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| boykster:
What are your dimensions where you're thinking of putting the theater? I ask because throw distance and viewing distance are important to think about when you're in the planning phase. Its easy to run conduit for cables/power for a PJ during construction, and difficult to retro-fit afterwards. Looks like a fun project! I'd also be curious how much space the rear counter/stools have - looks a bit tight, but you never know.... |
| javeryh:
--- Quote from: boykster on September 22, 2010, 02:54:22 am ---What are your dimensions where you're thinking of putting the theater? I ask because throw distance and viewing distance are important to think about when you're in the planning phase. Its easy to run conduit for cables/power for a PJ during construction, and difficult to retro-fit afterwards. Looks like a fun project! I'd also be curious how much space the rear counter/stools have - looks a bit tight, but you never know.... --- End quote --- The inside dimensions of the theater are approximately 22' long by approximately 13.5' wide to give a sense of scale. The distance from the wall behind the bar (on the left) to the back of the seats that are next to the theater is about 10'. I want to run all the cables prior to drywall going in so I want to be sure I nail down the exact layout of where everything will go. I'll have to wire the theater area for speakers and the projector and I think I want a small TV above the bar area and maybe the ability to put a jukebox on the bar that I can feed through the speakers in the rest of the room. It is going to be tight to get everything in there but I'm hoping with a little creativity I can get it all to fit. |
| eds1275:
Don't forget lots of power! I'd recomend running some 20 amp lines and wire it like a kitchen [seperate circuits for top and bottom plugs, with common ground and neutrals] if this isthe "toy room". Having plenty of power is better than not enough, and sharing a ground will go a long way in reducing ground loops and other nonsense in your a/v equipment. Depending on how dirty your power is [and residential power can get pretty dirty before the power companies will agree it's not good enough for residential use] you may want to consider an in line isolation transformer, or having a second electrical sub panel installed with it's own ground. Then again, if you haven't been experiencing any issues beofre, this may be overkill as adding to the existing witing is unlikley to make anhything worse. |
| pinballjim:
Ditch the home theater that you'll never use anyway and put pinball machines where that screen would be. |
| javeryh:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on September 22, 2010, 11:32:18 am ---Ditch the home theater that you'll never use anyway and put pinball machines where that screen would be. --- End quote --- I'm afraid pinball machines would get even less use that the movie screen (which will be primarily used for watching sports, playing video games and watching TV - movies are last on my list). This is the reason I don't want a dedicate room for the theater - I want it to be open because when I have the guys over we will be watching sports - not movies. |
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