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post #1141 of 1242
1/13/13 at 7:10am
Dude - that lens flare is killing me!! eek.gif

Or maybe it's the glare of Total Theater Awesomeness Syndrome that is blinding me?

Definitely one or the other!





Awesome job! cool.gif
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post #1142 of 1242
1/13/13 at 8:09am
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Originally Posted by hanesian View Post

Dude - that lens flare is killing me!! eek.gif

Or maybe it's the glare of Total Theater Awesomeness Syndrome that is blinding me?

Definitely one or the other!





Awesome job! cool.gif

Bahahahahhahahahahaha!

Thanks, Hanesian!
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post #1143 of 1242
1/13/13 at 12:53pm
Well, Hanes, I'll never be the same after seeing that! eek.gif
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post #1144 of 1242
1/13/13 at 2:17pm
Yeah, Hanes can do that, and he does so on a regular basis.

Ok, after having had the horror of the above photo, I feel compelled to post the following (PG13) photo to get this thread back on track.

Enjoy!



I was thinking of putting a "Stripper pole" in my basement and rented a temp one and had these two over for a demo (came with the rental) and after the demo, decided the pole was totally worth it.

Regards,

RTROSE
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post #1145 of 1242
1/13/13 at 2:23pm
RT, you are currently my favorite AVS member! You should be getting a badge in the mail any day.

BTW, I wonder if that's where Vik got his inspiration for his soffit design rolleyes.gif
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post #1146 of 1242
1/13/13 at 3:03pm
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Originally Posted by RTROSE View Post

Yeah, Hanes can do that, and he does so on a regular basis.

Ok, after having had the horror of the above photo, I feel compelled to post the following (PG13) photo to get this thread back on track.

Enjoy!



I was thinking of putting a "Stripper pole" in my basement and rented a temp one and had these two over for a demo (came with the rental) and after the demo, decided the pole was totally worth it.

Regards,

RTROSE

Subscribed!
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post #1147 of 1242
1/13/13 at 3:51pm
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Originally Posted by J_P_A View Post

RT, you are currently my favorite AVS member! You should be getting a badge in the mail any day.

BTW, I wonder if that's where Vik got his inspiration for his soffit design rolleyes.gif

Hey buddy thanks! Now that you mention it that curve DOES look familiar! So THAT is where Vik got his idea!

Regards,

RTROSE
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post #1148 of 1242
1/13/13 at 6:27pm
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Originally Posted by RTROSE View Post

Now that you mention it that curve DOES look familiar! So THAT is where Vik got his idea!

Haha! biggrin.gif

The room looks great jdanforth! The wall treatment, shelving, just everything turned out perfect.
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post #1149 of 1242
1/13/13 at 8:14pm
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Thanks for the compliments, fellas.

I just posted this in the before/after thread and I thought I'd share it here. I'm shocked when I look at these photos from the day we put an offer on the house vs. today:

The day we put an offer on the place in 2011 and January 2013, respectively

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post #1150 of 1242
1/14/13 at 7:37am
When will the 'best of" start-to-finish time lapse video be released?

Inquiring minds want to know! cool.gif
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post #1151 of 1242
1/14/13 at 7:44am
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Originally Posted by hanesian View Post

When will the 'best of" start-to-finish time lapse video be released?

Inquiring minds want to know! cool.gif

...with bonus outtakes/blooper reel and director commentary
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post #1152 of 1242
1/14/13 at 7:50am
Those Before and After shots are very striking eek.gif
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post #1153 of 1242
1/14/13 at 8:27am
Awesome space! And even my wife said so! wink.gif

Btw, how you like the MacMini+XMBC? It still couldn't bitstream HD audio with the current generation, correct?
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post #1154 of 1242
1/14/13 at 8:50am
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Originally Posted by hanesian View Post

When will the 'best of" start-to-finish time lapse video be released?

