- December 11, 2013
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Well the selling of the 330i had to be offset by something and this is it, a dedicated cinema room that I'm starting. Hopefully ready to watch within 2-3 weeks and sticking to a pretty tight budget.
This is the room that's been converted. It's roughly 10.5ft by 13.5ft, has no windows and is 2 floors from any bedrooms so noise shouldn't be an issue. We moved in around 6 months ago so this is how it was when we arrived.
I've just bought the projector and ordered the AV equipment but as always I think my ideas are outstripping my budget so something's may have to wait a bit.
The first thing to do was to get rid of that god awful brown we inherited! I've settled on 3 colours. 3 of the walls are Dulux 'Urban Obsession' which is like a dark grey. The ceiling is Craig & Rose 'Arabian Red', which should match (roughly) the carpet I've chosen.
This is the only in-progress pic I remembered to actually take!
I did come across a significant budget issue regarding the screen I was wanting to order which has meant a rethink. For now basically I cannot afford one so I've gone down the painted wall route.
Some sanding and some 'Warm Pewter' later and this is the projection wall.
Then onto the ceiling in Arabian Red!
I'm doing some testing later on tonight with the actual projector.
BenQ W1070 - http://www.trustedreviews.com/benq-w1070-review
It's still at the very good price of £437!! Given I have no windows to compete with and it doesn't have to be hidden anywhere etc this seemed a great choice and value!
Also got a 5 star bargain in my audio options.
Yamaha RXV377 - http://www.whathifi.com/yamaha/rx-v377/review
Q Acoustics 2000i 5.1 Package - http://www.whathifi.com/q-acoustics/2000i-51-pack/review
£650 for both!
Got some new toys last night!!!!
Took a while to do a test setup but well worth it!
How'd you like my test projector mount?
And some test footage shot with my phone camera so not quite the best example, def better in real life!
Not sure how good this is going to be but did a brief video on the phone as a test. Sound is awesome through these speakers!
BenQ W1070 Test Setup - YouTube
More work gone on now! Got Friday as the opening night!
Everything in wood at the moment will be black.
I've bought a load of speaker cloth which will be covering the front panels (detachable) so all you should see is darkness underneath the screen.
More tonight/tomorrow!
Sofa just arrived!! Woohoo!
This is the room that's been converted. It's roughly 10.5ft by 13.5ft, has no windows and is 2 floors from any bedrooms so noise shouldn't be an issue. We moved in around 6 months ago so this is how it was when we arrived.
I've just bought the projector and ordered the AV equipment but as always I think my ideas are outstripping my budget so something's may have to wait a bit.
The first thing to do was to get rid of that god awful brown we inherited! I've settled on 3 colours. 3 of the walls are Dulux 'Urban Obsession' which is like a dark grey. The ceiling is Craig & Rose 'Arabian Red', which should match (roughly) the carpet I've chosen.
This is the only in-progress pic I remembered to actually take!
I did come across a significant budget issue regarding the screen I was wanting to order which has meant a rethink. For now basically I cannot afford one so I've gone down the painted wall route.
Some sanding and some 'Warm Pewter' later and this is the projection wall.
Then onto the ceiling in Arabian Red!
I'm doing some testing later on tonight with the actual projector.
BenQ W1070 - http://www.trustedreviews.com/benq-w1070-review
It's still at the very good price of £437!! Given I have no windows to compete with and it doesn't have to be hidden anywhere etc this seemed a great choice and value!
Also got a 5 star bargain in my audio options.
Yamaha RXV377 - http://www.whathifi.com/yamaha/rx-v377/review
Q Acoustics 2000i 5.1 Package - http://www.whathifi.com/q-acoustics/2000i-51-pack/review
£650 for both!
Got some new toys last night!!!!
Took a while to do a test setup but well worth it!
How'd you like my test projector mount?
And some test footage shot with my phone camera so not quite the best example, def better in real life!
Not sure how good this is going to be but did a brief video on the phone as a test. Sound is awesome through these speakers!
BenQ W1070 Test Setup - YouTube
More work gone on now! Got Friday as the opening night!
Everything in wood at the moment will be black.
I've bought a load of speaker cloth which will be covering the front panels (detachable) so all you should see is darkness underneath the screen.
More tonight/tomorrow!
Sofa just arrived!! Woohoo!