Living room projector setup
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AB]7GUYJJzt[/url said:
OP, am I right in thinking you're relatively local to me? i.e. Wirral/North West?
We just had this done by a local joiner, he's done an incredible job IMO and our 77" TV fits perfectly in there, we're really happy with it if you want his details. We sent him some ideas from Instagram/Google Images and he came back with a design for us to sign off, we didn't want a fire underneath as we have one to the right but he'd be able to integrate one easily.
We're in the process of having this done in the basement for the kids by a local plasterer who has again done a fantastic job IMO, gap for 65" and soundbar we already have has been left. Happy to pass those details on too.
I can't see how a projector could ever give as good a picture as a decent TV, if they can, I've never seen it.
Christ those ceilings are low We just had this done by a local joiner, he's done an incredible job IMO and our 77" TV fits perfectly in there, we're really happy with it if you want his details. We sent him some ideas from Instagram/Google Images and he came back with a design for us to sign off, we didn't want a fire underneath as we have one to the right but he'd be able to integrate one easily.
We're in the process of having this done in the basement for the kids by a local plasterer who has again done a fantastic job IMO, gap for 65" and soundbar we already have has been left. Happy to pass those details on too.
I can't see how a projector could ever give as good a picture as a decent TV, if they can, I've never seen it.
judging by the door frame looks about 2.10 m
Edited by Purosangue on Thursday 22 February 13:21
Purosangue said:
AB]7GUYJJzt[/url said:
OP, am I right in thinking you're relatively local to me? i.e. Wirral/North West?
We just had this done by a local joiner, he's done an incredible job IMO and our 77" TV fits perfectly in there, we're really happy with it if you want his details. We sent him some ideas from Instagram/Google Images and he came back with a design for us to sign off, we didn't want a fire underneath as we have one to the right but he'd be able to integrate one easily.
We're in the process of having this done in the basement for the kids by a local plasterer who has again done a fantastic job IMO, gap for 65" and soundbar we already have has been left. Happy to pass those details on too.
I can't see how a projector could ever give as good a picture as a decent TV, if they can, I've never seen it.
Christ those ceilings are low We just had this done by a local joiner, he's done an incredible job IMO and our 77" TV fits perfectly in there, we're really happy with it if you want his details. We sent him some ideas from Instagram/Google Images and he came back with a design for us to sign off, we didn't want a fire underneath as we have one to the right but he'd be able to integrate one easily.
We're in the process of having this done in the basement for the kids by a local plasterer who has again done a fantastic job IMO, gap for 65" and soundbar we already have has been left. Happy to pass those details on too.
I can't see how a projector could ever give as good a picture as a decent TV, if they can, I've never seen it.
judging by the door frame looks about 2.10 m
Edited by Purosangue on Thursday 22 February 13:21
Plenty high enough for the kids!
Purosangue said:
These modular TV systems are the future
when price comes down to affordable levels its going to be a game changer
200k for 4k resolution
90k for 2k resolution
I went to a dealer launch of the Samsung Wall in Frankfurt in 2019 ... some of their LED technology is mindblowing but is still way off sensible consumer pricing as above. They had 4k, 8k and 16k media on show ... impossible to really see much if any improvment over 4K ... the human eye isn't getting any better!when price comes down to affordable levels its going to be a game changer
200k for 4k resolution
90k for 2k resolution
Edited by Purosangue on Thursday 22 February 13:26
Until the tech is more cost effective to produce, then projection will still be the choice for a larger format image.
Other than the cost, the issue for me is that you go back to the problem of where the centre speaker goes: The biggest improvement to my set up was getting three identical high quality LCR speakers, mounted at ear height, behind an acoustically transparent projector screen so the sound comes directly from the screen, not above or below it. I don't care how much you angle the speakers it doesn't sound as good as coming straight from behind the screen like a proper cinema.
Some lovely looking cinema rooms, I've managed to get our builders to do something that has made the old TV room into something that works much better for us. The TV is 55inches, project screen is 100. 5.1 surround only but it's good enough for me. Someone mentioned light control earlier, I think I need to consider getting the celling painted in a dark colour but that can wait.
On a similar topic the plan is now to use the old study as semi excercise room (rower) and bike maintenance space. When clearing stuff came across my old projector I bought probably 2 decades ago, and given I now also have a 'spare' AVR + 5.1 speaker system, once the study is cleared off stuff, plan is to take out some desks and setup a 5.1 setup to keep me motivated with rowing......yes an iPad/screen would be fine, but playing with gadgets is fun
On a similar topic the plan is now to use the old study as semi excercise room (rower) and bike maintenance space. When clearing stuff came across my old projector I bought probably 2 decades ago, and given I now also have a 'spare' AVR + 5.1 speaker system, once the study is cleared off stuff, plan is to take out some desks and setup a 5.1 setup to keep me motivated with rowing......yes an iPad/screen would be fine, but playing with gadgets is fun
gangzoom said:
Some lovely looking cinema rooms, I've managed to get our builders to do something that has made the old TV room into something that works much better for us. The TV is 55inches, project screen is 100. 5.1 surround only but it's good enough for me. Someone mentioned light control earlier, I think I need to consider getting the celling painted in a dark colour but that can wait.
I saw this on AVF; why did they put the centre speaker so far off to the right though? Doesn't look like your seating position is shifted to that side. OldSkoolRS said:
I saw this on AVF; why did they put the centre speaker so far off to the right though? Doesn't look like your seating position is shifted to that side.
Laws of physics (more so building regulations) sadly. There is a brick flue behind the media wall that’s for the fire place in the main living room. Bar the sound bar the main living room is was deemed to be a ‘speaker free’ zone by SWMBO. The TV in main living room is over a decade old 50inch Panasonic plasma, the plan is to replace with something like the LG ‘frame’ in due course, with any additional AV gear hidden in the cupboard below, I’ll run an IR repeater for anything that needs remote control. 
The log burner caused plenty of headache else where too, with us having to get a separate HETAS approved installed out to work with the builder to find a way to pipe the flue through the en-suite upstairs with sky light in the way. Very brief conversations were had about not bothering with the wood burner, but they very just that, very brief conversations
Edited by gangzoom on Saturday 7th September 21:04
OldSkoolRS said:
Just shows how much the room decor (and total lack of ambient light) can improve the picture.
Only really starting to explore how to optimise image quality on the projector, can 100% see why you need dark ceilings, but it's getting there. Really hard to actually show on a photo, but all of a sudden 'drivers' view in games like Forza actually make sense. Need to upgrade the AVR though to get a 4k image from the projector.
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