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Originally Posted by BllDo View Post

You know one has to wonder if Mario really did build a home theater. This could just be one big elaborate hoax, all done with cgi. Looking back, those construction pics are just a little too clean. So what is saw dust a little too hard to render in wire frame? Is there really a "Mario" or is skynet just having some fun with us. Makes you think.
Seriously that is very impressive stuff. Congratulations.

Hey, that's what I said! Seriously, I thought the upper left was the render and the lower right was the real thing. Jeez. What an incredible job and what inspiration. My room is coming along and I am proud to say that it is a copy of Mario's!
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Originally Posted by BllDo View Post

You know one has to wonder if Mario really did build a home theater. This could just be one big elaborate hoax, all done with cgi. Looking back, those construction pics are just a little too clean. So what is saw dust a little too hard to render in wire frame? Is there really a "Mario" or is skynet just having some fun with us. Makes you think.
Seriously that is very impressive stuff. Congratulations.

What are you talking about? All these have been 3Drenders. I just got the lumber last week to start construction. wink.gif
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Originally Posted by hanesian View Post

The wrinkles on the real chairs are totally off from the wrinkles in the renders! Back to the drawing board!! tongue.gif
In other words, mind boggling-ly awesome!

Yeah. Kind of makes me want to remodel those chairs. smile.gif
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Don't forget about the different sconces. The taper is way off. smile.gif

I actually fudged around with the sconces to get the lighting to look close...but got tired of waiting between renders.
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Originally Posted by cowger View Post

Most excellent. What I dig is that in my eye, reality actually looks better than cgi. Not intuitive to me that such would be the case, but that's a testament to your execution, Mario!
Bryan

Thanks Bryan.

It's kind of weird actually walking in the room now...it's like I'm in my own virtual world. Oddly enough though, like the rest of my house, there really are no surprises since you pretty much know exactly how it's going to turn out before hand.
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Originally Posted by GPowers View Post

Very nice Theater, congrads.

I appreciate it. I've enjoyed your build tremendously.
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Originally Posted by rs691919 View Post

Hey, that's what I said! Seriously, I thought the upper left was the render and the lower right was the real thing. Jeez. What an incredible job and what inspiration. My room is coming along and I am proud to say that it is a copy of Mario's!

I'm excited to check in on your progress and honored.
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I actually fudged around with the sconces to get the lighting to look close...but got tired of waiting between renders.

oh be honest the chairs got mismatched at the factory that's why they look different smile.gif
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I finally got around to installing the color changing LED strip lighting under the stairs. By design, you don't actually see the LED's blasting you in the eye due to them being recessed.

I used the same HitLights Led strips that I used in the soffit tray.

I had to order a variety of their splitters and adapters to make it all work and cut them to length. I had to cover two steps on both sides since I just wanted to deal with one power supply and one IR emitter. I'll be emulating the remote control within MainLobby.

I think it turned out pretty good and will put me at ease especially when there are older people or kids going in / out of the room. It's pitch black in the room when the projector is off or goes to a really dark scene.

The red color is one of my favorites since it matches the fabric and also produces less ambient light in the room.

TIP: If you get the LED remote with the DIY buttons on them, you can get them to dim lower than what the remote allows you to by just selecting a color then hitting DIM. Just hit the DIY# button, then use the UP/DOWN arrows for each of the three available colors. I found this gets you a lower level light setting especially when using brighter colors like white or blue where even the dimmest setting is too bright.

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As a side note. My FIL painted another coat of the Benjamin Moore floor paint on a section of the bullnose. It seemed to dry much better than the first can we used. So maybe we just got an old can or bad batch. So we've got one more coat yet to go.
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Very cool. I may do something similar if I find that my step lights aren't bright enough.
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Do the lights stick relatively well with the self-adhesive backs or have you found that you need to add something to keep them where you want them?
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Looks amazing Mario...now I'm regretting not stopping over last Friday.

Jon
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Originally Posted by Spaceman View Post

Very cool. I may do something similar if I find that my step lights aren't bright enough.

