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New house and dedicated Arcade/Bar/Theater on the way
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TKW4rr10r:
Not to de-rail, but is there a way to get UV black-light to work in a room and -not- "blast the artwork"?
shponglefan:

--- Quote from: Maximus on August 24, 2013, 11:30:22 pm ---Met with the builders today and got some good news and potentially bad news.

Good news is they can convert my garage the way I want it within my proposed budget, the guy even told me I was a little high on my estimated costs so that's refreshing (we shall see though).

Bad news is that the extension we are thinking of doing is going to cost a fortune due to structural engineering concerns. So for now that idea is up in the air and may never come to light. So that means potentially no dedicated home theater space.

With that in mind I have had to go back to the drawing board and make some compromises as the wife and I really love sitting down for a big screen movie and want to do it in an isolated area where we wont disturb the kiddo after she is in bed.



This design allows for up to 11 uprights, 1 driver, 1 cockpit and 1 pin. Comfy recliner couch seating for three (basically us and the sprog) and a further 4 seated in a social arrangement at the bar. Two fridges, one for bottles one for 5-gallon kegs, two taps at the back of the bar (not shown). Walkways are 30" wide on all sides. Overhead storage for cups and glasses etc. Also projector is ceiling mounted, amps and other gadgets stored in the rear of the overhead cupboards. 120" projection screen with viewing head height just below center 120" from the screen, personally I like 1:1 viewing distance.

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That's really too bad about the extension.  One thing I've learned from home building and reno is that stuff always costs more than you think it will. 

But since you're going back to a hybrid arcade/theater, I'm going to once again give my honest 2 cents.  Personally, I would either a) dedicate half the space to a theater, period; no arcade machines intruding in that space and that way you can properly set it up as a theater.  Or b) ditch the projector in favor a bigscreen TV and set up more of a social-type area, as opposed to a theater w/ a projector.  Again, this is coming from someone who is a home theater enthusiast, so take my opinion with a grain of salt if need be.
CoryBee:
Haha, took me a second to see that there wasn't a giant man behind a bar in that picture.

Maximus:

--- Quote from: CoryBee on August 26, 2013, 06:57:33 pm ---Haha, took me a second to see that there wasn't a giant man behind a bar in that picture.

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It's not?? ---fudgesicle---!!! I WANT a giant man behind the bar...and a talking rat chef
Rick:

--- Quote from: Maximus on August 26, 2013, 07:02:56 pm ------fudgesicle---!!! I WANT a giant man behind the bar...
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Saved for posterity.

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