Hello All,
I wanted to start a thread in which to chronicle the construction of my dedicated theater, game room, theater lobby and A/V room.
Here are the details of each of the rooms.
Movie Theater:
24' x 30' x 12'. We worked with our architect back in 2003 when formulating the floor plans of the entire house to purposefully design it in advance so that there is stadium seating to keep people from seeing the heads of people in front. The rear rows are not risers built as afterthoughts, but rather we built out that room about a foot-and-a-half lower than the rest of the 2nd story of the house. The theater has a 12' ceiling in the front where the screen and proscenium are located, and 10' ceiling in the rear. There are 22 seats: three rows of seating with 8 theater seats in the first row, 7 in the second row, and 7 in the third row.
There will be two “money seats” in the second row. All other seats recline and the seat bottoms become upright. These seats were bought from an actual movie theater.
Each row is a little over 8" higher than the previous row.
I have 24 tactile transducers which will be mounted below each seat and row to provide an impact to all viewers.
The speakers are complete Klipsch THX ULTRA2 speakers with LCRs, two side dipolars and two rear centers. The two center rears are both upgraded from the standard rears and are the same as the LCRs.
There are two big subwoofers with two 1000 watt amplifiers for them.
I have a 2 Terabyte Home Theater PC from EPICENTER with capability of storing about 200 Standard Def DVD movies on the hard drives, all my music, and pictures which are then distributed to other rooms in my house using Microsoft Xbox360’s as Media Center Extenders. The HTPC also has HD DVD access with the capability of having HD DVD movies also stored on the hard drives. I have attached to the computer 5 Sony VAIO firewire 200-DVD changers which are daisy chained to each other to allow for an additional 1000 movies which are displayed in the interface for instant viewing. If you are interested in more information about the HTPC, please feel free to PM me.
The projector is the JVC RS1. Not much to say about it, other than how great it is. There are numerous threads in $3000+ Projector forums stating how it is a fantastic projector.
My screen was put together about half a year ago. I actually received help from one of the long-time contributors (MississippiMan) of the DIY Sceen forum, who provided advice and helped to build the screen, as well as suggesting to create the starfield.
The screen measures about 90 inches high and 16 feet wide. This gives us about a 212” diagonal 2.35:1 screen with a high-gain screen. Unfortunately, I don't know what that gain is.
When using the 16:9 aspect ratio, the screen diagonal is approximately 221".
The ceiling is a starfield with about a thousand points of fiber optic light. It has the Milky Way, a whole bunch of constellations, and two shooting stars that span the width of the ceiling. It is painted completely in flat black.
A soffit is built around the perimeter of the theater with 3” can lights, and we have columns strategically placed to hide the left, right, and surrounding speakers. The center speaker and subs are hidden in the stage and proscenium.
Two rows of crown molding are dropped 3” so that rope lighting will illuminate the side and edges of the ceiling and the walls / soffitts.
The stage has four steps up and is built with a semi-circular shape. It is sturdy enough to allow for performances, such as karaoke and Guitar Hero competitions. Beneath the stage is hollow with a large crawlspace.
The walls will be covered by a red and black brocade fabric with a continuous elegant pattern. Hidden behind will be a combination of diffusors and Linacoustic.
The Lobby has an 8oz popcorn machine maker with wheels and stand. There is a movie marquee and we will have a candy counter and ticket taker.
The A/V room contains enough cable to allow for every room in the house to have 2 CAT5E and 2 RG6, as well as in-wall and in-ceiling speakers with CAT5E for electronic volume and source controls. It feeds signal for 16 HD DVR, DVR, and On-Demand boxes. It integrates with an HAI panel for internet control of the alarm, security cameras, garden sprinkler
automation, and lighting controls using UPB. All the audio and video components will be stored on two racks with an isolated electrical panel. It will have climate control for all of the generated heat.
The Game Room is 23' x 33' x 10' in dimension. It contains a 8’x9’ wet bar with sink. Adjacent to it is a foosball table and have a 8’ pool table with a Stroh’s Beer billiard bar light. There are two 10-person oval red felt poker tables.
I’ll try to answer as completely and as frequently as possible. Feedback and advice is very welcome.
Take care,
J.
I wanted to start a thread in which to chronicle the construction of my dedicated theater, game room, theater lobby and A/V room.
