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My modest home theater!!

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I first got into this hobby 15 years ago. Over the years I have learned a ton and read a lot on these forums. This is my most recent theater. I built the screen myself (128 inch 2:40.1) and used Sintra and had Mississippi Man from the DIY forums paint it.

I have used Pioneer Elite for years and always had great luck out of their products. The SCLX801 and UDPLX500 are doing a great job matched with my JVC DLA RS620.

I recently upgraded speakers and went with B&W CM9S2 mains, a 2S2 center, and DS6 S3 surrounds.

My next upgrade will be subs. Im currently using BIC F12s but will be upgrading those once I make a decision on what I want. The BICs do a really good job for the money but im sure an upgrade will be nice!!!

Im also running an Outlaw5000 amp.

I built this room as an addition on my house. It was originally set up for a pool table (before I got into home theater) and thats why there were so many windows. I think it turned out good the way I blacked out the windows and hung acoustic panels I built as well.

Its a work in progress (aren't they all!) but im happy with the way it is set up for now!!

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WOKNROX
Nice looking room bud..
I'm sure you're spending a lot of time enjoying it..
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lizrussspike
@maybelooking1, great looking room!! The BIC's are okay, but if you could get a cupla 18's in there, it would be insane. The F12 is decent, as I have owned one at one time, but now have some 15's and 18's and it is so different.
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Great equipment and a nice sized room. That JVC projector must be begging you to darken the walls, but I'm sure it will understand if you watch nothing but sports and sitcoms.

If your room gets used like mine, one of those 6 sofa-seats is going to be a wreck in no time, while the other 5 will be pristine.

Enjoy!
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lizrussspike
Have to agree with @DavidK442, I have a JVC RS420, and the best thing I did for movie watching was put black velvet on the walls. Game Changer!!
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lizrussspike said:
Have to agree with @DavidK442, I have a JVC RS420, and the best thing I did for movie watching was put black velvet on the walls. Game Changer!!
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Ive been planning on doing that at least to the wall the screen is on. But if you guys say it makes that much difference I may just go ahead and do the entire room.

Im in love with this projector. It absolutely puts to shame everything I have had prior. I thought My panny AE8000 looked good!!!! But wow this JVC is amazing.
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lizrussspike said:
@maybelooking1, great looking room!! The BIC's are okay, but if you could get a cupla 18's in there, it would be insane. The F12 is decent, as I have owned one at one time, but now have some 15's and 18's and it is so different.
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Ive been told there are subs that will just kill the BICs......namely Rythmik.....but I just cant swing them right now. Maybe in the future!!!

The BICs do a good job though. Im very please with them for the money!!!
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I am sure for now the subs will be fine @maybelooking1! The first thing I did with the black velvet for the ceiling was install the first 5-6 feet. Watched a couple of flicks, and was hooked. I did another 10 feet from there. My whole room is not done yet, but just about halfway, to the projector. Doing the wall behind the projector almost has the image float. I also covered my L/C/R speakers in black velvet as well.
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WOKNROX
I can second the 620.... throws a beautiful picture..

Also, black out the entire room and the image quality will go WaY up.

Nice room bud.
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I just painted the screen wall today with flat black. The difference is stunning!

Hard to believe it made that much of an improvement.
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So after painting the wall black, I decided I wanted to go back and build fabric panels for that entire wall. This is the end result. Im pleased with how it turned out.

Next I am going to paint the ceiling.

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lizrussspike
@maybelooking1, I bet that picture from that 620 is amazing in your good looking room. Well done on darkening. Maybe you could post a picture of an image in the dark while projecting?
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Great looking! Black background will display more clear.
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maybelooking1 said:
So after painting the wall black, I decided I wanted to go back and build fabric panels for that entire wall. This is the end result. Im pleased with how it turned out.

Next I am going to paint the ceiling.
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lizrussspike said:
@maybelooking1, I bet that picture from that 620 is amazing in your good looking room. Well done on darkening. Maybe you could post a picture of an image in the dark while projecting?
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Vankyo said:
Great looking! Black background will display more clear.
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Gotta pipe in after all this time since I didn't catch this when it originally posted.

Painting the actual surrounding screen wall Black (or any Flat dark color) around the screen can do nothing to improve the preservation of Blacks and Contrast on screen because no light from the screen itself can reflect off the surface. ( light does not bend 180 degrees in either direction...) Now if one is viewing a screen in ambient light, the effect of a Black surrounding Trim or Wall will trick the eyes into seeing Blacks and Colors stand out more. But that is in fact just an illusion. Black Trim was and always has been something to accommodate projected light oiverspill from formatting /framing issues.

Nope...the only benefits that revolve around the screen wall being a dark color or fabric is that it is not collecting projected reflected light coming off adjoining wall and ceiling surfaces and therein lighting up and detracting from the immersion the Screen itself provides. In fact...if the Ceiling and the Side Walls are effectively treated with a Flat / Matte very dark Grey or super saturated Black, that alone will render the surrounding Wall area around the screen virtually moot...it will appear to recede to black anyway due to the light output of the Screen overwhelming the eyes' ability to see the surface surrounding the edges of the projected image.. At most, painting the surrounding Screen Wall serves as a cosmetic improvement when the lights are up....

The real improvements come from the treatment of all surfaces that lay at right angles to the Screen, with the Ceiling being the most critical, and the Side Walls a close second....unless the latter are crowded by the Screen coming almost up against them. It is the light reflecting off those surfaces (...if left untreated...) that will wash out "on screen" Blacks and degrade Contrast and Colors, while also lighting up a non-treated area surrounding the screen.

All the above is pretty much a course in "Room Effects on Projection Screens 101", but too often it seems the really pertinent information gets omitted or misstated so....here it is...in Black & White.

Treat a Ceiling first and foremost....then the surrounding Walls...and worry about edging the Screen in something dark last of all.
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