My "Out of Africa" theater is "FINISHED" - Page 15

Spaceman, howzit? Luckily no air vents in the roof where ceiling and roof and wall meet. There is a whirly vent high up at the top of the roof - far from everwhere!

Hi guys. It was so hot and I just wanted to get it over with, so I just said to myself: Oh, just stuff it! I wore a PT short, T-shirt, barefoot (except when I entered the attic) and a breathing mask. Never again! Luckily it's finished now.

Daniel, I considered blown in insulation - I think it would work great - but it would have cost more and the biggest reason I decided against it is, anal me, I don' trust ANYBODY up there. It would just take one careless step, by one careless dude, through the ceiling into the soffits or worse, the star ceiling, to provoke me to attack him fiercely, with bare hands, clenched around his hissing windpipe, my eyes bulging in my sockets, screaming like a banshee............No, let's not go there.

Hi calimark, the WIRES my friend, all those blooming WIRES! and the fastening of the star ceiling as well. (another, maybe the biggest reason, is my GREAT ability to always postpone the biggest or hardest job till the end! )

Another little step closer to the finish line. The Aura bass shakers I've ordered have arrived! Yipeee! They are much bigger than I though. The pics on the website make them look smaller.



Here are the little landmines lined up on the stage, ready to be mounted.



Looks like one of the little alien robots from *batteries not included



This is how and where I attached the bass shakers to the chairs. The leather back flap just hangs down now and cover the shaker.



I like the effect of the shakers. I don't have a projecter yet so I "listened" some parts of movies with heavy LFE like the depth charge scenes in U-571. I use a cheap amp I've ordered from Amazon, so it does'nt kick you out of the chair, but still get a good effect. I also bought a 8 channel speaker selector and use it to individually switch the seven chairs' kickers on or off if the occupant don't like the effect. I also programmed the amp's IR into my Harmony remote to be able to adjust the effect on the fly as well.

Hi Austin, how are you? How's that Outdoor Paradise space of yours comming along? Any new pics?

Daniel, they are much cheaper - a literate "bang" for the buck.

Hi Search. What a GREAT compliment! Thank you so much.

All I need now to watch my first movie is the projector. Panny PT-AE8000 is comming out at the end of November here in SA. I must still come up with the money, but I believe I'll get it before the year is out. With all the strikes and bad economy here in SA it's anybody guess if it will be here come end of Nov.

Will

Hi Greg. This hobby is getting more and more expensive every day!! With the 3D Blu's you're talking about, don't forget about the 3D glasses
At this stage, my HT is just a very expensive music listening room. I've got all my CD's and music on my Android tablet and it works GREAT with the Yamaha App to stream music directly from the tablet to the amp. I've spend a few evenings in there just listening to my favourite songs. I'm going crazy waiting for the projector!!!!!!

Hallo RT, dit gaan baie goed met my, dankie dat jy vra. Nee, die garnale het darem nog nie oorgeneem nie!

I am waiting VERY ANXIOUSLY for my PJ to arrive! The shipment for SA's first batch of Panasonic PT-AE8000's are waiting in coustoms If you lived in South Africa, you will know that it can take anything from milenia to eternity for anything to happen here!! It should arrive today at the shop and the lady promised me she'll phone me as soon as the PJ is with her.

I've add a few other goodies to my rack - this reminds me to take some new pics! I'll try to do that tonight and post tomorrow.

I'M IN HOME THEATER LIMBO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My wife summed it up pretty well when she told me one day: "The way the HT is now is like having a brand, spanking-new super sports car: You can sit in the nice, soft leather seats, even adjust them, listen to music with the state-of-the-art sound system, put down the roof to see the stars twinkling, but without the engine you CANNOT DRIVE ANYWHERE!

But SOON, hopefully, my preciousssss will be in working order.........

Will

Hi Greg, how's it mate? 'Bout the cricket, at least we are still good with SOMETHING! (If crime was a national sport, we would definitely be the world champs!! ) Thanx for the goos wishes - the same to you and your family. The PJ has not arrived yet. I don't want to phone the lady everyday and sound like a broken record: "Hi, me again, have the Pannys arrived yet? No, just checking, thank you anyway......you'll phone me as soon as they arrive, right?..?"

I hate it to wait for something!!


Have a nice and sunny Christmas Downunder (no white Christmas's for us)

Will

Elmo, thank you for popping into my thread. Your HT is comming along nicely. The closer you get to the finish line, the harder it feels to do anything. Just hang in there and picture yourself watching movies in your own HT.

ps. VERY nice house and garden!!

It's here! It's here! IT IS HERE!!







At long last

The image looks great! No moire on the screen. Masking works great. DVD looks OK but should improve a lot when I get the Oppo 103 someday.
I was up till after 1am setting up the PJ and tweaking and calibrating it.

Here it is in it's little "nest"



And with the lenscap off:



Ain't she a beaut?





I will take the obligatory screen shots sometime with my tripod.

I can't believe I have a real Movie Theater in my home!! I still has'nt sinked in yet!

Thanx for letting me share my journey with you GREAT folks on this WONDERFULL forum!!

Till later

Will