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| Registered: August 4, 2007 |  Posts: 2 |
| | Posted: | | | | DVD Player: Samsung DVD-HD850 400 DVD Carousel: Sony DVP-CX995V A/V Amp: Pioneer VSX-1015TX HTPC: Modified Gateway GT5228 Cable Box: Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300-HD Projector: Sanyo PLV-Z3 Screen: DIY 109" Diagonal Relatively inexpensive set-up and not perfect, but wife and I enjoy it a couple times a week. Photos: Screen and Stage  Seats  Marquee  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 360 |
| | Posted: | | | | Very nice setup. I like the marquee. My home theatre was all budget and with the exception of the front and center speakers it was short money.
Technics Receiver 5.1 Surround 225.00 Best Buy
Optoma 610H 100.00 Ebay
106" Grey Screen 35.00 Ebay
Upconvert Panasonic S52 DVD 50.00 Circuit City open box
Cerwin Vega Center Channel 150.00 Service Merchandise
Cerwin Vega LFT RGHT Floor Speakers 1200.00 Federated
Pioneer Rear Speakers 50.00 Circuit City Open Box
I have to say my setup sounds better than the theatre and the LCD projector shines bright and clear. I enjoy it better than the theatre. I'll be glad when the new house I am in has the equpment setup again. | | | | Last edited: by Bill MacNeill |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 462 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting 8ballMax: Quote:
Anyone have any experience with these Quad Media Towers? They supposedly hold 702 DVDs each and I just purchased 2 of them. Hope I didn't waste my money  .
 They're fantastic. I've nearly filled the first one and am preparing to buy a second one. | | | "I am Andrew Ryan and I am here to ask you a question:
Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his own brow?
No, says the man in Washington. It belongs to the poor.
No, says the man in the Vatican. It belongs to God.
No, says the man in Moscow. It belongs to everyone.
I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something
different. I chose the impossible. I chose…
Rapture." |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | dmfdavid - you belong here. |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 585 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr. Killpatient: Quote:
dmfdavid - you belong here. That is pretty close to my dream basement. Except instead of the standard fold-up movie theatre seats I want to have those nice home-theatre seats you see everywhere now they hook together but are sold separately with armrests, drink holders, etc. in them. I have no idea how, but somehow I even got ym wife onboard, and her only request is that we have one of those cool old-fashioned popcorn machines. Basically a popcorn machine on 2 wheels that has the bucket suspending in the middle and as it fills, it spills over the side and fills the glass case with popcorn. If that's her only conditions.. well, sold! Of course, then real life comes in and spoils things. When/If we even get such a thing I guess I'll never know. Probably not until we retire at this rate. But hey, it's a dream. | | | "Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" - Douglas Bader
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas Adams |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | My downstairs family room is pretty much unfinished so I have free reign as to what I want to do with it. The only problem is that there's a support pole almost in the middle of the room that hinders what layout I pick. But eventually, I'll have a 110" screen with a 1080 projector with 7.1 surround sound. |
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| Registered: August 4, 2007 | | Posts: 2 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr. Killpatient: Quote:
dmfdavid - you belong here. If "here" is the asylum then my wife would agree  Vega, We have gone back and forth on the popcorn cart thing. Like the look, but don't like the mess. Currently we have settled for a small microwave in the game room and we pop as we go (still get the popcorn smell in the theater room, but just not the same). The room was my office/spare bedroom but when wireless became the norm, I began doing more work on the sofa, so I converted the room into the theater. The only restriction my wife put on me was that I could not damage the walls, baseboards, etc. The room needed to be able to be turned back into a bedroom without a major expense or effort. So the the screen wall is nothing more than curtains & drapes and the screen is actually hung like a picture. The theater seats I got from the local theater chain for only $25 per seat. So pretty cheap. I also wanted the nicer chairs, but in retrospect, we are able to fit more people in there this way which works out well during sporting events. The sofa is a sofa-bed for guests. For some reason my nephews keep wanting to stay at my house. david <-- still gets funny looks for having the croquet game on the game room ceiling. | | | | Last edited: by dmfdavid |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting chibul: Quote:
Quoting 8ballMax:
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Anyone have any experience with these Quad Media Towers? They supposedly hold 702 DVDs each and I just purchased 2 of them. Hope I didn't waste my money .
