Home Cinema Projection Setup
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In my old house I built a little home cinema in a spare bedroom, many, many years ago. The room was small, I had a projector sat above the sofa and a 5ft screen about 6ft in front of it. With the old room I simply ran a long s-vhs cable up through the ceiling and down the front behind the screen into the old DVD player. I loved it and want to do something similar in my current house.
The new house has a much larger room and I'm wondering how you go about wiring everything up these days? I won't be using a DVD player, though would like the option to add one in the future, but will primarily be watching Netflix, Now TV etc. How would I get Netflix on to the projector these days whilst also hooking it up to a surround sound amp? I currently watch it via an amazon firestick or via the app on the TV.
The new house has a much larger room and I'm wondering how you go about wiring everything up these days? I won't be using a DVD player, though would like the option to add one in the future, but will primarily be watching Netflix, Now TV etc. How would I get Netflix on to the projector these days whilst also hooking it up to a surround sound amp? I currently watch it via an amazon firestick or via the app on the TV.
How would the picture be sent to the projector? That's the question I have.
The projector is going to be 40ft to the rear of the room whilst my TV etc it currently down the front of the room. I currently only own the firestick and smartTV. What options do I have for a standalone media streamer that will give me Netflix a decent picture and the ability to have surround sound?
The projector is going to be 40ft to the rear of the room whilst my TV etc it currently down the front of the room. I currently only own the firestick and smartTV. What options do I have for a standalone media streamer that will give me Netflix a decent picture and the ability to have surround sound?
justin220 said:
I would run an ethernet cable between the two, and have hdmi/cat5 Converters at either end.
Then whatever way you prefer to run Netflix into the AVR. It then outputs the selected source picture to the projector
Well, that just blew my mind!Then whatever way you prefer to run Netflix into the AVR. It then outputs the selected source picture to the projector
I had no idea modern receivers handled video too, let alone hdmi/cat5 converters existed. Think I need to do a little more research.
Thanks.
hyphen said:
Avforums.com
Cheers, I'll have a read on there later, but from what I've discovered over the last couple of hours it seems that I'll be able to sit the projector at the back of the room with the AVR near it, plug the firestick into the AVR's hdmi input, which will also carry the audio surround sound, wire up the speakers as normal and use the AVR's hdmi output into the projector. Bobs your Uncle.That sounds ideal.
If you do need to go for a long run of HDMI then there are optical ones that work far better - the conventional sort have problems with long runs. I just got this one https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07L2YGG68/ref... and it works well in 4k/HDR. You may not need 4k or HDR now, but perhaps later.
Putting the equipment at the back of the room is also a good idea, it is easier and cheaper to run long speaker cables than HDMI cables.
Don't rush into it, there's a whole world of stuff to learn before you spend money.
Putting the equipment at the back of the room is also a good idea, it is easier and cheaper to run long speaker cables than HDMI cables.
Don't rush into it, there's a whole world of stuff to learn before you spend money.
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