Any theater in Bedrooms?

[eclimax13]

i was thinking of finishing my partially finished basement but id end up losing a lot of room down there and costing much more..so im thinking of putting my theater up in the bedroom which is 19'x12'...the basement area would have been 19x10...the bedroom is already carpeted and walls are all finished...with a little paint it'll be all set to go...good idea?...or would it be better to finish the smaller room in the basement?

[nolfoc]

I have my theater in my bedroom and it sounds great... my brother who lives downstairs of me hates the sub.. but im very happy with it.. and my bedroom is around the same size of yours

[HAMP]

I use to have a little something in my bedroom and recently decided to upgrade make my bedroom to a small theater.

I already had a 37" HD LCD
Upgraded from a DVD upconvertor to a Sony S-350 Bluray player.
Upgraded from a HTiB to a Denon AVR-789.

I havn't upgraded the speakers yet.

But the bedroom is for me and my girl....

If you have and expect some company over you would rather have them in a different room than your bedroom.

More then likely you will buy different speakers for the guest theater area or your bedroom. You will have to take that into consideration.

I feel large speakers and 7.1 surround in the bedroom is over kill.

[Beta Man]

I think if you can certainly make the gear you have work in a room that sized...... it's narrow though, so for better speaker placement, I'd recommend two rows of seats (two each) with a riser.... if you try to do a "Three-person-Sofa" for instance..... you would have to place your speakers directly against the walls, and you don't want to do that.....

if the basement has a concrete slab sub-floor it'd probably be better for sound isolation... but if that isn't a concern... then by all means, the bedroom would work fine.

[Kryptron]

Everything i have currently is in my bedroom. I'm even thinking about upgrading my tv from a 40" to a 50" soon. Unfortunately my room isn't large enough to accommodate a nice projector.

[AKBlu]

I have a 50" Lg, ps3 and Klipsch RF-62 5.1 in my room and i love it, it's so much easier to keep as dark as i want too.

[eclimax13]

ok cool...just to clearify...i will be dedicating the bedroom for the theater..it will not be our actual sleeping room...its just the girl and me living there..and two big bedrooms we would not be using...so i figure..why spend money of finishing the basement, then having to heat and cool a third level when i could just use the upstairs bedroom..(which is 2 feet wider)

[kingofgrills]

Originally Posted by eclimax13

i was thinking of finishing my partially finished basement but id end up losing a lot of room down there and costing much more..so im thinking of putting my theater up in the bedroom which is 19'x12'...the basement area would have been 19x10...the bedroom is already carpeted and walls are all finished...with a little paint it'll be all set to go...good idea?...or would it be better to finish the smaller room in the basement?

I would recommend finishing off the basement, so you can have a dedicated theater space that isn't your bedroom. Finishing off your basement wouldn't actually be too expensive, and it would certainly increase the value of your home.

[eclimax13]

Originally Posted by kingofgrills

I would recommend finishing off the basement, so you can have a dedicated theater space that isn't your bedroom. Finishing off your basement wouldn't actually be too expensive, and it would certainly increase the value of your home.

it isnt going to be my bedroom...its just a bedroom that is going unused and happens to be 2 feet wider than the basement space...i probably should have explained this a little better in my initial statement...i was mainly curious if others had turned unused bedroom into a dedicated theater room