Ok novice designers - here's your chance to strut your stuff!

State Guy,


Check this out. I put it together quickly. I faced the seating toward that small double window for 2-row seating. Bad about this idea is the screen might be a little low (but not by too much) because of the vault above. Also, the left surround (if you plan to do 7.1) is in a challenging spot to mount because of the bar area.


Now, if you only planned on 1-row, turning everything 90deg to the left (stairs to the left of the seating vs behind you) may be a better option.

swithey - thanks! Your set up is what I was thinking, but I did not want to predispose anyones ideas.


A few questions:


1) My primary concern with this layout is what the heck to do with the screen. How do you mount a fixed screen to a severely sloped ceiling?


2) I'm leaning towards the new Panny projector. What size screen is best for this size room and that projector? I would like to be able to put the projector on a to-be-built shelf on the rear wall. Would that be high enough to walk in front of it without getting in the way? Is there a better placement option?


3) How high would that screen need to be mounted to be hung at the proper height? I'm afraid the screen will have to be moved further into the room to get the correct height (in which case I will go with one row of seats - no biggie).


4) The staircase is open on the side (just a railing with pickets). Is it even worth my time/money to scrap the railing and add a wall (and a door to the steps)?


I really appreciate your time!

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I like the idea of creating a new "false" wall (as mentioned by lmunz22) and putting your speakers, etc behind that wall. Then affix your screen to that new wall. It would create a very CLEAN look.

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Because of the length of your room, putting the projector on the back wall may not "zoom down" enough for an 8' wide screen. You are welcome to go larger but you need to consider your distance to the screen from the seats. If you're too close, you might notice SDE or too many artifacts in the movie. I wanted to go with a 10' wide screen and even watched a movie at that size. It was impressive but found myself missing a lot of the movie (because I had to constantly "pan and scan" to see everything) and had neck pain from looking up so high. I decided on 8'. However, personal preference is always the deciding factor.

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Ideally, you want your eyes to be 1/3 of the way up the screen. That puts the top of an 8' x 4.5" 16:9 screen at roughly 6'9". You would need to build the "false wall" out about 18"-20" (hard to say since I do not know the slope of your roof) to gain the height needed for the screen.

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If you did fully enclose the room, you could keep movie sounds inside the room where they belong. And.. not bother the other people in the house as much