Cinema rooms - what have you got?

[paralla]

We only have a two bedroom flat so no space for a separate cinema room, the front room has to double up.

The L+C+R speakers are mounted behind the black oak slats with a cut-outs on the backing board. The 10" sub is at the bottom of the cabinet to the left of the fireplace, AV amp and Virgin box are also in there, rear L+R speakers are on the bookshelf at the back of the room. Plantation shutters all around.

Samsung QE65 90T
Virgin V6 box
Denon AVR
Sonos Connect
KEF T 205 5.1 speaker system

Fire surround needs another coat of paint. It feels like we should be eating popcorn just watching Gogglebox.

[DoubleD]

Thats certainly an interesting look!

[ayedubya]

Howard- said:

This is mine. Small room, but it's a great little space and it looks and sounds fantastic. 80" screen (wide-angle lens makes it look like a 50"!)


















Since the above photos I've moved the centre speaker onto a wall bracket

Edited by Howard- on Thursday 29th October 21:47

Nice set up!!! I have this remote... and our new set up has all the devices hidden in a cupboard... the fire tv box works but the logitech remote wont, seems i need an IR blaster? which i think the remote came with. I just can't see yours, do you have them strategically placed? or is there a way of it not using the IR and using BT or wifi? I am a bit clueless. thanks

[Zoon]

justin220 said:

Tell tale robot hoover tracks.

[justin220]

Ha! Well spotted.

[benjipeg]

hey havent read the whole thread only the OP and thought ii would mention that seeing as he wanted a twinkling ceiling effect - we have fibre optic stars in our steam room at work, powered by a sinle dichroic bulb and a rgbrgb wheel -
a quick look online shows led versions similar
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ceiling-450pcs-Remoter-Co...

[JEA1K]

Just completing this room for a client, going to be pretty amazing, hopefully have them in for Xmas. This was a room I designed with a unique feel based on the space available ...sadly I neither have the time nor the budget for my own room to be at this level

[Howard-]

ayedubya said:

Nice set up!!! I have this remote... and our new set up has all the devices hidden in a cupboard... the fire tv box works but the logitech remote wont, seems i need an IR blaster? which i think the remote came with. I just can't see yours, do you have them strategically placed? or is there a way of it not using the IR and using BT or wifi? I am a bit clueless. thanks

It comes with two IR blasters that plug into the back of the hub. I bought another one (the hub only has two IR blaster sockets but you can literally just splice the wires together) because I need two for my cabinet (the shelves butt up against the closed door) and a further one externally for my projector.

[Fat hippo]

Howard- said:

This is mine. Small room, but it's a great little space and it looks and sounds fantastic. 80" screen (wide-angle lens makes it look like a 50"!)


















Since the above photos I've moved the centre speaker onto a wall bracket

Edited by Howard- on Thursday 29th October 21:47

This looks great. What size room is this?
I’m toying of maybe carving up my existing kitchen into a study area and cinema room and small utility. Unfortunately its a stupid galley kitchen so about 8ft wide and, I think, 24 ft long.
Wondering what the absolute minimum size would be for a useable cinema room for 4 people

[Douglas Quaid]

I never understand why people make dedicated cinema rooms and have lights or in fact anything that detracts from the picture. Stars in the ceiling etc look cool on a picture but the ideal scenario is a completely dark room with treated walls, floor and ceiling so there are no reflections from the screen. Anything else is just fluff and makes the picture and experience worse not better.

[DoubleD]

Most people dont want to sit in a pitch black room.

[normalbloke]

DoubleD said:

Most people dont want to sit in a pitch black room.

It’s not once the screen is on....

[DoubleD]

normalbloke said:

DoubleD said:

Most people dont want to sit in a pitch black room.

It’s not once the screen is on....

The screen isn't a constant light, a film will flicker and this can make some tricky to watch if you have no other lighting on.

[markj113]

Just finished setting up first home theatre room in my new home (apart from the seats)

Optoma CinemaX P2 ultra short throw laser projetor
Vividstorm 100" motorised ambient light rejecting ultra short throw projector screen.
Denon X3600h amp
Crown 2 channel amp
Front L/R - Dali Lektor 6
Centre - Dali Zensor Vocal
Middle / Rears - Dali Zensor 1
Front/Rear Atmos - Dali Alteco C-1
Sub - BK Monolith Plus

Source - Nvidia Shield 2019 (tube version) streaming 4k media from a Synology NAS drive.

Speakers/Denon x3600h/crown amp where all sourced from ebay at a decent discount over new prices

My budget cabinet was made from 3 X 50cm half height kitchen units from B&Q at £22 a pop, some backing boards to fill the gaps and hide the wiring + an Ikea 2.46m worktop

Edited by markj113 on Saturday 14th November 11:16

[MrChips]

DoubleD said:

The screen isn't a constant light, a film will flicker and this can make some tricky to watch if you have no other lighting on.

Yep! You definitely need some ambient lighting to avoid eye strain as well. With good planning you can have some decent soft light with no reflections.

[normalbloke]

DoubleD said:

normalbloke said:

DoubleD said:

Most people dont want to sit in a pitch black room.

It’s not once the screen is on....

The screen isn't a constant light, a film will flicker and this can make some tricky to watch if you have no other lighting on.

I appreciate we all have different likes/dislikes. In my room, I want no other lights whatsoever when watching the screen. It’s also one of the many reasons I’ve stopped going to the cinema, the amount of ambient lighting left on was getting daft.

[OldSkoolRS]

normalbloke said:

I appreciate we all have different likes/dislikes. In my room, I want no other lights whatsoever when watching the screen. It’s also one of the many reasons I’ve stopped going to the cinema, the amount of ambient lighting left on was getting daft.

Yes, I'm the same too: I don't have any gear in my room, so no LEDs to light up the screen. I also doubled up having blinds and curtains to really block out any outside light. It's not perfect and I wouldn't want to watch during the day, but I could if I wanted to, with barely any outside light coming through even in summer. At night time it's completely black with the lighting and projector off. That way when I get a fade to black scene it goes completely dark (at least for a few seconds) and I get the full benefit of the JVC projector's contrast.

To avoid eye strain you should set the light output (NOTE: NOT 'brightness') to around 14fL for SDR content*.

I have some under sofa Hue strip lights that I've set to turn red when I go into 'Cinema mode' on my Harmony remote, but as soon as we've settled into our seat I turn them off. The star ceilings seem quite popular on USA forums, but I'm sorry I find them a bit tacky and would only turn them off during a film anyway.

• HDR is another matter, though I run at around 24fL and use a Lumagen for dynamic tone mapping.

Edited by OldSkoolRS on Saturday 14th November 12:50

[paralla]

These drive me mad when I’m at a cinema. I want it properly dark for the best immersive experience.

[Howard-]

Fat hippo said:

This looks great. What size room is this?

10x11ft. 3 people could fit on the sofa at a squeeze, could probably have a couple more people on the floor with the beanbags. Bit cosy though! 99.9% of the time it's just me


Re lighting, I only have the coloured Hue lighting because I like it. I don't have anything on when I'm watching, but I have a few different scenes I can then use when I'm just chilling in there listening to music or whatever.

I have blinds with curtains in front so during the day it's pretty much pitch-black in there.

[galtezza]

I mentioned earlier one of the marbella villas we were looking at (renting) had an open air cinema on the roof, the details of this one just came through & had this pic..

Fekin nuts!