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Post your Home Theater

Fire away.... hopefully i can answer.

Remember though I won't be familiar with US products especially TV stuff but will try my best. ( i live in Australia )
 
There is some amazing home theatres here! Hopefully I can get a picture of mine up sometime, although it is a work in progress...
 
We just watch TV (way too much!) and movies. Maybe play some Wii occasionally. Comfortable room, just not over the top. From 2 angles:
 

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mtbdudex said:
How's some outdoor theater??

After everyone went home, my 3 kids and I went outside and captured Jupiter and her 4 moons.
This is about 11pm, just above the East horizon, Jupiter is RH/South of the Earth's moon.
Captured with my Canon T1i and 55-250 kit lens @250mm, picture cropped.

The Earth's moon (did I have to say that?), captured with my 3 kids about 11:20pm.
They went to bed right after taking this.
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An outdoor screen is a great idea. And your astro-photography is really good. What telescope did you use to capture Jupiter and the Galilean moons or was it just a super-telescopic lens on your camera?


For anyone who wants to see some amazing home theatre room setups please see this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoLCTDtY7YI&feature=related

Thanks for all the posts so far from everyone. I am in the process of planning my own theatre room, and it is great to get ideas. Let's say that mine is going to be very unique.... I'll post back when its done!
 
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Dude, thanks for link.

I loved the Batcave, the Star trek bridge, the Star Wars theme, and the Pirates of Caribbean.

Now I want one :(
 

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mtbdudex said:
How's some outdoor theater??

First backyard outdoor movie showing of 2010 held Friday 8/27/10.
Perfect weather, 25+ family/friends, kids, with popcorn watched the great Pixar movie "Up!" .

Picts tell a neat story:

Watching Pixar "shorts" as got darker prior to the main feature.
At 8:50pm the ISS went overhead, I paused the feature while we all watched it go from SW to NE part of sky, a special treat.

The main feature , "Up!", a great Pixar movie to show.

16' wide x 9' tall screen, I was just happy my Sony VPL-VW60 1080p projector gave a decent and bright picture.

Who says kids don't stay still for long, this is a 5 second time exposure (on tripod).
I love how the faces are transfixed onscreen.

This is a 4 second exposure, kids loved being in front laying on the blankets.

This is the shot I was geeked to capture, the Big Dipper watching over our little movie gathering.
Now, this is a 20 second time exposure!!
Captured with my Canon T1i and 15-85 lens 15mm, f4, ISO 800.
link to 1600 pix version, bigger is better for these picts!
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I run a side job doing summer outdoor cinemas for schools and clubs.









 
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charlesbronsen said:
^^Can I come over? :eek:
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haha sure, but Toronto is a good distance away from Charlotte :D

phas3 said:
what kind of sound system do you have? awesome apartment set up
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Thanks. My setup consists of the following...

-Vienna Acoustic Mozart Grand mains in rosewood
-Vienna Acoustic Maestro Grand center in rosewood
-Emotiva ERD-1 surrounds
-Rythmik F12SE subwoofer
-Marantz SR6003
-Emotiva XPA-3
-46" Samsung A550, Apple TV, PS3 80gb
 
bigred7078 said:
haha sure, but Toronto is a good distance away from Charlotte :D



Thanks. My setup consists of the following...

-Vienna Acoustic Mozart Grand mains in rosewood
-Vienna Acoustic Maestro Grand center in rosewood
-Emotiva ERD-1 surrounds
-Rythmik F12SE subwoofer
-Marantz SR6003
-Emotiva XPA-3
-46" Samsung A550, Apple TV, PS3 80gb
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nice, how much was the sound system all in all?
 
I have a few other pics, but some of them are before I got an area rug and redone the office area.

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Unfortunately while I love my new place, the SQ is just not up to par compared to my last place (which did not have concrete everywhere and I also had sound treatments). I also still need to figure out a good way to mount my tv onto metal studs...But yeah here is the old place.

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phas3 said:
nice, how much was the sound system all in all?
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hmm around $5200 is kind of what I guesstimated in my head. Really not that much for a nice sounding system. If I would have paid retail it would have been close to that for just the speakers.
 
