Hello. I'm about to embark on a home renovation project and transform one of my bedrooms and my previous office area into a dedicated home theater + home office as one
I am looking for some advices in building as well as selection of projector screen and projector.
I am sorry, I posted this in projectors to because I thought I would get some helpful advices about selection, but I would like to hear some veterans here in building home theaters to help me out with some advices converting below area to dedicated home theater. Anything you might see or have ideas I would really like to hear.
Let me first introduce you to a project. Shots of the converting loft area space:
Wall - current:
Wall - intended modifications:
Side shot as you enter the loft area from the stairs:
Current loft area - plans for seating + pre-room merge:
Photoshopped loft area - with room merge - the room through the wall is my new office from one of the bedrooms
Also, frontal shot showing the spacing:
Now for the intended equipment:
I was thinking of getting
- Onkyo receiver 605 or 805 one
- I have 6+1 Klipsch Synergy speaker setup w/ 12" sub
- I have HD-A20, PS3
- Furniture needs to be bought.. I'm thinking regular sofas with nice leather with ottomans upfront and nice retractable coffe tables (don't ask, there's plenty of choices for this)
- Projector Optoma H80 or Panasonic A2000U 1080p
- Screen: Elite ezFrame 106" fixed or Da-Lite Perm-Wall 110" with high-power (i'm just afraid that 30 angle won't do here.. I think optimal viewing angle I have here is around 35 degrees), but I would really like to hear people's opinions about Optoma GrayWolf II 106". Per THX recommended settings my setup for first and second rows at 106-110" screens is absolutely perfect.
Now, I would really need some help picking screens and projector. I just want to get something really nice so I don't have to change stuff soon.. I'm thinking first choice Optoma H80 + Elite ezFrame 106", though Panasonic A2000 has some good reviews, 16000:1 and it has 3 HDMI inputs. I see it's quite adjustible, but I'm thinking that Optoma even though it has very limited adjustments will fit PERFECTLY in my new home theater setup. The distance is just right, the height, the ac blows directly on the projector so the heating of the projectors will be lowered.
I'd also ask for advice on how much I would ideally have to lift the second row for optimum viewing. Some advices here are appreciated.
The idea is to merge visually my office in that other room and the home theater so I can jump for a game of Xbox 360 or PS3 or drop a hi-def movie or even watch some movies on hi-def channels (LOTR comes to mind or some football
)
Oh the budget for the projector is up to $3k and screen around $600-$700. I wouldn't go much over that. Full budget for transformation with furniture is between $5-$6k. I would like not to go really over that.
Thanks a lot of your help.
I am looking for some advices in building as well as selection of projector screen and projector.
I am sorry, I posted this in projectors to because I thought I would get some helpful advices about selection, but I would like to hear some veterans here in building home theaters to help me out with some advices converting below area to dedicated home theater. Anything you might see or have ideas I would really like to hear.
Let me first introduce you to a project. Shots of the converting loft area space:
Wall - current:
Wall - intended modifications:
Side shot as you enter the loft area from the stairs:
Current loft area - plans for seating + pre-room merge:
Photoshopped loft area - with room merge - the room through the wall is my new office from one of the bedrooms
Also, frontal shot showing the spacing:
Now for the intended equipment:
I was thinking of getting
- Onkyo receiver 605 or 805 one
- I have 6+1 Klipsch Synergy speaker setup w/ 12" sub
- I have HD-A20, PS3
- Furniture needs to be bought.. I'm thinking regular sofas with nice leather with ottomans upfront and nice retractable coffe tables (don't ask, there's plenty of choices for this)
- Projector Optoma H80 or Panasonic A2000U 1080p
- Screen: Elite ezFrame 106" fixed or Da-Lite Perm-Wall 110" with high-power (i'm just afraid that 30 angle won't do here.. I think optimal viewing angle I have here is around 35 degrees), but I would really like to hear people's opinions about Optoma GrayWolf II 106". Per THX recommended settings my setup for first and second rows at 106-110" screens is absolutely perfect.
Now, I would really need some help picking screens and projector. I just want to get something really nice so I don't have to change stuff soon.. I'm thinking first choice Optoma H80 + Elite ezFrame 106", though Panasonic A2000 has some good reviews, 16000:1 and it has 3 HDMI inputs. I see it's quite adjustible, but I'm thinking that Optoma even though it has very limited adjustments will fit PERFECTLY in my new home theater setup. The distance is just right, the height, the ac blows directly on the projector so the heating of the projectors will be lowered.
I'd also ask for advice on how much I would ideally have to lift the second row for optimum viewing. Some advices here are appreciated.
The idea is to merge visually my office in that other room and the home theater so I can jump for a game of Xbox 360 or PS3 or drop a hi-def movie or even watch some movies on hi-def channels (LOTR comes to mind or some football
)Oh the budget for the projector is up to $3k and screen around $600-$700. I wouldn't go much over that. Full budget for transformation with furniture is between $5-$6k. I would like not to go really over that.
Thanks a lot of your help.
