Pimp My Garage - Page 14

Yay, carpet is done.

First pic is lighter than in person, last two are closer to the actual color.







Wanted to put the columns back in the room, but it appears that the gap between the 2x2 mounting strips and 1/2" plywood furring strips has shrunk (wood swelled), so they won't fit. Grr. Need to figure out how to whittle down either the back "rails" of the columns or the furring strips, probably the latter.

Thanks guys - took him a while, but I'm glad he took the time to do a nice job with the installation.

Thanks again guys. I got the columns back in today, forgot to take pics though.

I do plan on getting the blu demo disc, thanks Leo - first order of business will be getting a player though.

I bought a bluray player yesterday, got the Sony BDP-S380. It seemed to have the features I wanted, and was relatively cheap - and even though I'm not a big Sony fan, they created bluray, so I figure they're a safe bet as far as media compatibility. Was looking at the LGs initially, but the reviews I saw weren't all that flattering in some cases (including choking on some titles).

I also finally extricated my Berklines from the boxes they've been sitting in in the garage for like I dunno six months? and dragged them into the HT. Still need to fiddle with placement, and getting the chairs in each row connected together, and stuff some power strips under them and hook up the recliner motors. Glad to have that space in the garage available again.

I'm still a projector and screen short of operational - but soon hopefully!

Here's some updated pics with the columns back in and the seating installed.





ghetto wiring - need a power strip with a longer wire, and something to cover the wire on the carpet:





going to test out a few sub orientations, starting with this one:



bunged column face panel before I fixed it - wasn't too bad to fix fortunately:



This weekend, I'll try to get the rack wired up again and installed - had to remove everything to get it out when they put in the carpet, it was just too heavy and awkward to move. Hoping that the casters roll OK on the carpet in the closet. Then measure to see what the sub response looks like in various locations behind the screen.

Thanks guys.


Weird thing is, in person, the seats really feel like they fill up the room - in the pictures, they look pretty dinky.

I'm still researching projectors (have been for five years, lol) - Panny 4000 and JVC HD-250 are my frontrunners, but it sure would be nice if Panasonic came out with the 4000 successor soon, I just know if I buy a 4000, the 5000 will be announced the day after.

For screen, definitely will be Seymour A/V DIY material, and planning on buying a Jamestown screen frame, so I can just plug and play that part.


They are the 13175s.

Thanks fotto. It isn't a standard offering, but I contacted James, the owner, and he said he could do it for me (with two vertical braces offset from the middle, instead of the standard one in the middle, to not interfere with the center channel). The price was $75 off the price with the material. I also contacted Chris @ Seymour to verify that it should work, and he didn't see any problem.

I liked the reviews I saw of the Jamestown screens, as far as general construction and finish. I had been pricing the 80/20 aluminum T stock stuff, but it would have cost me about the same as the whole Jamestown premade frame (and that's before adding wood frame, velvet). The idea of getting something nicely priced that should be easy to get together definitely appeals to me, I'm getting tired of building everything, I want to watch a movie!


Berkline 13175.


It seems like a good option to me, but I haven't seen anyone try it yet. No reason I can see that it shouldn't work though.