$250,000 Batcave Home Theatre

[BobA]

Am I out of touch thinking a $250,000 Batcave home theatre is really excessive?   I guess it is whatever pulls your chain.  Cheap if you are Bill Gates.

Link to HTcave

[FrizzleFried]

Some people have just insane amounts of dough.  That is certainly nothing I'd consider... but if I were to make $10m a year... maybe.

$130,000 in audio/video equipment.  Dude's not just throwing in some Sony's...

I'd balk at $13,000 in audio/video equipment let alone $130,000.

[pinballwizard79]

what does he do for a living, make gravity or sunshine?

[mccoy178]

That is a really, really cool room!

[Ummon]

two-hundred-fifty grand is NOT that much. Thirteen grand is nothin. Think if you made a million dollars a year. If you saved for four years, you could ever so easily afford half a million. Or, could easily pay it off in that time. And that's if you had a bunch of other ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.

[TOK]

two-hundred-fifty grand is NOT that much. Thirteen grand is nothin. Think if you made a million dollars a year. If you saved for four years, you could ever so easily afford half a million. Or, could easily pay it off in that time. And that's if you had a bunch of other ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.

Thinking if you did it isn't the trick, actually doing it is.
Thats why its a lot of money.

[Ummon]

You're missing the scaling concept, here. Besides, there are censored by saint. Please don't make me have to hunt for this stuff of people who make over a million dollars a year. I don't subscribe to the concept of work, so that element of it is irrelevant.

[TOK]

You're missing the scaling concept, here. Besides, there are ... of people who make over a million dollars a year. I don't subscribe to the concept of work, so that element of it is irrelevant.

I thought you spanked fat chicks for a living.

[Dartful Dodger]

There's no bat pole.

If I loved Batman enough to build a $250,000 Batcave, I'd have a bat pole in a closet somewhere above the theater room.  At the least I'd have a rubber Batman suit on display.

[drventure]

Yeah, I have to agree, it's a cave home theater, but hardly a "BatCave"

Where's the Control Panel? the vine covered entryway? The metal catwalks?

Wait, Dark Knight or (60's) Batman? 

[HaRuMaN]

You're missing the scaling concept, here. Besides, there are ... of people who make over a million dollars a year. I don't subscribe to the concept of work, so that element of it is irrelevant.

I thought you spanked fat chicks for a living.

rofl

[shardian]

It is impressive when a lowly weekend warrior like us does something like this. It is yawn material IMO when some rich ---meecrob--- gets a whim, waves his magic wallet, and has whatever he thought of.

[Aceldamor]

Not that impressed..I figured for a quarter of a Million dollars there would be more visual eye candy..bat computer, vault door, etc.

Looks like a pre-fab pool grotto that has been converted to show movies. 

[mccoy178]

They actually hand crafted the foam.  I know the homeowner threw money at it, but someone had to build it.  That's what impresses me.

[HaRuMaN]

They actually hand crafted the foam.  I know the homeowner threw money at it, but someone had to build it.  That's what impresses me.

Have you seen foam being hand-crafted?  It's not exactly rocket science...

[mccoy178]

Well, I'll tell you what, I bet just like many, many of the projects on this site, about 10% get it right.  I would imagine the same would apply to the foam cutters.  I'm giving credit where credit is due.  Also, I'm also really impressed that unlike me, they got P A I D!

[boykster]

$250k does seem like a lot, and $130k in equipment is a hefty tag, but the projector and scaler alone in that setup weighs in at nearly $20k.  I'm guessing that the screen is close to $10k as well.  I find it very impressive that they were able to integrate the faux rock work with good acoustic design - not an easy project with smooth walls, let alone irregularly shaped faux foam rocks.  I did think the speakers could have been better "intergrated" - ie invisible - rather than black grills on the stonework.  Its also in australia, so $250k AUD = $15.73 USD? 

No pricetag listed, but here's a way over the top theme home theater...

http://www.electronichouse.com/article/designing_the_death_star_theater/

http://www.modernhometheater.com/virtualtours/star_wars/slideshow/index.html

[Ummon]

Yeah, I have to agree, it's a cave home theater, but hardly a "BatCave"

Where's the Control Panel? the vine covered entryway? The metal catwalks?

Wait, Dark Knight or (60's) Batman? 

The former of course.

You're missing the scaling concept, here. Besides, there are ... of people who make over a million dollars a year. I don't subscribe to the concept of work, so that element of it is irrelevant.

I thought you spanked fat chicks for a living.

But I get paid in blood, you know. Hahahahah, no seriously, that's just ---smurfing--- art, man. There is a technique to handling flesh, which corresponds to the object being struck and it's particular physical properties, as well as getting the proper timbre out of the report of the strike.