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Author Topic: Setting up the new home theater..  (Read 4387 times)

*MAFIA* ßlåkjáx

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Setting up the new home theater..
« on: August 11, 2011, 11:59:36 AM »
Just bought some goodies...

Acer H3560 HD DLP projector: $535.00

http://www.pureprojectors.com/projectors/manufacturers/pos/acer_h5360



Sony Wireless Network Media Player: $50.00

http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&partNumber=SMPN100



Who needs a BluRay player anymore? I DL all my movies anyway...




Then just got a new router and modem for the new place..

Motorola Surfboard SBG6580: $80.00



Netgear N600 Wireless Dual Band Router: $65.00




Stoked to get it all up and running... Surround Sound is my next buy.
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Re: Setting up the new home theater..
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2011, 12:06:58 PM »
That looks outstanding.  What are you going to project it on?
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Re: Setting up the new home theater..
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2011, 12:33:48 PM »
Quote from: *MAFIA* Beatlejuice on August 11, 2011, 12:06:58 PM
That looks outstanding.  What are you going to project it on?
Well the thing is that projector screens 100"+ almost start at $500. So I am gonna build my own. My only problem is finding the right material for the actual screen. I have done some research but Haven't found something saying "BUY THIS FABRIC." So I am still looking.

If anyone has experience or knowledge of this subject I would love to know.
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Re: Setting up the new home theater..
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2011, 12:37:48 PM »
I have seen people project it on both their walls and on bed sheets.  Obviously a screen looks better and isn't as "ghetto," but it worked.
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Re: Setting up the new home theater..
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2011, 01:19:24 PM »
Speaking from experience, don't project porn on a sheet over a window.  It stops the traffic right in front of your house.     :lolz:
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Ultimate embarrassment, running into a wall with a boner and breaking your nose first.

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Re: Setting up the new home theater..
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2011, 09:38:19 AM »
Quote from: Nix-a-nator on August 11, 2011, 01:46:40 PM
My Dad made compartments in the wall for the speakers and covered them in that stretchy stuff that is in a criuss cross pattern... And Is thin... If you know what I mean, also Dark walls are good and A projector is best susspended from the ceiling
Seriously I don't know what I would do without your words of pure intellect and grace. You sir are fucking genius. "that stretchy stuff that is in a criuss cross pattern... And Is thin..." No one could have explained that better.

If any one with ACTUAL knowledge on the subject could chime in I would appreciate it.

Thanks
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Re: Setting up the new home theater..
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2011, 09:53:16 AM »
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Re: Setting up the new home theater..
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2011, 10:26:45 AM »
Hey Nixon  :imbecile I have to agree I sounded like a fucking Retard, but I found out what the fabric is called! It is Grill Cloth Fabric!
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Re: Setting up the new home theater..
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2011, 01:58:47 PM »
Quote from: *MAFIA* ßlåkjáx on August 11, 2011, 12:33:48 PM
Well the thing is that projector screens 100"+ almost start at $500. So I am gonna build my own. My only problem is finding the right material for the actual screen. I have done some research but Haven't found something saying "BUY THIS FABRIC." So I am still looking.

If anyone has experience or knowledge of this subject I would love to know.

No need for fabric... A nice flat wall with the best purest white flat paint you can find, is all you need.
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Re: Setting up the new home theater..
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2011, 11:05:37 AM »
Quote from: *MAFIA* Loaded on August 12, 2011, 01:58:47 PM
No need for fabric... A nice flat wall with the best purest white flat paint you can find, is all you need.
Problem is I live in a 930 sq ft apt. with no flat walls and I can't paint it. The wall I got it set up on now isn't bad tho but I do still wanna make a screen. Ill post pics when I finish this bitch.
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Re: Setting up the new home theater..
« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2011, 03:04:06 PM »
http://www.mcssl.com/store/buildyourownprojectionscreen/projection-screen-material/100-110-high-contrast-gray-screen-material

For $80 you basically have a 100-110" screen made with the actual screen material lol.
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Re: Setting up the new home theater..
« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2011, 08:12:47 AM »
So I set up the projector just on the wall. At night the picture is phenomenal, but during the day I can't say as much. It's not bad at all tho. I can't decide what I will end up doing just yet. My buddy moves in on saturday so we'll see what he thinks. Either way Ill post some pics after it is all said and done.
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Re: Setting up the new home theater..
« Reply #12 on: September 14, 2011, 11:25:35 AM »
So we built the screen...

Pic of my roomate in front of it. He's about 5'10"


The picture is about 145" diagonal. Fuckin phat...

We just finished it up last night so still setting up the rest of the room. (ill post more pictures when we finish the room up. We have a nice sound system coming in from the roommates momma soon. All in all... It is almost too damn big, hah!. You have to turn your head when playing video games (but its still almost unfair to everyone you're playing (unless they're playing me)). Cant wait to watch some football on this mofucka.
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Re: Setting up the new home theater..
« Reply #13 on: September 14, 2011, 12:49:16 PM »
How clean is the wiring? Nice job.
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Re: Setting up the new home theater..
« Reply #14 on: September 14, 2011, 01:59:17 PM »
Post your next pic with porn on the screen.   :evil:
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