Inquiring minds want to know! cool.gif

I really should get to work on that in my copious spare time! I think I'm at least one video behind anyway.
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...with bonus outtakes/blooper reel and director commentary

Now we're talking! That's a project I can get behind. biggrin.gif
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post #1155 of 1242
1/14/13 at 8:52am
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Originally Posted by NickTheGreat View Post

Those Before and After shots are very striking eek.gif

I thought the same thing. You get so accustomed to the room that it's easy to forget just how plain it was when I got started on this project.
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post #1156 of 1242
1/14/13 at 9:10am
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Originally Posted by landshark1 View Post

Awesome space! And even my wife said so! wink.gif

Btw, how you like the MacMini+XMBC? It still couldn't bitstream HD audio with the current generation, correct?

That's quite a compliment, thanks!

I think that Mac Mini + XBMC is an excellent combination but my usage is more limited than most. I get XBMC crashes every now and then during database updates and I wonder if Windows or even OpenELEC wouldn't be a better choice to maximize the quality of the user experience.

As far as I know the HD audio bitstreaming limitation has more to do with OSX than it does with the hardware. Some of the Mac hardware will support it if you install Windows/Linux on the box but I'm not sure if the Mini will do that. For me it's a moot point, sadly, since my Meridian 568.2mm doesn't support HDMI audio anyway. It would if I bought some additional hardware and some weirdo cables blah blah FirstWorldMeridianProblems...

So, in summary,
Mac Mini XBMC
HD Audio bitstreaming = no
HD Audio conversion to 5.1 formats works fine via Toslink
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post #1157 of 1242
1/14/13 at 4:30pm

Congratulations, man!  Your room looks amazing.  I love the open feel to it, too.  Nice work!

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post #1158 of 1242
1/14/13 at 5:20pm
Aren't you in Raleigh? I would love to come see this beauty one day if you want to have a meet up. What are you using to control your lighting?
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post #1159 of 1242
1/14/13 at 5:47pm
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Originally Posted by jdanforth View Post

Thanks for the compliments, fellas.

I just posted this in the before/after thread and I thought I'd share it here. I'm shocked when I look at these photos from the day we put an offer on the house vs. today:

The day we put an offer on the place in 2011 and January 2013, respectively


Looks great, I had a question, do you have any issues with lighting just using the recessed lights on the edges of the room? I see you have some painted in the center but I was planning on leaving center lights out of my room and just using the soffit. Just wanted some feedback from someone with similar lighting. Thanks!
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post #1160 of 1242
1/15/13 at 7:03am
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Originally Posted by stevegravley View Post

Congratulations, man!  Your room looks amazing.  I love the open feel to it, too.  Nice work!

Thanks! Still some decoration, etc. to go but I'm comfy in there.
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post #1161 of 1242
1/15/13 at 7:08am
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Aren't you in Raleigh? I would love to come see this beauty one day if you want to have a meet up. What are you using to control your lighting?

I'm in Durham. I've been thinking about a meetup. That would be fun.

Lighting control: mostly my right index finger but occasionally thumb. Since there are three switches I also sometimes mash the whole bank of them with my palm. wink.gif
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post #1162 of 1242
1/15/13 at 7:18am
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Originally Posted by SKINSnCANES View Post

Looks great, I had a question, do you have any issues with lighting just using the recessed lights on the edges of the room? I see you have some painted in the center but I was planning on leaving center lights out of my room and just using the soffit. Just wanted some feedback from someone with similar lighting. Thanks!

I do have some issues with the lights in my soffits but it has everything to do with room design. The layout of my soffit lights splashes a little too much light onto the screen. If you put them in be very careful about how close they are to the screen and think about buying the light directors/grids/scrims to keep the light off the screen.

I REALLY like the center lights as work lights. Center lights are great for reading at a dim level, vacuuming/cleaning, changing projector lamps, maintenance, etc. I would seriously re-think adding a few for those reasons.
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post #1163 of 1242
1/15/13 at 8:51am
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I do have some issues with the lights in my soffits but it has everything to do with room design. The layout of my soffit lights splashes a little too much light onto the screen. If you put them in be very careful about how close they are to the screen and think about buying the light directors/grids/scrims to keep the light off the screen.

