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How often do you use your 2nd row?

1884 Views 23 Replies 18 Participants Last post by Digital Man, May 19, 2007

strange_brew

Discussion Starter · May 17, 2007

Just curious how much people use their 2nd row of seating, and what the circumstances are that lead to that usage pattern?

My wife and I had this discussion last night and came to the conclusion that we would only use it 10%-15% of the time, since we usually have 1 other couple over. Another thing we talked about is having 7 vs. 8 seats and how that would be socially awkward since we tend to socialize in multiples of 2. Anyway, I think I'll still go ahead and do it, but I'm interested in hearing others' thoughts and figured it would be an interesting topic for discussion.

Craig.

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Cathan

· #2 · May 17, 2007

The way I would approach seven seats is that I would still only invite two other couples and just allow an empty seat. That way even the last person to pick a seat has an option.

Personally I'm looking at 6-7 seats for my theater so that we have room to host people (mostly it will just be my wife and I). If entertaining - 60% of the time it's just four of us, 35% it may be six.

chinaclipper

· #3 · May 17, 2007

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Originally Posted by strange_brew /forum/post/0

Just curious how much people use their 2nd row of seating, and what the circumstances are that lead to that usage pattern?

Craig.

Interesting thread Craig.

My wife and I are the primary users of our HT.

That being said, a HT with just 2 real nice seats would be a bit odd.

We decided the "three cool theater seats" would take care of us and a friend.

The four (five?) "cheap seats-ie cinema style seating) would take care of the occasional other folks. We don't do alot of entertaining though, so it worked for us.

Of course, when people discover this cool HT experience, it MAY change...

Best,

Tom

Chinaclipper

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McCall

· #4 · May 17, 2007

I have a family of nine. I have nine theater seats.

As for the second row which is five of the nine, it is the PRIME seating. Front row is for those that prefer a less intense experience. and either is great for music only which we often have as well since the quality of our audio equipment is so good and some of the listening modes are fabulous.

Love to sit in the dark theater and listen to music.

Randito3

· #5 · May 17, 2007

The second Row gets used all the time in my home. When I finished my home theater I thought we would use the front row all the time, but my wife and I decided the 2nd row was the best since it was elevated a foot up. My kids also prefer the 2nd row when they are in there watching movies without us. In theaters I tend to sit mid way up in the middle and thats the stadium seating theaters where I live.

I guess its just feels the same...the screen seems as big in my room as it does from my viewpoint at the commercial theater.

Randy

Loserland

· #6 · May 17, 2007

I was surprised to find the the 2nd row was the sweat spot also.... The second row gets used equally as much as the first.....

chinadog

· #7 · May 17, 2007

I always sit in the front row. 99% of the time at least. When we do a family night my kids and my wife sit in the back row. We have a loveseat sandwiched between two individual seats and the kids like to cuddle with my wife. I do sit back there on occasion when the kids are sitting int he front row while playing 360.

Bud

BritInVA

· #8 · May 17, 2007

Just wished I had a 2nd row

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strange_brew

Discussion Starter · #9 · May 18, 2007

Thanks guys, great feedback, keep it coming!

Cathan, every time I see your sig it makes me laugh. A man after my own heart. Classic.

Ash Sharma

· #10 · May 18, 2007

I was surprised to note that I used the 2nd row instead of 1st in my 8 seat theater.

2nd row is my preference.

johnnykretentiv

· #11 · May 18, 2007

I use the second row during every movie in my 6 / 8 seat theater. I say 6 / 8 because I have 2 beanbags for overflow seating.

Stew4msu

· #12 · May 18, 2007

We have 7 seats (3 in front, 4 in rear). 90% of the time, it's my wife and I and we sit in the front row. We only use the rear row when we have family visiting from out of town or the occasional guests. When it's the 2 of us and our son we use the 3 front row seats. In the 2+ years I've had the theater, I've never had more than 7 people use it and that's only happened twice.

strange_brew

Discussion Starter · #13 · May 18, 2007

Thanks guys. I'll add another element to the question - now that you have your theaters up and running, would you configure your seating any differently?

tonybradley

· #14 · May 18, 2007

I ALWAYS sit in my 2nd row. Standard Def DVDs look better on my Sony Progressive Player and Panny 500 PJ from the 2nd row. If I ever go with the Oppo or another upconverting player, then maybe I'll start using the 1st row more.

Cathan

· #15 · May 18, 2007

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Cathan, every time I see your sig it makes me laugh. A man after my own heart. Classic.

Thanks.

I've been half tempted to design a Scotch themed room but She Who Must Be Obeyed has other ideas.

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McCall

· #16 · May 18, 2007

I, for one would not configure my seating any differently.

w84no1

· #17 · May 18, 2007

I haven't finished my theater yet, but I am going with a sectional for the room. I need the floor space. I have one little one and one on the way. But the sectional is somewhat flexible as it is a love seat and a sofa with a wedge. Once the kids are out of the toddler stages, I am going to build a platform and put the love seat on it and the front row will be the sofa. So I will get to test 2 different seating arrangements.

mike_orst

· #18 · May 18, 2007

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Thanks guys. I'll add another element to the question - now that you have your theaters up and running, would you configure your seating any differently?

For my 2 rows of seats (4 in each row) I purchased them so I can re-configure them in multiple ways. Each seat is an individual seat, however 3 have left arms, 3 have right arms and 2 have both left and right arms.

With this configuration I can create 2 rows of all individual seats. 1 row of individual seats + 1 row with 2 individuals and 1 love seat. 1 row w/ 2 individuals and 1 love seat and a second row with 2 love seats, etc...

The options are almost endless. At first I liked having the 2 love seats in our front row, but when you have mostly guys over, they don't really enjoy having to share a love seat.

My current config has a single love seat in the front row (w/ 2 individuals, one on each side of the love seat) and the back row is all individuals.

Since my theater was just completed we have a lot more individuals coming over then couples so have the individual seats is nice. I think as time goes on and we will have more of our couple friends over the love seats will be good. Most people don't have any issues with all individual seats. Also with kids I can fit 3 kids in the love seat.

Also I will have a bar in the back with 4 more seats so when we do events like superbowl parties there will be some over flow seating. The seats aren't in a good location for movies, but for sporting events they will be fine.

Mike

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Zinema

· #19 · May 18, 2007

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When I watch a TV Show or a movie together with my wife we always sits in the rear row. She does not like to sit closer to the screen and against all my first expectations when I started to build the HT she likes to feel the strong low frequency vibes which are a bit more intense in the rear row.

When I watch a movie alone or when we have invited friends I prefer to sit in the front row - since there is also the sweet spot and I like to experience the large screen feeling.

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Randito3

· #20 · May 19, 2007

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Originally Posted by strange_brew /forum/post/0

Thanks guys. I'll add another element to the question - now that you have your theaters up and running, would you configure your seating any differently?

I have 3 sits in the front and 3 in the back. With my room size this is perfect, If I had a bigger room I would put 4 seats per row and would have a 3rd row. I will be doing that with my next home and theater build.

Randy

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