The Eames lounge chair used to be on my list until I sat my ass in a Leolux Volare. It's going to take you a fork lift to get out of it because it's so comfortable.
By Smokey Go To PostHDTV test has their review up too
Vincent cracks me up.
By Daz Go To Postcant find any Eames chairs fro less than 600 brexitsSee if there is any Ekornes furniture you like for a similar price. They are also super comfy.
By Kibner Go To PostSee if there is any Ekornes furniture you like for a similar price. They are also super comfy.Kibner, no. Just fucking no.
By reilo Go To PostKibner, no. Just fucking no.😈
By Smokey Go To PostFirst GX setup I've seen. Looks stunning. 77" version too.Look at that ugly rectangular cable raceway. Look at the shadow it casts. You use a low profile rounded one and paint it with the same paint you used for your wall. The basics, ffs. 6/10
Does anybody use a projector? I haven't paid attention to them in a while. I assume they still aren't very good, unless you spend a decent amount of money.
I'm starting to just kick around ideas of equipment in a dedicated media room, which will hopefully be coming sooner rather than later.
What about a media "rack" like this:
I'm starting to just kick around ideas of equipment in a dedicated media room, which will hopefully be coming sooner rather than later.
What about a media "rack" like this:
But why
And who did that molding work? It looks like it's about to fall out. Fender, come get that mans
And who did that molding work? It looks like it's about to fall out. Fender, come get that mans
Or like this
Googling around seems that for a serious projector without getting too wild, a Sony VW285ES is a good start:
less than $5,000 in this case is about $4,300 (from amazon)
or for much less a BenQ TK850 which gets much brighter (3000 lumens), but if you're in a light controlled room, not sure how much that matters.
Googling around seems that for a serious projector without getting too wild, a Sony VW285ES is a good start:
Why you should buy this: Cinema-grade 4K picture quality for less than $5,000.
Who it’s for: The home theater enthusiast who wants to build a lifelike cinema in their abode.
Why we picked the Sony VW285ES:
Sony’s groundbreaking VW285ES projector is the most affordable cinema-grade model the company has ever produced. A legitimate, native 4K HDR cinema-scale projector (dishing out 4096 x 2160 resolution as opposed to the more common 3840 x 2160), this model is designed for enthusiasts who want a genuine cinematic experience in their home.
Where other projectors claiming 4K quality typically use some manner of digital pixel shifting to achieve it, this model offers exact pixel-for-pixel reproduction, which is ideal for those who want the most immersive experience possible. The projector offers only 1,500 ANSI lumens of brightness, so the picture isn’t designed for daylight viewing, but it does offer excellent black levels and contrast in darker rooms, especially with the expanded HDR color gamut.
If you’re after full cinema quality, but don’t want to spend the $25,000 it costs to buy a top-of-the-line model (like Sony’s VPL-VW885ES), you’re going to want to take a serious look at this model, which combines great picture with a tolerable price point for the average home theater enthusiast.
less than $5,000 in this case is about $4,300 (from amazon)
or for much less a BenQ TK850 which gets much brighter (3000 lumens), but if you're in a light controlled room, not sure how much that matters.
a projector is doing too much? what?
nobody says you're doing too much buying a jag or a porsche in SF, but bring up something high end in HT, and "you're doing too much" ?
aight
nobody says you're doing too much buying a jag or a porsche in SF, but bring up something high end in HT, and "you're doing too much" ?
aight
By Smokey Go To Posta projector is doing too much? what?
nobody says you're doing too much buying a jag or a porsche in SF, but bring up something high end in HT, and "you're doing too much"
aight
Think it's just the broken image link m8.
why would you stack these things somewhere where people can see them anyway? my shit is in the server closet.
By Dipro Go To Postprojectors are so 2008.
this is what i'm asking. i don't have any idea what state they're in, in 2020. i know they've always been behind mainstream tech, and generally more expensive for stuff like 4k and hdr.
but then again, 120''+ screen.
By Dipro Go To Postwhy would you stack these things somewhere where people can see them anyway? my shit is in the server closet.
this is also what i am asking ffs. i said does anybody know about a media rack. closet. whatever. just stuff to store the equipment, and "out of the way".
yeah it's nice but usually they're pretty loud and you have to turn them off and they make the room hot.
i liked them when all you could buy are 40 inch lcds for 4000 dollars but these days i rather put a 82" tv in the room.
i liked them when all you could buy are 40 inch lcds for 4000 dollars but these days i rather put a 82" tv in the room.
