Looking into setting up a home theater type setup in my living room. Currently doing research and focusing on bang for the buck. While I don't have the wife factor, I am going to be trying my hardest to "hide" the system. This will definitely be an ultra-budget system, and I understand that I will be sacrificing quality for aesthetics and I am fully aware of and okay with this. Primary usage will be Netflix and occasional video games.
All windows will get blackout currents, but there will be a little bit of light leakage around the outside. I feel it will be negligible in the grand scheme of things.
As of right now, I'm looking at building a 16:9 home-brew AT screen using the milliskin spandex that seems to be fairly popular. Shooting for 120" diagonal, but I'm currently not at home, so I cannot measure to make sure I have room between the windows on the living room wall the screen will be hung on.
Projector will be the BenQ W1070 or the HT1075. Seems like they are basically the same thing, so I'll more than likely go with the W1070 to save a little bit of money.
AVR, as of now, looks like it will be Onkyo TX-NR636. This isn't firm because I'm still researching receivers. I'm nowhere near set in stone on Onkyo, and have read of numerous issues with the HDMI board, so I will be taking that into consideration. I don't want to break the bank on this, but if adding $100-200 will get me a vastly superior receiver, I'm willing to make the sacrifice.
People will probably really groan on this part, but I will be putting all of my speakers in-wall. The four rear speakers will be monoprice 7604s. I'm looking into a higher quality speakers for the LCRs, but may end up sticking with the cheap monoprice speakers for those as well, at least temporarily. Upgrading to something else in the future wouldn't be a big deal at all. The LCR will be hidden behind the projector screen, and to hide the rear surrounds, I'll be getting some graphics printed up on quilting weight fabric and stretching those across some wooden frames. This will provide the acoustically transparent properties I would need to be able to hide the speakers.
I haven't done any research on subwoofers yet, but I do know I want to run an infinity baffle system mounted in the attic. Size, brand, etc, I am entirely unsure on. This will probably be one of the last things I address when building the setup.
I have a coat closet right off of the living room I may build my A/V rack in. I'll need to do some testing to see if I can put my xbox360 and ps3 in there, and have the controllers still able to communicate. Hopefully they will. If they don't, I'll have to get a little creative.
If anyone has any critiques, suggestions, or comments, feel free. I'm definitely still researching and learning. And, while it seems that I am being ultra-cheap (which I am), it will stilll be a VAST improvement over my current setup with is a 5 year old Sharp Aqous LED 40" tv, and an ultra-cheap 4 speaker surround sound setup with no subwoofer.
All windows will get blackout currents, but there will be a little bit of light leakage around the outside. I feel it will be negligible in the grand scheme of things.
As of right now, I'm looking at building a 16:9 home-brew AT screen using the milliskin spandex that seems to be fairly popular. Shooting for 120" diagonal, but I'm currently not at home, so I cannot measure to make sure I have room between the windows on the living room wall the screen will be hung on.
Projector will be the BenQ W1070 or the HT1075. Seems like they are basically the same thing, so I'll more than likely go with the W1070 to save a little bit of money.
AVR, as of now, looks like it will be Onkyo TX-NR636. This isn't firm because I'm still researching receivers. I'm nowhere near set in stone on Onkyo, and have read of numerous issues with the HDMI board, so I will be taking that into consideration. I don't want to break the bank on this, but if adding $100-200 will get me a vastly superior receiver, I'm willing to make the sacrifice.
People will probably really groan on this part, but I will be putting all of my speakers in-wall. The four rear speakers will be monoprice 7604s. I'm looking into a higher quality speakers for the LCRs, but may end up sticking with the cheap monoprice speakers for those as well, at least temporarily. Upgrading to something else in the future wouldn't be a big deal at all. The LCR will be hidden behind the projector screen, and to hide the rear surrounds, I'll be getting some graphics printed up on quilting weight fabric and stretching those across some wooden frames. This will provide the acoustically transparent properties I would need to be able to hide the speakers.
I haven't done any research on subwoofers yet, but I do know I want to run an infinity baffle system mounted in the attic. Size, brand, etc, I am entirely unsure on. This will probably be one of the last things I address when building the setup.
I have a coat closet right off of the living room I may build my A/V rack in. I'll need to do some testing to see if I can put my xbox360 and ps3 in there, and have the controllers still able to communicate. Hopefully they will. If they don't, I'll have to get a little creative.
If anyone has any critiques, suggestions, or comments, feel free. I'm definitely still researching and learning. And, while it seems that I am being ultra-cheap (which I am), it will stilll be a VAST improvement over my current setup with is a 5 year old Sharp Aqous LED 40" tv, and an ultra-cheap 4 speaker surround sound setup with no subwoofer.