Home Theater Build

[bitskyline]

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John

What is on the back of your projector?

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I just put up my Screen last night (106") and it is great but i would agree with going a little larger as my room is light controlled and the 106" is plenty bright you should be able to do the bigger sizes easily.

Roger

[CanadianCoupe]

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Hi,

I bought the same projector about a month ago and I love it. My old projector was a 1024x576 DLP and had been looking forward to a HD one for years. I was a bit concerned about going with LCD but the picture is stunning and it's so quiet. I'm currently just shining it onto a yellow wall so can't wait to see what a proper screen does for the image.

Now I'm trying to work out whether I go for a 120" or 112" fixed screen. The room is light controlled and I can fit both on the wall with room for speakers at the side. 120" image looks great but the 112" picture would be a bit brighter and some reviewers say don't go over 110" as the projector isn't bright enough. However once you get used to the 120" image it would be difficult to watch the smaller image. The 120" image looks plenty bright enough to me. It's used for playing games and watching films, it doesn't need to be bright enough to watch with a lot of ambient light.

Room is 10' wide by 8' high and 22' long.

Projector ceiling mounted:


120" simulated image size:


112" simulated image size:


John

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Well here are some quick shots still without the screen up (Still fiddling with the custom brackets).

Projector up


The mount


Lit room


Dark Room


Close up


No i haven't set up the projector settings yet we just did an auto focus on the blank wall and it did a pretty good job. The screen size is about correct to what it will end up at.

Going to hook up the Audio tomorrow and then give the whole system a test before tieing up all the wiring etc.

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Well good news is that HK tech support is good and they got me the new firmware update and the amp now switches HDMI video very well. Just have to hook up the speakers and check out the sound.

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No i have a pony wall so i can't do one right on the wall like i would have prefered i went with a draper 106" (matte grey) simple pull down since i will leave it down all the time. I will box in the top eventually once i figure out the mounting.

and once again i was amazed by the projectors quality and flexability and all we where doing was playing around on the wall with it.

[Smarty39]

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cool, what screen did you go with? DIY?

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Yes ceiling mount i will take some pictures on monday once i get the screen up.

[Smarty39]

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Good to hear on the projector...I'll order mine now lol! Do you have it ceiling mounted?

Onkyo or Denon are the only way to go imho for home theater receivers...best bang for the buck on mid-range receivers.

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Well early results are in as we hooked up all the video stuff last night.

Panasonic AE4000 = Awsomeness x Eleventy billion

HTPC you guys had me all scared about the screen firmware that seemed to work but i updated it just in case and that made it stop working so i reverted to the old firmware and it works like a charm.

Harmon Kardon AVR1600 = POS paper weight that couldn't video switch if it's life depended on it.

The reason i retired my old Pioneer Elite was because i wanted to have a HDMI switching in the amp so i got this amp and after reading up a little more on it and actually using it. It was a big mistake apparently the $500 amp can't do what a $40 switch from monoprice can. Avoid HK amps if you plan on doing any HDMI switching!

[RandomGONGIN]

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What FS are you at?

Northlands...work weds-suns

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i actually do have these in stock now and ur price would be $90 tax in.

What FS are you at?

[RandomGONGIN]

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Pretty damn good you guys have the RF adapter as well?

i actually do have these in stock now and ur price would be $90 tax in.

[RONDAL]

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yeah i was thinking the soldering may start to fail over time with the low frequency vibration, as well as issues with the chipboards and stuff.

i also dont know how the bass quality will be effected being in such a small area. while the room itself is big, being confined in such a small area may affect the bass quality. Don't know whether it will be good or bad though