Blaze98 theater build, need input - Blu-ray Forum

Blaze98 · 11-23-2010, 04:02 PM

My wife and i just recent bought a house after fighting with the bank for 8 months on it we finally got it, It was a repo house that had mold issue, but as we were fighting with the bank over it we found out from my parents that my God Parents used to own it and lived there. The house is having the mold removed by a professional company right now while we are on vacation for thanksgiving. The Basement has a room that will be our Media/Theater room. I believe the room is 18x15, has double doors going into it, has some tile and a drop ceiling, the tile and the ceiling are the first to go, but wanted some input and advice as to what you would do to this room. I plan on haveing a projector and screen.
also going back and forth on carpet or wood lamenant (spelling?) and wall color.
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Hammie · 11-23-2010, 05:42 PM

Nice rom. I see tons of potential. Good luck with the mold and transformation of this room.

teknipper · 11-24-2010, 02:05 AM

The biggest mistake I made downstairs was having the ceiling white with the projector. You need to darken the ceiling (black or brown) to cut down on it. I know it makes it more "cave like" but it will help the PQ.

I would also go for carpet to help control the sound.

Other than that, I would go through the galleries here and see what people have done. I wish I would have been here before to get ideas.

Tom

Fors* · 11-24-2010, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by teknipper

The biggest mistake I made downstairs was having the ceiling white with the projector. You need to darken the ceiling (black or brown) to cut down on it. I know it makes it more "cave like" but it will help the PQ.

I would also go for carpet to help control the sound.

Other than that, I would go through the galleries here and see what people have done. I wish I would have been here before to get ideas.

Tom

+1, I had this same issue. I have since added room treatments to the ceiling in front of the screen to remove any light reflections and put up a valance to hide the room treatments. It worked out well, as it gave the room a more cinematic feel and I removed the reflections. You can see my room in my gallery if you want to see what I mean.

Blaze98 · 11-30-2010, 09:54 PM

Well they are almost done with the mold remediation, as soon ad it's do e and passes inspection we cam start on the house and the theater room! Can't wait!

Blaze98 · 01-23-2011, 05:00 AM

So we are moved in and with the new baby on the way (in 4 days)

and with all the "extra" stuff that came up we going to wait to finish the contruction on the theater room, but IT WILL GET DONE!! lol i could not wait any long though, i installed the Tv mount on the all and hung the TV, i am going to do a temp setup of the 7.1 system with just a love seat and it will be my "man cave" until we can finish it.

Blaze98 · 05-10-2011, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Blaze98

OK guys, we are in the next steps of the Theater Room/Media Room build, All the Tile is coming out this weekend. going to sand down that wall, and try to find a color, i have looked all over and am having trouble choosing a color, any suggestions? was thinking a Dark Mocha/ Chocolate, maybe a Slate Grey, or a nice Dark Red, throw me some ideas....

My other issue, after being on vacation and our "friend" was "Watching" the house, and let the dogs pi$$ all over the new wood floor, now it has to be replace in places

, anyways, the HDMI port on the above tv the LG 42 inch monitor, some how stopped working and i get no signal at all to the receiver, so i hooked the tv directly to the Blu Ray player still got nothing, so i tried with the component cables and it is working that way for now, my question is... we are wanting to put something alot better in there, my original idea was a Optoma HD20 projector, with the room size it may or may not be a good idea, the ceiling is kinda low, but it would be far enough back and so would the couch that we shouldnt have issues with the picture being blocked by people sitting on the couch because, correct me if im wrong, but cant you mount it high up and project it down at an angle and still have a good picture? or other option is a Mitsubishi 73 inch DLP rear projection, we just bought a 60 inch Mitsubishi for our living room and we love it. My wife thinks I will regret the projector, but it will be half the price of the DLP, looking for some opinions had planed to spend about 1400 on the tv and i think i can get the Optoma for about 650-700 range.

Blaze98 · 08-05-2011, 03:28 AM

ok guys, we are almost done with the house remodel, and hit a few unexpected issues which was expected, and the theater room still is not done

it has been a bed room/shelter (during our tornado outbreak that destroyed Joplin,Mo.) a storage room, and a catch all for everything during the remodel, well we are starting to get it cleaned up and i had all the speakers set up to use on my 42 inch tv, and my amazing wife suprised me with my new tv! 73 inch Mitsubishi DLP tv, and its amazing. it sat in the box for 2 weeks and i couldn't take it any longer and had to set it up, to check it out. here are a few pics.

Almadacr · 08-05-2011, 04:16 AM

You have a great room right there with a lot of potential and its hard to keep all the goodies away , but if it was me i would take other road ,by redoing walls and passing wires . I work in construction and i know that some times money is tight , but maybe one day you will spend out more than what you could do now .

BTW congrats on the new tv .

