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Tale of Two Theaters Wrapped Up Into One

cad3 — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:41:09 EDT

Bah, in 30 years they'll be throwing this stuff out as junk. It won't take a lot of money to have this then.

Of course, this level in 30 years will be full 3-d immersion; and you'll be telling stories to your grandchildren about how you had to suffer through the early days of mere HD TV...

cad3

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deusdiabolus — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:16:10 EDT

I second the blankets. Nothing says home theater like having a comfy throw to cover your lap...particularly if you get to snuggle with someone special.

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citizen.lambda — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:45:34 EDT

I see the old layout for some obsure reason... with the hideous XBox green scheme, but nonetheless the old layout... this calls for rejoicing at
1) The wisdom of the giz crew
2) sheer luck with my browser cache which for some reason didn't erase properly...

but yeah, YAY!

Also, on topic, nice Home theater room

citizen.lambda

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ecobore — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:10:58 EDT

Plus, it seems that in order to incorporate two screens, not only do you need a lot of money but you also need to have exceedingly bad taste!!! ;-) What hideous furniture and ummm, lovely reproduction lighting sconces... The whole thing looks like a bad set out of Dallas! Get with reality here guys, we are now in the C21st, not the C19th...

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tls1970 — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:05:03 EDT

What? Not popcorn popper? :-)

tls1970

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s0crates82 — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:00:48 EDT

There: a place
Their: something they own
They're: what they are
--

Neat room, someone spent a lot of time thinking about the use of it before construction.

s0crates82

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FrankenPC — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:42:33 EDT

This is so amateurish. If I had unlimited cash, I would embed micro-scopic LED's in the walls and move the image wherever I wanted via remote control. Hell, that way we would be one step closer to the holodeck.

Now, if only I could get my grubby mits on Seven of Nine....

FrankenPC

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Vtecno_Geek — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:19:25 EDT

Another solution is to have 2 different screens in front. One made out of a high-contrast gray and the other with a super-white color accurate screen. Have them both on powered mounts and with the push of a button go from light room casual viewing to dedicated movie viewing.

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dle5 — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:02:52 EDT

I thought of something slightly similar to this a while back when I first got my projector. I wanted to use to my perfectly good 32" plasma for something, but the room is so small that it really isn't practical. Still, it's great idea especially if you don't want to use up bulb time on channel surfing or shows you don't really care about.

dle5

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vinchbr — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:50:38 EDT

@ jeffj-nj
me too my dear friend... me too =)
someday i WILL have an entertainment center like that one =)
plus a pool table =D
you gotta have a pool table in a room with your own bar

vinchbr

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garrrgoyle — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:45:47 EDT

I need to alert my grandmother that her carpet and couch have been stolen!

You'd think with the amount of money and style that was put into the bar/card area, they could have spent a little bit on a decorator for the theater portion.

garrrgoyle

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IamHe_HeisI — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:26:18 EDT

I could live in this room. There are even blankets for sleeping on the couch.

Although, I'd probably go over everything with a black light first. Better safe than sorry. Lord knows what kind of movies their watching in there...

IamHe_HeisI

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zarchitect — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:45:34 EDT

So this way, HALF of the room is useless 1/2 of the time... Why not put the plasma BEHIND the screen (that rolls up of course) and create a furniture layout that takes full use of the room of whichever event you wish. If you have money to burn, may as well think a tad more... THEN, I'd put (4) 42-inchers side by side behind the screen and watch 4 games/shows/events at once... like at a real casino and such... if you're gonna' waste money, may as well waste electricity as well... oh but the solar panels on the roof take care of that so nevermind...

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Lazarus511 — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:45:03 EDT

One of the coolest setups I've ever seen. Bet the rest of the house is something to see.

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ceilingFANBOY — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:33:51 EDT

I never thought a 42" could look so small. Anyway, I would still prefer to just sit closer to a plasma or lcd, especially since none of the rooms in my house are that big, especially not the room in the basement. Then again, that's just preference. I don't like the look of projection tvs, front or rear.

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AskTheAdmin — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:32:58 EDT

Anyone still drooling? Everyone can aspire... Right???

I would have made the projector drop down from the ceiling and the screen to raise up from the floor all from a remote control. I'm just a sucka for automation though.

I would love to see there computer room!

Karl G. of [www.asktheadmin.co]

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Windhawk — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:30:04 EDT

And here I thought it was a fail-over setup.

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bigpolla — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:27:41 EDT

HAH
u know how much that wud cost
evry1 keep dreamin

bigpolla

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jeffj-nj — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:24:02 EDT

I hope have money some day.

Whole, whole bunches of money.

Because then I can do this, except with less ugly carpet. ;)

jeffj-nj