RaleighWood build thread - Page 3

Glow in the dark stars would look good but I think it would be difficult to charge them. With the deep boxes any uv source near the sides of the room would have a large shadow. You would probably have to walk around the room with a portable UV light and charge the paint.

I know that exact picture you're talking about because I had the same idea!

Here's my concern. In that picture, the grid was suspended below the ceiling, leaving room to look through to the ceiling. In other words, the vertical space didn't exist. In your setup, the vertical space is there, so you don't see through it to the ceiling in the adjacent box. Do you know what I mean?

Of course, you and I don't have any options there because the joists are there, but I just thought if you painted the vertical space with stars, it may mitigate that limitation.

Another option I had considered was to build the coffer about 4 inches below the ceiling, suspended. You don't get as much space, and you lose that sense of the heightened ceiling.

Anyway, just my thoughts, sorry if I derailed a bit.

EDIT: That's a good point, StockMonkey

What do you plan to put on the bottom cross section, trim or drywall?

Hey guys, great work so far Pinstripes. I just wanted to chime in as another local on the board here!

Too big? Heck no! But ultimately, its a personal choice, the only calculation that matters is what size feels right to you / your circle that watches regularly with you. The THX, SMPTE, etc. guidelines might be good to start with, but if you prefer more or less immersion than the guidelines, that's what makes a HT great, you can tune it specifically to your own needs, versus a statistical average of a large population.

I sit about 12' from a 136" wide 2.35:1 image. In my case, I decided not to go CIH, but rather chose the width I wanted for 2.35:1, and the height I wanted for 16:9, so neither feels compromised - ended up with 136" x 64" viewable area, about a 2.125:1 ratio - "constant image area" more or less.

If that seems big, check tony123 and MoparMudder, which are much bigger. But its all a matter of taste. I decided on my screen size and aspect ratio by buying my projector, mounting it temporarily (sitting on boxes on top of one of my rear seats), putting up a cheap temporary screen (bleached white muslin from Joanne's), and watching movies on it at various sizes for a couple weeks, before ordering my screen.

I think that this is a REALLY good question that can only be answered by people who are on the other side of these projects. I'm especially interested in hearing from the professional installers and designers to hear their thoughts on how their clients use their theatres after several months of ownership.

I wish I could help you with screen size, pinstripes. I have always been planning on a 120" wide 2.35:1 screen because it "seems right" in the room. I mocked it up in tape and with white photographer's paper and it seems right to me. I've got more of that paper if you want to try for yourself!

How big are the screens at Audio Advice? Maybe you could bring a measuring tape and ask if you could pace out distances from their various screens. Two of them are 2.35 and one is 16x9 if I recall correctly.

Yes, manual zoom method.

I actually don't have the FIOS box hooked up, so I don't know yet about sports - I don't watch sports as often as I used to. The RS20 doesn't have FI though, so it wouldn't be as good for sports as newer projectors that have it. I use the HT room exclusively for movies and music so far; will add gaming soon (xbox 360); TV not as much of a priority, as I prefer to watch most TV programming with the lights on, closer to a fridge.

I basically starved myself of movie watching while I was building the HT, saving up a lot of titles that I wanted to watch until I had it done - and now merrily working through the backlog.

looks good

It's not exactly sane, but...

We're not unloading the dishwashers here. There is passion with HT builds; and with passion comes a little bit of healthy insanity. This is the reason I perfectly wrapped the metal tape on a duct I just moved instead of simply slapping it on haphazardly. Will it ever be seen? Nope, but I had to get it as perfect as my skinny non-contractor IT butt could get it anyway.

By the way, keep up the good work. I'm still stealing your inset coffering idea.

I think most of us are pretty anal on these little things too - and know that if we didn't do that third coat of mud, it would probably bug us even if noone else would notice.

I LOVE that gray! I have admired that section of Restoration Hardware quite a bit lately. YEAH! That looks fantastic!

Every time we were installing in-walls at a customer's home we would hand the grilles to the painters who would spray them. They always looked top-notch.

Looking really good. And as someone who recently tiled a bathroom, wet bar, and fireplace area, I hear you on the knee pads!

Keep it up.

Wow your theater is coming together and looking good!

I really like those sconces...where did you get those?

I hear you about trying to make the drywall perfect. Thanks alot for mentioning a 3rd coat of mud! I was thinking two is going to be fun enough...oh well.

Dale

How did you like the quality of the paint from Restoration Hardware? I love the palette but I'm not crazy about the price! I have always loved the Behr ultra premium from Home Depot so it would take a lot to convince me to try another brand!