Blu Lemmy · 08-05-2011, 10:47 AM

I have a latte brown/mocha wall where my TV is monted and it's a nice colour, goes lovely with black bezels

squirrel101 · 09-20-2011, 10:06 PM

flat back the ceiling and carpet everything else, including the walls use good rubber padding for the floors and the decor to you taste.

ruSSrt · 09-21-2011, 05:05 AM

Check out in my gallery what i did with colors in my room. It looks even smaller now because of everything dark but i think it will be amazing to watch movies in!!!

Blaze98 · 12-09-2011, 02:17 AM

so a little update, we were about a week away from buying the carpet to install in the theater room, and i removed the cabinet to build the media rack, and we found mold. turns out the mold remediation company didnt do everything they were supposed to and some of the mold was not taken care of. so when it was all said and done I found mold in the theater room, bathroom and computer room. and our mold guy is in jail for multiple DWI's. so it looks like i will be doing the mold remediation. here are some picks of what it looks like as of today, the theater has been temporarily moved to the kids play room.

here is the temp theater set up....

ruSSrt · 12-09-2011, 03:53 AM

Oh I'm sorry to hear that! Well since he is in jail already talk to the guys maybe they will keep there for longer for that sloppy job he did on your house.

Blaze98 · 12-11-2011, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ruSSrt

Oh I'm sorry to hear that! Well since he is in jail already talk to the guys maybe they will keep there for longer for that sloppy job he did on your house.

yeah,, he is not my favorite person right now. I hope he is getting what he deserves in jail.

anyways i want to take legal action against him and the inspector who passed it but I'm not sure it would be worth it now. We have most of it cleaned up now. so hopefuly this will be all put back together and completed in the next few months.

lmwong · 12-14-2011, 08:13 PM

Congrats on the new TV, that is awesome! Too bad about the mold and having to move your new setup. We've got mold in the house we just moved into as well and it is NOT fun. I step forward, 2 steps back! Keep us posted!

Blaze98 · 02-11-2012, 12:57 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvD_...e_gdata_player

Video of my TV when I first got it.. video isn't great its from my cell . The TV was on the floor in our kids playroom when this was taken

Blaze98 · 02-11-2012, 02:45 AM

Got the theater room somewhat put back together. we are going to be tearing up the remaining tile to put down carpet, from in the closet, run my cables then paint. i cant wait to be done with this room!!!!

Tile is NOT comming up very easy

Blaze98 · 02-13-2012, 02:19 AM

Tile is all broken up.... soon the clean up, then drywall repair ,running wires in the wall , paint, and carpet...

86surf · 02-14-2012, 05:28 PM

Looks like a blank slate.
I dunno I would build a built cabinet in to put your 73" tv on something similar to this

Also prewire a hdmi connection for a projector and trigger.
That way later on you can put in a projector with a screen in that space when you want something bigger.
Also a nice perk you have a hanging ceiling it's cake adding wires etc.

11-23-2010, 04:02 PM	#1
Blaze98 Active Member Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Bentonville, Arkansas Home Theater Gallery:63 4K collection:143 Blu-ray collection:376 Trading Score:70	Blaze98 theater build, need input My wife and i just recent bought a house after fighting with the bank for 8 months on it we finally got it, It was a repo house that had mold issue, but as we were fighting with the bank over it we found out from my parents that my God Parents used to own it and lived there. The house is having the mold removed by a professional company right now while we are on vacation for thanksgiving. The Basement has a room that will be our Media/Theater room. I believe the room is 18x15, has double doors going into it, has some tile and a drop ceiling, the tile and the ceiling are the first to go, but wanted some input and advice as to what you would do to this room. I plan on haveing a projector and screen. also going back and forth on carpet or wood lamenant (spelling?) and wall color. photo.jpg photo2.jpg photo3.jpg

02-14-2012, 05:28 PM	#20
86surf Active Member Top contributor Member since:Sep 2009 Location:colchester Vermont Home Theater Gallery:17	Looks like a blank slate. I dunno I would build a built cabinet in to put your 73" tv on something similar to this Also prewire a hdmi connection for a projector and trigger. That way later on you can put in a projector with a screen in that space when you want something bigger. Also a nice perk you have a hanging ceiling it's cake adding wires etc. Last edited by 86surf; 02-14-2012 at 05:30 PM.

11-23-2010, 05:42 PM	#2
Hammie Blu-ray Champion Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:May 2008 Location:Washington, DC Metro Home Theater Gallery:53 Blu-ray collection:545 DVD collection:12 Trading Score:12	Nice rom. I see tons of potential. Good luck with the mold and transformation of this room.

11-24-2010, 02:05 AM	#3
teknipper Senior Member Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jun 2010 Location:Wilder, KY Home Theater Gallery:49 Blu-ray collection:105 Blu-ray reviews: 6	The biggest mistake I made downstairs was having the ceiling white with the projector. You need to darken the ceiling (black or brown) to cut down on it. I know it makes it more "cave like" but it will help the PQ. I would also go for carpet to help control the sound. Other than that, I would go through the galleries here and see what people have done. I wish I would have been here before to get ideas. Tom

11-30-2010, 09:54 PM	#5
Blaze98 Active Member Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Bentonville, Arkansas Home Theater Gallery:63 4K collection:143 Blu-ray collection:376 Trading Score:70	Well they are almost done with the mold remediation, as soon ad it's do e and passes inspection we cam start on the house and the theater room! Can't wait!