Uabcar said:
Nice. Is this your view out the windows? If so, I'm envious.
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Yup. If you look straight out you can see the Bank of America football stadium (you can see it in one of the pics). If you look out to the left then you get that view :)
 
Bigred - I noticed your in a apartment. With that great of a sound system, how does it work out with your neighbors? Do those sound pads on the wall help at all? I have just a soundbar for my tv. I like it loud, but I don't want my neighbors to start complaining, so I keep it low. Maybe I should just keep it loud and wait for my neighbors to complain to find out where I can keep the volume at.
 
bigred7078 said:
Yup. If you look straight out you can see the Bank of America football stadium (you can see it in one of the pics). If you look out to the left then you get that view :)
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where are you located, city?

jesus 5k for the sound system, i can check that off my list lol
 
littleman23408 said:
Bigred - I noticed your in a apartment. With that great of a sound system, how does it work out with your neighbors? Do those sound pads on the wall help at all? I have just a soundbar for my tv. I like it loud, but I don't want my neighbors to start complaining, so I keep it low. Maybe I should just keep it loud and wait for my neighbors to complain to find out where I can keep the volume at.
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Well at my current place the floor and ceiling is concrete. The walls are extremely thick and perfectly soundproofed. There is absolutely no noise that can be heard between neighbors.

At my old place with the sound treatments it was your typical apartment. I was however extremely fortunate to the fact that I was an end unit with no one living beside me, below me, and the person above me was NEVER home...lol. In two years at the old place I never had a sound complaint and I even incorporated a 15" sub into that system ;). Keep in mind the key to a successful HT system in an apartment is being aware of your surroundings...Meaning, look to see if neighbors are home if you plan to crank it up, and never be stupid about how loud it can go. If you think it may be to loud, then turn it down a few notches OR go outside of your apartment and see if you can hear it. Sometimes its just the luck of the draw with neighbors too, some are great while some may be extremely noise sensitive. I'd advise you to make friends with the neighbors, introduce yourself and give them your phone number to call you if they ever need you to keep it down. Ya never know, you may get lucky and find a hott babe (at least thats what happened to me and she is now my fiancee :cool::cool::cool:).
 
bigred7078 said:
Well at my current place the floor and ceiling is concrete. The walls are extremely thick and perfectly soundproofed. There is absolutely no noise that can be heard between neighbors.

At my old place with the sound treatments it was your typical apartment. I was however extremely fortunate to the fact that I was an end unit with no one living beside me, below me, and the person above me was NEVER home...lol. In two years at the old place I never had a sound complaint and I even incorporated a 15" sub into that system ;). Keep in mind the key to a successful HT system in an apartment is being aware of your surroundings...Meaning, look to see if neighbors are home if you plan to crank it up, and never be stupid about how loud it can go. If you think it may be to loud, then turn it down a few notches OR go outside of your apartment and see if you can hear it. Sometimes its just the luck of the draw with neighbors too, some are great while some may be extremely noise sensitive. I'd advise you to make friends with the neighbors, introduce yourself and give them your phone number to call you if they ever need you to keep it down. Ya never know, you may get lucky and find a hott babe (at least thats what happened to me and she is now my fiancee :cool::cool::cool:).
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Thanks, maybe I will go meet them. Usually if I think its to loud, I will turn it down. Thanks again and nice place!
 
phas3 said:
where are you located, city?

jesus 5k for the sound system, i can check that off my list lol
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Charlotte, NC.

well there are plenty of nice sound systems that can be pieced together for a lot less. It just a matter of what makes you happy in the audio/video department whether that be a HTIB or a $20k HT system :) The key is to knowledgeable about what you're buying. There are plenty of internet direct companies that make extremely nice speakers for not a lot of cash compared to what you would get in a brick and mortar store.

Check out...
theaudioinsider.com
emotiva.com
aperionaudio.com
ascendacoustics.com
svsound.com/products-spks.cfm
axiomaudio.com

or if you like my speakers, best buy magnolia who was a dealer of Vienna Acoustics is no longer carrying them and they are closing them out for anywhere between 50-70% off list...

just some suggestions if you are looking to get going.
 
bigred7078 said:
Charlotte, NC.

well there are plenty of nice sound systems that can be pieced together for a lot less. It just a matter of what makes you happy in the audio/video department whether that be a HTIB or a $20k HT system :) The key is to knowledgeable about what you're buying. There are plenty of internet direct companies that make extremely nice speakers for not a lot of cash compared to what you would get in a brick and mortar store.

Check out...
theaudioinsider.com
emotiva.com
aperionaudio.com
ascendacoustics.com
svsound.com/products-spks.cfm
axiomaudio.com

or if you like my speakers, best buy magnolia who was a dealer of Vienna Acoustics is no longer carrying them and they are closing them out for anywhere between 50-70% off list...

just some suggestions if you are looking to get going.
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hey thanks a lot! gonna start looking into it.
 
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