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post #391 of 943
Your room is looking great. Betting that you will be rewarded for your patience and his attention to detail - took my installer 10 hours to lay the carpet. Maybe fire up the grill and stir up a few cocktails to help pass the time...
post #392 of 943
Looks great Brad! Exciting I bet.

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post #393 of 943
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Looks great Brad! Exciting I bet.

Happy Easter everyone-

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post #394 of 943
Thread Starter 
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.
post #395 of 943
Looks awesome Brad!!
post #396 of 943
Coming together nicely. Will be awesome to see once your columns and panels are back in!

Great work!
post #397 of 943
Well Brad, it's official....Your room is going to be awesome when you finish it. Great choice on the carpet.
post #398 of 943
Man the carpet looks fantastic!

Great Choice!

Regards,

RTROSE
post #399 of 943
Thread Starter 
Thanks guys - took him a while, but I'm glad he took the time to do a nice job with the installation.
post #400 of 943
Eh, it's ok I guess...

Just kidding Brad! Looks amazing!!!! I have been considering a similar carpet in a gray color. You made a great choice!
post #401 of 943
Love the pattern, great choice.
post #402 of 943
Brad just looking awesome. Now that you are going to start plugging and testing things up you should take a look a this demo disc...

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...080p+demo+disc

If you have a Bluray burner it can be burned to a 50GB disc, if not it can be access through a media server or media streamer.

Everything is 1080P and HD lossless audio.

Keep the updates coming. Very nice.
post #403 of 943
Looks great. I'll be watching your thread
post #404 of 943
Thread Starter 
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.
post #405 of 943
Thread Starter 
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.
post #406 of 943
So when is the open-house premier viewing...?
post #407 of 943
Thread Starter 
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So when is the open-house premier viewing...?

I'm still a projector and screen short of operational - but soon hopefully!
post #408 of 943
Thread Starter 
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.
post #409 of 943
Looks great. Glad to hear that you may get a chance to get it wired back up. Coming together!

Regards,

RTROSE
post #410 of 943
Brad things are REALLY starting to look great!! I love the carpet with the black seats and cant wait to see the fabric treatments on the walls. The black and dark brown were my color choices for my first build and still may be for version 2.0 as I like them together very much.
post #411 of 943
Awesome!
post #412 of 943
Nice Brad!

Seats look like a perfect fit...gonna be sweet....

What projectors/screen combos are you thinking about?

Maybe we could buy the same projector and get a deal.
post #413 of 943
Hey Brad,

What Berkline model are those chairs?
post #414 of 943
They look like the 13175's with the motorized recline option.
post #415 of 943
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They look like the 13175's with the motorized recline option.

Yeah, I believe you are right-same as mine.
post #416 of 943
Thread Starter 
Thanks guys.

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Originally Posted by HuskerOmaha View Post

Seats look like a perfect fit...gonna be sweet....

What projectors/screen combos are you thinking about?

Maybe we could buy the same projector and get a deal.

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.

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Hey Brad,

What Berkline model are those chairs?

They are the 13175s.
post #417 of 943
Brad, everything looks great! Got to be getting excited.
Was curious about the Jamestown/Seymour comment...will they sell you just the frame and you supply the screen material? Looked at their webpage but it wasn't obvious to me.
post #418 of 943
lookin good bud..

what brand n model of da seats?
post #419 of 943
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Brad, everything looks great! Got to be getting excited.
Was curious about the Jamestown/Seymour comment...will they sell you just the frame and you supply the screen material? Looked at their webpage but it wasn't obvious to me.

I second this question as I too am interested in this route?!

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Originally Posted by sathyakamaraj View Post

lookin good bud..

what brand n model of da seats?

Seriously?? He JUST answered this EXACT question LITERALLY 2 posts above your question!!
post #420 of 943
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by fotto View Post

Brad, everything looks great! Got to be getting excited.
Was curious about the Jamestown/Seymour comment...will they sell you just the frame and you supply the screen material? Looked at their webpage but it wasn't obvious to me.

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!

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Originally Posted by sathyakamaraj View Post

lookin good bud..

what brand n model of da seats?

Berkline 13175.

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Originally Posted by Iusteve View Post

I second this question as I too am interested in this route?!

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.
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