By Smokey Go To Posta projector is doing too much? what?And the rack? Come on man, that's a $10k investment for the equivalent of a $4k OLED. Plus you really need a room without any sort of light infiltrating it to get proper brightness out of it and you're not accounting for cost of the screen to help with visual fidelity.
nobody says you're doing too much buying a jag or a porsche in SF, but bring up something high end in HT, and "you're doing too much" ?
aight
By Smokey Go To Postthis is also what i am asking ffs. i said does anybody know about a media rack. closet. whatever. just stuff to store the equipment, and "out of the way".
i paid someone to put them all neatly in a closet. what more do you need to know?
By Dipro Go To Postyeah it's nice but usually they're pretty loud and you have to turn them off and they make the room hot.
i liked them when all you could buy are 40 inch lcds for 4000 dollars but these days i rather put a 82" tv in the room.
curious, when's the last time you used one extensively?
maybe all of the innovation and tech went into the short throw projectors.
I looked at 4K hdr projectors before getting my OLED and nah the cost of changing the bulb every few years is just not worth it. Maybe in the future tho
By reilo Go To PostAnd the rack? Come on man, that's a $10k investment for the equivalent of a $4k OLED. Plus you really need a room without any sort of light infiltrating it to get proper brightness out of it and you're not accounting for cost of the screen to help with visual fidelity.
but...i am? a media room implies a room with very little or no light at all, which is what i'm referring to, hence the use case for a projector.
obviously a projector in a room with multiple windows and light is not the best idea.
By Smokey Go To Postcurious, when's the last time you used one extensively?2016 maybe.
maybe all of the innovation and tech went into the short throw projectors.
i would be surprised if they aren't loud and hot anymore.
and then you need to darken the room and turn it off asap so the bulb doesn't explode.
By Freewheelin Go To PostI looked at 4K hdr projectors before getting my OLED and nah the cost of changing the bulb every few years is just not worth it. Maybe in the future tho
By Dipro Go To Post2016 maybe.
i would be surprised if they aren't loud and hot anymore.
and then you need to darken the room and turn it off asap so the bulb doesn't explode.
yeah...
hm
ok
guess it comes down to a massive screen size versus the upkeep that would come with a projector. in my head this would be a room strictly for movies,sports, and the like. for everything else, primarily gaming, a regular big screen oled would serve that purpose.
By Dipro Go To Posti paid someone to put them all neatly in a closet. what more do you need to know?
do you like the setup?
was it worth the money?
what about changing out equipment, cabling etc?
By Smokey Go To Postdo you like the setup?i pay people to worry about that -ish.
was it worth the money?
what about changing out equipment, cabling etc?
By Dipro Go To Postit gets unbearably hot too after a while but i guess 'muricans have AC in their homes?
yes
By Dipro Go To Posti pay people to worry about that -ish.
got it.
By reilo Go To PostSmokey, you're doing too much lol
This is why people live in Texas. Not gonna lie, if I had the space the space I would have a projector set up and like a 9.2 system lol
Also if you’re going to include that many media devices in a confined space, plan on Maybe cooling that space lol
By Fenderputty Go To PostThis is why people live in Texas. Not gonna lie, if I had the space the space I would have a projector set up and like a 9.2 system lol
this is my plan for the room
atmos setup and a projector, or a very large screen.
i have always wanted an atmos setup since the concept was announced.
By Smokey Go To Postthis is my plan for the room
atmos setup and a projector, or a very large screen.
i have always wanted an atmos setup since the concept was announced.
If you’re really gonna do something like that consider a second layer of drywall lol
fuck ... get some acoustical foam on the walls heh
By Fenderputty Go To PostIf you’re really gonna do something like that consider a second layer of drywall lol
fuck … get some acoustical foam on the walls heh
Here's a video showing a setup that is similar to what I'm thinking about.
outside of the absolutely horrible use of RGB
By Dipro Go To Postthis looks ugly as sin though.
i mean...rgb behind a projector screen automatically makes it so. that isn't a hard conclusion to come to.
i've never seen it before
at least there's a fan in the room.
