Two long days, no updates buddy
Whats up ? I believe the D-day is nearing.
Would love to know about the latest updates on the project.
. Will post pictures this weekend.. I thought the long box which read "Projection Screen" was more than 10 feet long. I was worried if it would fit on my front wall. Took help from my neighbour and quickly unboxed it, more out of anxiety than excitement. Thank God!! The width measured to around 8.5 feet. My calculations did not go wrong. The quality of the screen is top notch when compared to few other brands that I checked.
congrats on purchasing screen i too have that screen one word AWESOMESorry Pavan, no pictorial updates as USB access is blocked at my work place. At home, I have been too busy and hardly find any Internet time
One update is that I received the 120 inch diagonal Optoma Panoview screen - 16:9 . First impression when I saw it was
The projector should reach me by 25th of this month. I will have one week to set it up.
Hopefully, I will be able to fit the projector mount and the projector screen this weekend. Monday is a holiday for me. If all goes as per plan, I should be able to hook up the stereo and listen to music for the first time in this room:yahoo:.
hyeah: And watch movies Multiplex style at Home." which is on October 3rd, 2009. This is deliberate and is because we are at the finishing stages, I want to be around and ensure finishing is to my expectations. 
Thanks Mate!! May your wish come true
All the best, looking forward for the completed setup. I like the red
? Been busy with the HT build, so could not post updates. Here goes:
Here is a pic of some lighting effects. I have used red LED spot lights on red cloth. Gives it a very dramatic effect, I must say:
The entrance to the HT has two doors. One is a normal wooden door and when you open that, I have a pair of doors (made it a pair to reduce space). here is how it looks now with some red LED spot lights. Door Handles are yet to be fitted.
The Optoma Panoview 120inch 16:9 screen was fitted last night. The black bracket that you see is for mounting the 42 inch Panny Plasma. Here is a WIP pic:
After fitting, it looks like this:yahoo:
Pending tasks that need to be completed by Friday:
1) I got some blue led rope lights in the cove. I shall post a picture when I am done. I will need your suggestion if I should change to red or leave it.
2) Doors need to be fitted
3) Area around the TV needs to be finished in black
4) Flooring - Initially, I am planning to go with an old carpet that I have lying at home. If I found the music to be alright, then I shall carpet it. If the sound seems lifeless, then I shall lay wooden flooring.
5) All the equipment needs to be hooked up. Cabling work is still pending, only speaker cables have been routed so far. This is one of the major task.
6) Plasma TV will be fitted tomorrow, the bracket was fitted too low
7) Optoma HD20 projector is yet to arrive. I have not been able to reach the chap who is getting this for me. I hope it reaches me by Friday at the latest.
I was taken for a ride by the Plasma dealer. He had delivered a demo piece. Thanks to a useful post by fellow member, Madbullram to find out Usage time. I will be posting my experience on that thread and paste link here. Anyways, since I was tough with them, I got the next higher model for the same price. Thanks to member Opert for some tips on how to threaten :clapping: and also letting me named some of his contacts in media.
I am taking half a day leave today to get work done. Logging off now.
BTW, that picture with the blue cove light is not from my Home Theater. I found that on another online forum.Thanks Subhash. You are right about the space, there is a little more than 1 feet on either sides of the screen. I have two sets of speakers as below:
1) Jamo E570 Floorstanders - Will be used for Home Theater and some genres in 2.1(have a Jamo sub200) mode using my AVR. These will be closest to the left and right walls. I do not expect any problems here as the space should suffice even after I have providing some space between the side and rear walls + toe-in. However, I do expect problems with my second set of front speakers.
2) B&W DM610 Bookshelves - Will be used purely for listening to stereo connected to my power and pre combo. These are mounted on custom made stands and will be placed next the Jamo speakers (on the inner). I do expect height related problems. i.e., I will not be able to see portions of the screen as these speakers will come in the way. The workaround is that I will have to lift them off the stands and place them on the floor while watching movies. The stands do not need to be moved as they are two feet in height and lower than the screen
Sorry if I have confused you with the arrangement. Just imagine two pairs of speakers on either side. The ones on the outer are the Jamos while the inner set are B&Ws.
Is anyone able to think of any other ideas to overcome this? I shall post a picture when I have the speakers are ready to move in to the HT Room.
Thanks again Sumit. Will stick to blue rope lights for the cove then
