The Derelicte theatre...

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After lurking around here for a while and posting the occasional thought, here's my hat in the ring. Comments, questions, suggestions would be all greatly appreciated.

When we bought the house, this space in the basement immediately called "hoooomme theeeeeeatre" to me. Okay, maybe not that spookily - but you know what I mean.

When we moved in (late spring), there were many things to do (get rid of vermiculite in attic, redo driveway, paint all over, serious garden effort, etc) - but the first thing I did was put some holes in the wall and set up the home theatre. And with subtle variations - this is how it stayed for several months over the summer. Projector on coffee table, center channel on ... something... and "wires, cables and sh!t"* all over.

However, recently the weather turned cold and attention turned to indoor activities. And as such, the projector got mounted on the ceiling! Wires are running parallel to the joist and into the laundry room next door. Another hole in the wall brings them back into the HT room, right behind the AVR & PS3. I was optimistic and only ran the power and one HDMI cable. I'm hoping that by the time I need more inputs for the projector, I can afford a new AVR that can do the switching (and upconverting) for me. As it stands now, the only thing I use the projector for is glorious (oh, so glorious) HD movies (and the occasional DVD). Oh yes, and the screen is now also mounted to the ceiling and the viewing area is a bit higher. Since it's no longer holding the projector, the coffee table is now holding the CC - putting it at a better listening height:

...and with the lights off:


So, there you have it. What do you think?
Next up, I'm hoping to get a sub around Christmas time. I have my eye on a Paradigm DSP-3100. I'd also like to paint. As sexy as the plaid is <ahem>, I want it to be more "proper" with darker paints. I also want to wall-mount the surrounds, though I'm not sure I can hide the wires as much as my wife would like. Some thought will have to be put into it...

* - this is a summary of my hobby by my wife. It's actually what's written on the label on the box where I keep my various "wires, cables & sh!t"...