the projector is mounted to it. I use a series of compression springs that allows me to adjust side to side, up or down, or corner by corner. And if I neded to rotate it I simple twist the wood that all of this is mounted to and it turn the pipe. I left enough tension in the pipe to do this while remainig rock solid. So what I'm saying is the beam poses no problems at all. Do you have a projector? I can take some pics of the mount if you are interested. It cost me about 25 bucks in parts to make and beats the heck out of the $200.00 ones you see out there. Once I get into the stage and screen I will be using black duvetine curtains to provide my masking. My new screen is made out of Sintra and is 12mm thick 60"x120" white. will enventualy be a constant height 56"x116" anamorpic screen at approx.132"diag screen .once I figure out how to sneak a 600 buck lens passed the wife. Until then I will still be using the Sintra but screen size will be about 110" diag. But the next step in scooter's ht is finishing his columns. [<)] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formica Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 That room is really coming out great... and in record time. I can take some pics of the mount if you are interested. It cost me about 25 bucks in parts to make and beats the heck out of the $200.00 ones you see out there. I'd be interested... I just happen to be considering building one myself... ROb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOOTERDOG Posted November 28, 2005 Author Share Posted November 28, 2005 Rob, I'll take some pics for you. I think I also have the original link to the avs forum where I got the plans for it. I'll look tonight and see what I can come up with. scooter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Great work, Scooter. Re your proposed 132 inch screen - do you think you will lose some brightness? With my current Panasonic PT-AE700E, I reckon max screen size will be around 110 inch. At the moment I'm running a 95 inch pull down screen which isn't big enough for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOOTERDOG Posted November 29, 2005 Author Share Posted November 29, 2005 Ed, On the brightness issue on a 132" screen. To be honest at 106" right now I have it running on low power and have had to turn the brightness down some. I also understand that the use of an anamorphic lens actually increases the brightness some. I fighure I have the ability to scale the size if needed since I am starting out with an overall screen size of 60"x120". Time will tell.scooter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formica Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 I'll take some pics for you. I think I also have the original link to the avs forum where I got the plans for it. I'll look tonight and see what I can come up with. Just wondering if you've had time to dig out that link and grab a couple of pics? [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOOTERDOG Posted December 6, 2005 Author Share Posted December 6, 2005 Woops! You know how busy I have been. Here is the link to the avs forum where I got the layout from, pics on this link too. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=232749 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formica Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 Woops! ... You know how busy I have been. Yeah, I know what it's like to balance work, home, and a reno project all at the same time... and reply to forum requests to boot. [] Thanks, it's a great thread... DIY mount to come... [] ROb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbflash Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 scooterdog, great job. i have been keeping up with your work. you should be proud of yourself for completing the project. again very nice. danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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