See but there’s been A LOT of behind the wall work before those dudes even got there. Like A FUCK TON
I was thinking about adding those lights to my TV. Philips Hue does it .... already for the hub and some other bulbs
I was thinking about adding those lights to my TV. Philips Hue does it .... already for the hub and some other bulbs
By Fenderputty Go To PostSee but there’s been A LOT of behind the wall work before those dudes even got there. Like A FUCK TON
I was thinking about adding those lights to my TV. Philips Hue does it …. already for the hub and some other bulbs
Ambient lighting like in this video i posted a few days ago:
looks ok
but on that home theater setup it looks ridiculous.
this one looks better
and probably closer to what i would do with the speakers and the walls.
would paint the walls and change out those chairs tho
On a serious note though, unless you buy a house with the infrastructure for a set up like that, plan on doing some remodel work, or hiding lots of wires in raceway. I personally hate the way a patched wall looks if you’re trying to match texture and that dude had HEAVY texture. If you find a house with flat walls (not common) patching is pretty easy.
My ideal set up I would have the wall down to the stud so I could plan everything from the start.
My ideal set up I would have the wall down to the stud so I could plan everything from the start.
Smokey, I wish my gf's brother posted here because he setup something like what you want for his mom a few years ago. They have a dedicated closet to the side of the media room. Last time I was there, I remember the server closet being loud enough that you always know it's there but not loud enough to ruin the experience. Similar to the ambient noise of PC fans at the lowest setting.
The projector was louder than the server closet, iirc, and is probably the thing to worry more about, acoustics-wise.
The projector was louder than the server closet, iirc, and is probably the thing to worry more about, acoustics-wise.
By Fenderputty Go To PostOn a serious note though, unless you buy a house with the infrastructure for a set up like that, plan on doing some remodel work, or hiding lots of wires in raceway. I personally hate the way a patched wall looks they’re trying to match texture and that dude had HEAVY texture. If you find a house with at walls (not common) patching is pretty easy.
My ideal set up I would have the wall down to the stud so I could plan everything from the start.
I plan to have the room ready for this type of stuff off jump, as we're probably going to build. But even then I'm sure there may be some additional work that needs to be done. But my hope is to avoid that as much as possible.
By Kibner Go To PostSmokey, I wish my gf's brother posted here because he setup something like what you want for his mom a few years ago. They have a dedicated closet to the side of the media room. Last time I was there, I remember the server closet being loud enough that you always know it's there but not loud enough to ruin the experience. Similar to the ambient noise of PC fans at the lowest setting.
The projector was louder than the server closet, iirc, and is probably the thing to worry more about, acoustics-wise.
Thanks. That's the type of impression I was looking for.
This is the $5,000 4k Sony projector I was talking about earlier. Their "entry level":
E: Nice, Vincent reviewed it
it looks HUGE from the thumb nail lol
Ok so my bro and my cousin and my friend have all bought houses that were built. You’re likely going to have some limitations on choice. Maybe not ... shits different out there.
this is my dream ....
So I worked on a Netflix job. We did a theater for their building. They even have these things called lawreys pads. Which is an acoustical putty that goes in the back of every j-box in a wall. So all of your switches and receptacles are air tight and also don’t leak sound into opposing rooms. You build a media closet with the types of acoustical treatments next to your theater. All wires ran in wall. The closet has a vent with an exhaust fan near the exterior of the structure. In a residential set up, the exhaust fan could be in an attic. The fan pulls hot air for the room. The room also has a supply vent from another area of the house, like the hell, where cool air is pulled. You double up drywall. Putt foam on walls. All wires ran in wall are ran through conduit. Meaning you can re-pull new cable as technology progresses.
What I described wouldn’t cost me too much, if I had the space. Mostly just cable / drywall / mud and a lot of time lol
So I worked on a Netflix job. We did a theater for their building. They even have these things called lawreys pads. Which is an acoustical putty that goes in the back of every j-box in a wall. So all of your switches and receptacles are air tight and also don’t leak sound into opposing rooms. You build a media closet with the types of acoustical treatments next to your theater. All wires ran in wall. The closet has a vent with an exhaust fan near the exterior of the structure. In a residential set up, the exhaust fan could be in an attic. The fan pulls hot air for the room. The room also has a supply vent from another area of the house, like the hell, where cool air is pulled. You double up drywall. Putt foam on walls. All wires ran in wall are ran through conduit. Meaning you can re-pull new cable as technology progresses.
What I described wouldn’t cost me too much, if I had the space. Mostly just cable / drywall / mud and a lot of time lol