I REALLY like the center lights as work lights. Center lights are great for reading at a dim level, vacuuming/cleaning, changing projector lamps, maintenance, etc. I would seriously re-think adding a few for those reasons.

If it's alright, I'd like to add to this comment.  You can also consider putting the back center ceiling lights on a separate dimmer than the front center ceiling lights.  I've done this in two rooms and it works really well for keeping the light off of the screen maintaining little dim lighting on your seating area.  When my kids are watching movies/tv, I always leave the lights on dim in the back because they will start to play around room, climb the couch, make pillow forts, etc.  It's just too dark with no lights on at all.

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post #1164 of 1242
1/15/13 at 11:24am
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Originally Posted by stevegravley View Post

If it's alright, I'd like to add to this comment.  You can also consider putting the back center ceiling lights on a separate dimmer than the front center ceiling lights.  I've done this in two rooms and it works really well for keeping the light off of the screen maintaining little dim lighting on your seating area.  When my kids are watching movies/tv, I always leave the lights on dim in the back because they will start to play around room, climb the couch, make pillow forts, etc.  It's just too dark with no lights on at all.

my intent was more that I didnt want the holes in my ceiling. it was easier to create my sound proof bunker. Ill have the soffit lights on seperate circuits so im not worried about light on the stage. It was more if the sides on high could light up the room for vaccuming, as you said. I was going to use LEDs so they can be really bring, but the light will be coming from the sides. Ill have sconce lights too...
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post #1165 of 1242
1/15/13 at 8:48pm
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my intent was more that I didnt want the holes in my ceiling. it was easier to create my sound proof bunker. Ill have the soffit lights on seperate circuits so im not worried about light on the stage. It was more if the sides on high could light up the room for vaccuming, as you said. I was going to use LEDs so they can be really bring, but the light will be coming from the sides. Ill have sconce lights too...

My side lights can light up the room fairly well on their own but keep in mind I have something absurd like 18 of them around the perimeter.
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post #1166 of 1242
1/15/13 at 11:30pm
I only have 2 can lights in my back soffit, 3 along each side and 3 above the screen. With all on at 100%, there is plenty of light for clean-up/vacuuming. It's amazing how much light is reflected off the screen.
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post #1167 of 1242
1/16/13 at 5:06am
Amen brothas.

I don't have any lights within 12' of my screen and my place is a CAVE. I cannot stand to watch anything other than like football with the lights one click above completely dark. It negatively impacts image too much for cinema viewing IMO, but for a social thing like football I have a "Dynamic" setting I go-to which blues out the screen balance but has enough pop with a moderately lighted room to still be viewable.

Much also has to do with contrast, black levels, and lumens of the projector........

JD, your room looks awesome man, but one question. Isn't having that liquor so close by a bad idea!?

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post #1168 of 1242
1/16/13 at 5:42am
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JD, your room looks awesome man, but one question. Isn't having that liquor so close by a bad idea!?

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NEVER!
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post #1169 of 1242
1/16/13 at 8:02am
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Originally Posted by Spaceman View Post

I only have 2 can lights in my back soffit, 3 along each side and 3 above the screen. With all on at 100%, there is plenty of light for clean-up/vacuuming. It's amazing how much light is reflected off the screen.

sounds good, ill hvae at least that many too so i think ill be fine. Theres only 11 feet across of no lights, my family room probalby has 11 feet between the four high hats anyway.
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post #1170 of 1242
1/17/13 at 1:06pm
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Originally Posted by jdanforth View Post

I'm in Durham. I've been thinking about a meetup. That would be fun.

Lighting control: mostly my right index finger but occasionally thumb. Since there are three switches I also sometimes mash the whole bank of them with my palm. wink.gif

I just now finished reading all 39 pages! What a great thread. I look forward to watching the videos later. So that answers my question, you haven't done the GE or some other lighting controller yet? I really like the XBMC conversation in here as well. If you do a meetup please let me know.
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