I am building a media room and it is my first time so I would need some help on various details such as equipment placement, plugs and more regular stuff like throw distance.....
My room will be 18' wide and 13'6 long. The ceiling will be 10' at the center and about 8'-9' at the walls.
I plan to ceiling mount the projector as the room comes pre-wired for this.
I plan to set up home theater seats along the 18' width which would allow me to place 4 seats comfortably, so this 'only' leave me about 11-13 feet from projector to screen to figure out size and all.
I am debating doing a floor raise but I'm concerned that my head would then be too close to the projector and could make it too noisy.
I haven't selected the projector or screen yet since the room won't be finished for about 6 months and I'm waiting to see what CEDIA and fall brings (the Panansonic AE47000E look nice though ).
I do however already have my receiver a Denon AVR-4810CI and my bluray player will be a PS3.
The most pressing question I have is regarding plug and equipment placement because I have to finalize the build plans.
I was thinking about putting all the equipment into the top left closet so that it's out of the way and doesn't distract the viewing experience.
I have 2 main concerns with this:
1. I'm afraid that the closet would not be ventilated enough and the equipment would get way too hot in there.
2. I would have to reroute all the power, CAT-5... plugs and my PS3, Xbox 360 and such would be in there. I am a gamer so does that create a problem for controller response if the consoles are behind me in an enclosed space?
If I reroute the plugs to the closet I need to pre-wire for the center speaker.
Also Subwoofer placement. Is it better to have it in the front near the screen or in the back which would be much closer to the sitting area?
Are speakers preferable on wall mount or ceiling mount?
As you can see lots of question but I joined my floor plan and I would take any recommendations you might have for my setup.
My room will be 18' wide and 13'6 long. The ceiling will be 10' at the center and about 8'-9' at the walls.
I plan to ceiling mount the projector as the room comes pre-wired for this.
I plan to set up home theater seats along the 18' width which would allow me to place 4 seats comfortably, so this 'only' leave me about 11-13 feet from projector to screen to figure out size and all.
I am debating doing a floor raise but I'm concerned that my head would then be too close to the projector and could make it too noisy.
I haven't selected the projector or screen yet since the room won't be finished for about 6 months and I'm waiting to see what CEDIA and fall brings (the Panansonic AE47000E look nice though ).
I do however already have my receiver a Denon AVR-4810CI and my bluray player will be a PS3.
The most pressing question I have is regarding plug and equipment placement because I have to finalize the build plans.
I was thinking about putting all the equipment into the top left closet so that it's out of the way and doesn't distract the viewing experience.
I have 2 main concerns with this:
1. I'm afraid that the closet would not be ventilated enough and the equipment would get way too hot in there.
2. I would have to reroute all the power, CAT-5... plugs and my PS3, Xbox 360 and such would be in there. I am a gamer so does that create a problem for controller response if the consoles are behind me in an enclosed space?
If I reroute the plugs to the closet I need to pre-wire for the center speaker.
Also Subwoofer placement. Is it better to have it in the front near the screen or in the back which would be much closer to the sitting area?
Are speakers preferable on wall mount or ceiling mount?
As you can see lots of question but I joined my floor plan and I would take any recommendations you might have for my setup.