I like the flexibility with these lights. The ability to change their color and adjust their brightness is really nice.
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Do the lights stick relatively well with the self-adhesive backs or have you found that you need to add something to keep them where you want them?

Yes. Time will tell though.

But they appear to be holding well.

I had to wrap it around a 90 degree corner so it did start to come up since I tried to give it a little curve. To make sure it didn't pull up though, I was able to squeeze an RJ11 jack up into the space to lock it in.
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Originally Posted by kermtfrg View Post

Looks amazing Mario...now I'm regretting not stopping over last Friday.
Jon

No worries Jon. Packer season is fast approaching. smile.gif
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Originally Posted by kermtfrg View Post

Looks amazing Mario...now I'm regretting not stopping over last Friday.
Jon

No worries Jon. Packer season is fast approaching. smile.gif

Eff yah, Go Packers! Sorry, got a lil excited there.

Any reason you didn't go with a hush box?

What did you make your door jambs out of?

Room looks unreal. I hope mine comes out 1/8th as good. This thread will go down in history like Sandmans.

Great Job
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Giants are gonna look incredible in that room eek.gif
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Originally Posted by cdika17 View Post

Eff yah, Go Packers! Sorry, got a lil excited there.
Any reason you didn't go with a hush box?
What did you make your door jambs out of?
Room looks unreal. I hope mine comes out 1/8th as good. This thread will go down in history like Sandmans.
Great Job

I'm excited to kick off the Packer season this year in the theater!

I opted not to go with a hush box for a few reasons. I don't mind looking at the projector...it's a dedicated theater room...you gotta have a projector. wink.gif Although, with the new HDMI balun, power is at the receiver, so now I've got to get creative with hiding everything.
Adding a hush box also requires venting, so that was one less major obstacle to overcome. I know the projectors are getting quieter and quieter. The AE4000U isn't that loud, so I'm hoping the next one will be even quieter.

I used Poplar wood for the door jambs.

Thanks for the compliments. I'm flattered.
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Originally Posted by snickers1 View Post

Giants are gonna look incredible in that room eek.gif

Sure...when the Packer's play them in November. smile.gif
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Originally Posted by cdika17 View Post

This thread will go down in history like Sandmans.

This. Nuf said.
post #2331 of 2773
never saw this. tried to search sandman, but too many members. Can you send a link?
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Sort the "Dedicated Theater Design & Construction" thread by clicking on the "views" column. His build will be at the top of the list.
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Thanks vanice!
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With the D-Box being a big part of the theater, I wanted myself and visitors to have the ability to see which movies are supported. I think there are just about a 1,000 titles coded to date.


So we recently modified DVDLobby to support displaying some custom fields while browsing your collection.

So for each movie that supports the D-Box, I can now show the D-Box logo over the cover art. I still have to go through my collection and tag each movie as a D-Box title, but you get the idea.

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We've also added a few new variables that get populated when you play a movie which will include start time and end time. This will come in handy for the virtual movie poster.
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27 Dresses...Really?

That looks like some nice software. I've been looking for something new. Have to take a look into that.
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Originally Posted by BllDo View Post

27 Dresses...Really?
That looks like some nice software. I've been looking for something new. Have to take a look into that.

You gotta keep the better half happy. smile.gif
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So I've got a working virtual movie poster now that dynamically updates.

Here's how it works, once you select the movie from MainLobby for the dedicated movie player for the theater, the movie poster is instantly displayed on the Virtual Movie Poster LED.

The Start and End Time's are automatically calculated.

I also display the rating, year, aspect ratio and run time.

There's still a lot more I'd like to do but due to time constraints it'll have to wait. I'd like to add some light sheens to the movie poster soon though to help draw the eye to the screen. It would also be really easy to scroll the synopsis along the bottom. It definitely deserves some movement to take advantage of the technology.

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Here's another look at it since the photo doesn't quite do it justice.
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post #2338 of 2773
Oh my gosh! Will this build ever end?!?! It seems like every day is filled with new and exciting awesomeness! biggrin.gif
Edited by nickbuol - 8/29/12 at 7:50am
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Awesome Mario!
post #2340 of 2773
You continue to impress!
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