They're fantastic. I've nearly filled the first one and am preparing to buy a second one. Dude...I bought 2 of them and they're both already full. Gonna have to order another but I don't know where I'm going to put it  . | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Posts: 2 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting 8ballMax: Quote:
Anyone have any experience with these Quad Media Towers? They supposedly hold 702 DVDs each and I just purchased 2 of them. Hope I didn't waste my money .
I have the woodface version and love it. Until my wife came back from vacation with 100 more DVDs and I have to consider getting another one  Easy to put together, easy to anchor to wall, easy to load up with 700+ DVDs. You purchased wisely. | | | Jesse C. Slicer
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting The Slice: Quote:
I have the woodface version and love it. Until my wife came back from vacation with 100 more DVDs and I have to consider getting another one
Easy to put together, easy to anchor to wall, easy to load up with 700+ DVDs.
You purchased wisely. Mine are the woodface versions as well. You're right, Jesse, I think we did purchase wisely. One more ought to do me for a couple more years . You have trained your grasshopper well master. She leaves and returns with many shinny discs . | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,338 |
| | Posted: | | | | here is the assylum... no worries... welcome!
i'll be posting my pics of both main room and my room this weekend as both are almost 100% finished and suitable for photography. | | | | -JoN |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 6 |
| | Posted: | | | |  Here is my basement room for music listening and movies. The shelves are self made and there are eight units of them, I could'nt get all to fit in the picture. The room is too small. | | | | Once a hippie, always a hippie. | | | | Last edited: by A.E. Neuman |
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| Registered: May 10, 2007 | | Posts: 418 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting 8ballMax: Quote:
Quoting chibul:
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Quoting 8ballMax:
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Anyone have any experience with these Quad Media Towers? They supposedly hold 702 DVDs each and I just purchased 2 of them. Hope I didn't waste my money .
They're fantastic. I've nearly filled the first one and am preparing to buy a second one.
Dude...I bought 2 of them and they're both already full. Gonna have to order another but I don't know where I'm going to put it . My problem is I live in an 1 bedroom apartment would love one of these big units but no room. If I did find room it would make my apartment so crowded. |
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| Registered: March 17, 2007 | | Posts: 175 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Vega: Quote:
That is pretty close to my dream basement. Except instead of the standard fold-up movie theatre seats I want to have those nice home-theatre seats you see everywhere now they hook together but are sold separately with armrests, drink holders, etc. in them. I have no idea how, but somehow I even got ym wife onboard, and her only request is that we have one of those cool old-fashioned popcorn machines. Basically a popcorn machine on 2 wheels that has the bucket suspending in the middle and as it fills, it spills over the side and fills the glass case with popcorn. If that's her only conditions.. well, sold! Of course, then real life comes in and spoils things.
When/If we even get such a thing I guess I'll never know. Probably not until we retire at this rate. But hey, it's a dream. Those popcorn machines are $289 at Costco.com with 8oz kettles instead of the 4oz on that website you mention. | | | | Gotta nip it in the bud, Andy! |
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 |  Posts: 150 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting 8ballMax: Quote:
Anyone have any experience with these Quad Media Towers? They supposedly hold 702 DVDs each and I just purchased 2 of them. Hope I didn't waste my money .
Does anyone have any ideas as to where I may source these from in the UK. I need more storage and these would be ideal. Ritch | | | | Learning is not mandatory, but then neither is survival. |
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| Registered: March 26, 2007 |  Posts: 15 |
| | Posted: | | | | Just noticed this thread...
TV: Sharp 32D62U
Receiver: Onkyo TX-SR805
Main Speakers: JBL Balboa 30 towers
Centre: JBL Balboa Centre
Surround: Infinity Primus 252 towers
Rears: JBL Balboa 10
Sub: JBL Balboa 10"
DVD: Oppo 971
HD-DVD: Toshiba A-2
Blu-ray: Panasonic DMP-30
Everything controlled w/ a Harmony 880. |
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