Home Theater Build

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Hey RSS...im a new guy on this site but i may be able to offer some help with regards to a Harmony 1100 and just bout anything else u may want...ive been in the electronics industry for 14 years now...i do HT for FS(been there for 2 years now) and id be more than willing to hook ya up at my cost...pm me if interested.

If you can get the 1100 in under $350 then definetly interested.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...Universal.html

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Ha ha i don't pick up my mount and screen until Thursday before the car meet as they are in Calgary and i am not. soon tho very soon.

[Smarty39]

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Hook it up already so you can tell me if I should get it or not lol!

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Nope i was originally looking at an AE2000 when i started my theater room.

Yes that's how long i have been working on this room.

[RONDAL]

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Update!

Hapinness arrived on a monday go figure.

I give you Gigantor!!!!!! yes i have already nicknamed my projector it's a little bigger than i anticapated.





Also picked up my shelves this weekend with a nice hickory finish probably not going to stain them just leave them be.

you must have seen this projector in the AVSf rental apartment HT build thread no?

looks awesome either way

[MusicalGenius]

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What no 3D?

[RandomGONGIN]

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Hey RSS...im a new guy on this site but i may be able to offer some help with regards to a Harmony 1100 and just bout anything else u may want...ive been in the electronics industry for 14 years now...i do HT for FS(been there for 2 years now) and id be more than willing to hook ya up at my cost...pm me if interested.

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Update!

Hapinness arrived on a monday go figure.

I give you Gigantor!!!!!! yes i have already nicknamed my projector it's a little bigger than i anticapated.





Also picked up my shelves this weekend with a nice hickory finish probably not going to stain them just leave them be.

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Yeah i saw it had windows media center just haven't gotten to playing with that one yet.

[RONDAL]

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you know built into windows7 is windows media centre right?

you should be able to run everything from there, though I choose VLC for most of my video stuff except blu-ray discs.

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Fired up the HTPC last night for the first time don't mind Windows 7 so far. So many choices for software to run i think my brain melted. Each part of my computer seems to have come with software that would like to do everything.

Windows media center
WinTV7
IMedian / IMon
Blu-ray something something

Downloaded the new drivers for the case / VFD seems alright so far no problems yet.

[Stonewall]

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http://www.usbgeek.com/prod_detail.php?prod_id=1219
This looks like a good alternative to the mouse/keyboard combo.

[Kordain]

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Anybody have some thoughts on the Harmony Universal Remotes? Debating on getting one so the wife won't have to ask me every time to set up a movie and such.

bit late but none the less,

I have the harmony 700 remote and its great, i have 6 devices in it i think and never have any problems with it. I even set up a couple of macros in it to automate my old modded xbox and they worka treat. deffo worth getting one. The higher up versions your jsut paying for nicey nicey stuff like touch screens etc.

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I was wondering if you where from the avsforum as those where similar to the suggestions i read there. But your last line confirmed it its a good informative forum i find a lot of good stuff there.

thanks

[EmJay]

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Also still looking for a sub anybody have some suggestions must be smaller than 2' square and must not cost a bazillion dollars.

Ugh I just wrote up a decently sized post and it said I needed to login once I clicked submit reply ... haha let's give this another go.

For subwoofers I would strongly recommend staying away from main stream shops such as Future Shop and Best Buy. Over the past couple of years quite a few internet direct shops started releasing some great products and offering a lot more bang for the buck over what you would receive from one of the local shops. A few of the companies that I would recommend taking a look into are svs, hsu and elemental designs. They have a wide range of products ranging from $200 all the way up to $3000.

I would personally recommend SVS as they have a distributor in Canada (SVS is originally from the states) so you wouldn't have to worry about customs. The other two I would recommend sending a request for a quote to make sure once shipping and customs are included the price of the sub still falls within your budge.

www.svssound.com
www.sonicboomaudio.com <- Canadian distributor for svs

http://www.edesignaudio.com/index.php?cPath=2 <- elemental designs

http://www.hsuresearch.com/ <- hsu

Also if anything catches your eye, a good place to read up on user reviews and just general knowledge for anything subwoofer related I would recommend checking out the Subwoofers, Bass and Transducers subforum at avsforum.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=113

Good luck!