01-23-2011, 05:00 AM	#6
Blaze98 Active Member Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Bentonville, Arkansas Home Theater Gallery:63 4K collection:143 Blu-ray collection:376 Trading Score:70	So we are moved in and with the new baby on the way (in 4 days) and with all the "extra" stuff that came up we going to wait to finish the contruction on the theater room, but IT WILL GET DONE!! lol i could not wait any long though, i installed the Tv mount on the all and hung the TV, i am going to do a temp setup of the 7.1 system with just a love seat and it will be my "man cave" until we can finish it.

08-05-2011, 03:28 AM	#8
Blaze98 Active Member Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Bentonville, Arkansas Home Theater Gallery:63 4K collection:143 Blu-ray collection:376 Trading Score:70	ok guys, we are almost done with the house remodel, and hit a few unexpected issues which was expected, and the theater room still is not done it has been a bed room/shelter (during our tornado outbreak that destroyed Joplin,Mo.) a storage room, and a catch all for everything during the remodel, well we are starting to get it cleaned up and i had all the speakers set up to use on my 42 inch tv, and my amazing wife suprised me with my new tv! 73 inch Mitsubishi DLP tv, and its amazing. it sat in the box for 2 weeks and i couldn't take it any longer and had to set it up, to check it out. here are a few pics.

08-05-2011, 04:16 AM	#9
Almadacr Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Mar 2011 Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:57 Blu-ray collection:527 DVD collection:4 Blu-ray reviews: 10	You have a great room right there with a lot of potential and its hard to keep all the goodies away , but if it was me i would take other road ,by redoing walls and passing wires . I work in construction and i know that some times money is tight , but maybe one day you will spend out more than what you could do now . BTW congrats on the new tv .

08-05-2011, 10:47 AM	#10
Blu Lemmy Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jun 2011 Location:On my sofa 4K collection:21 Blu-ray collection:837 DVD collection:226 Prime collection:2 Blu-ray reviews:8 Trading Score:3	I have a latte brown/mocha wall where my TV is monted and it's a nice colour, goes lovely with black bezels

09-20-2011, 10:06 PM	#11
squirrel101 Active Member Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:se , TN Home Theater Gallery:43 Blu-ray collection:337	flat back the ceiling and carpet everything else, including the walls use good rubber padding for the floors and the decor to you taste.

09-21-2011, 05:05 AM	#12
ruSSrt Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2009 Location:WA Home Theater Gallery:42 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:510 Trading Score:1	Check out in my gallery what i did with colors in my room. It looks even smaller now because of everything dark but i think it will be amazing to watch movies in!!!

12-09-2011, 02:17 AM	#13
Blaze98 Active Member Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Bentonville, Arkansas Home Theater Gallery:63 4K collection:143 Blu-ray collection:376 Trading Score:70	so a little update, we were about a week away from buying the carpet to install in the theater room, and i removed the cabinet to build the media rack, and we found mold. turns out the mold remediation company didnt do everything they were supposed to and some of the mold was not taken care of. so when it was all said and done I found mold in the theater room, bathroom and computer room. and our mold guy is in jail for multiple DWI's. so it looks like i will be doing the mold remediation. here are some picks of what it looks like as of today, the theater has been temporarily moved to the kids play room. here is the temp theater set up....

12-09-2011, 03:53 AM	#14
ruSSrt Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2009 Location:WA Home Theater Gallery:42 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:510 Trading Score:1	Oh I'm sorry to hear that! Well since he is in jail already talk to the guys maybe they will keep there for longer for that sloppy job he did on your house.

12-14-2011, 08:13 PM	#16
lmwong Junior Member Member since:Dec 2011	Congrats on the new TV, that is awesome! Too bad about the mold and having to move your new setup. We've got mold in the house we just moved into as well and it is NOT fun. I step forward, 2 steps back! Keep us posted!

02-11-2012, 12:57 AM	#17
Blaze98 Active Member Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Bentonville, Arkansas Home Theater Gallery:63 4K collection:143 Blu-ray collection:376 Trading Score:70	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvD_...e_gdata_player Video of my TV when I first got it.. video isn't great its from my cell . The TV was on the floor in our kids playroom when this was taken

02-11-2012, 02:45 AM	#18
Blaze98 Active Member Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Bentonville, Arkansas Home Theater Gallery:63 4K collection:143 Blu-ray collection:376 Trading Score:70	Got the theater room somewhat put back together. we are going to be tearing up the remaining tile to put down carpet, from in the closet, run my cables then paint. i cant wait to be done with this room!!!! Tile is NOT comming up very easy

02-13-2012, 02:19 AM	#19
Blaze98 Active Member Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Bentonville, Arkansas Home Theater Gallery:63 4K collection:143 Blu-ray collection:376 Trading Score:70	Tile is all broken up.... soon the clean up, then drywall repair ,running wires in the wall , paint, and carpet...

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