Here are the details of each of the rooms.
Movie Theater:
24' x 30' x 12'. We worked with our architect back in 2003 when formulating the floor plans of the entire house to purposefully design it in advance so that there is stadium seating to keep people from seeing the heads of people in front. The rear rows are not risers built as afterthoughts, but rather we built out that room about a foot-and-a-half lower than the rest of the 2nd story of the house. The theater has a 12' ceiling in the front where the screen and proscenium are located, and 10' ceiling in the rear. There are 22 seats: three rows of seating with 8 theater seats in the first row, 7 in the second row, and 7 in the third row.
There will be two “money seats” in the second row. All other seats recline and the seat bottoms become upright. These seats were bought from an actual movie theater.
Each row is a little over 8" higher than the previous row.
I have 24 tactile transducers which will be mounted below each seat and row to provide an impact to all viewers.
The speakers are complete Klipsch THX ULTRA2 speakers with LCRs, two side dipolars and two rear centers. The two center rears are both upgraded from the standard rears and are the same as the LCRs.
There are two big subwoofers with two 1000 watt amplifiers for them.
I have a 2 Terabyte Home Theater PC from EPICENTER with capability of storing about 200 Standard Def DVD movies on the hard drives, all my music, and pictures which are then distributed to other rooms in my house using Microsoft Xbox360’s as Media Center Extenders. The HTPC also has HD DVD access with the capability of having HD DVD movies also stored on the hard drives. I have attached to the computer 5 Sony VAIO firewire 200-DVD changers which are daisy chained to each other to allow for an additional 1000 movies which are displayed in the interface for instant viewing. If you are interested in more information about the HTPC, please feel free to PM me.
The projector is the JVC RS1. Not much to say about it, other than how great it is. There are numerous threads in $3000+ Projector forums stating how it is a fantastic projector.
My screen was put together about half a year ago. I actually received help from one of the long-time contributors (MississippiMan) of the DIY Sceen forum, who provided advice and helped to build the screen, as well as suggesting to create the starfield.
The screen measures about 90 inches high and 16 feet wide. This gives us about a 212” diagonal 2.35:1 screen with a high-gain screen. Unfortunately, I don't know what that gain is.
When using the 16:9 aspect ratio, the screen diagonal is approximately 221".
The ceiling is a starfield with about a thousand points of fiber optic light. It has the Milky Way, a whole bunch of constellations, and two shooting stars that span the width of the ceiling. It is painted completely in flat black.
A soffit is built around the perimeter of the theater with 3” can lights, and we have columns strategically placed to hide the left, right, and surrounding speakers. The center speaker and subs are hidden in the stage and proscenium.
Two rows of crown molding are dropped 3” so that rope lighting will illuminate the side and edges of the ceiling and the walls / soffitts.
The stage has four steps up and is built with a semi-circular shape. It is sturdy enough to allow for performances, such as karaoke and Guitar Hero competitions. Beneath the stage is hollow with a large crawlspace.
The walls will be covered by a red and black brocade fabric with a continuous elegant pattern. Hidden behind will be a combination of diffusors and Linacoustic.
The Lobby has an 8oz popcorn machine maker with wheels and stand. There is a movie marquee and we will have a candy counter and ticket taker.
The A/V room contains enough cable to allow for every room in the house to have 2 CAT5E and 2 RG6, as well as in-wall and in-ceiling speakers with CAT5E for electronic volume and source controls. It feeds signal for 16 HD DVR, DVR, and On-Demand boxes. It integrates with an HAI panel for internet control of the alarm, security cameras, garden sprinkler
automation, and lighting controls using UPB. All the audio and video components will be stored on two racks with an isolated electrical panel. It will have climate control for all of the generated heat.
The Game Room is 23' x 33' x 10' in dimension. It contains a 8’x9’ wet bar with sink. Adjacent to it is a foosball table and have a 8’ pool table with a Stroh’s Beer billiard bar light. There are two 10-person oval red felt poker tables.
I’ll try to answer as completely and as frequently as possible. Feedback and advice is very welcome.
Take care,
J.
I have to say it is well worth it. My only regret now is that we are needing to finish the detail work but no one wants to do it 
I have a few pics in the members section. Of course some things have changed since the original posts so below the link, I have a pretty updated list of gear.
