What do you have ?!?

[Mikewarrior]

I have a Hi-Power and love it.  It greatly minimizes screen waves (which all pull-downs have) and the light boost is awesome.  It's like watching a giant flat panel.

Exactly... That's what I have with my floating shelf mounted Panasonic PT-AE4000U projector.

On low settings it looks like a giant flat screen. The big key to a High Power screen is to have the projector centered with the screen, and sit in front of the screen, not off to the sides.

[ddilts399]

Yep it is a Hi-power. Looks great, not real expensive no wave as of yet.

[Mikewarrior]

Yep it is a Hi-power. Looks great, not real expensive no wave as of yet.

Yeah, that's why HP screens are so great... Looks amazing with no waves/wrinkles ever showing.

If you don't already know this... The downside is if you are sitting off from the side of the screen... The brightness drops dramatically.

If you didn't do this already... If you can Dale, center your PJ (On a shelf behind you) with your HP screen, and try to lower your screen to where your eyes are above the bottom quarter of the screen. This way you can lower the settings (Brightness/contrast) of your PJ to give you bulb extra life, and to create less heat.

[Mikewarrior]

Here's my theater room in the loft...



i just need to get some posters on the walls.

[Charlie]

Here's my theater room in the loft...



i just need to get some posters on the walls.

So the front row is yours and your guest sit behind?  King of the Theater Room!

[Mikewarrior]

King of the Theater Room!

For sure Charlie... I must have my own arm rests. 

[jayn_j]

I guess I may as well put up my own specs.  It is a curtained off 13 x 20' section of the basement.  Projector is an Epson 8100 shining onto a 120" Elite screen.  A Panasonic BDP-210 Blu Ray player, an XBOX-360 and an old Laserdisc player feed in through an Onkyo 806 receiver.  Used to have a TWC DVR, but I recently dropped cable, and haven't set up an OTA solution yet.  Speakers are Klipsch. KG-4 for the mains, RC-35 for the center and RS-3 surrounds.  The sub is a Velodyne 12". 

Chairs are Berkline 12011s, a single row of 4.  A rear Bar area is under construction.  Of course, everything is under construction and the theater evolves over time.

[CineMasterpieces]

last year I put in my bedroom a jvc dla x7 3d hd projector, a 100" screen innovations screen, a pioneer elite receiver, and in wall speakers with a definitive subwoofer. This is my third setup since 1999.

the screen innovations screen really makes the picture truly awesome. I tried it on a wall at first and the picture was very good, but with the screen the picture is insane. It is grey so it enhances the black and contrast levels so it looks as good as an lcd. I haven't even tried the 3d function, and I probably never will. In a few years I'll get a 4k jvc projector. Saw them at ces, they are ridiculous.

4k is 4x the resolution of hd.

[Hallucination Generation]

Stand back and prepare to be blown away.....



Yes that IS a four head Stereo cassette player.
Jealous much?

[Ari]

I think I had that VCR, its a ripper. (plays PAL and NTSC right?)

[Hallucination Generation]

I think I had that VCR, its a ripper. (plays PAL and NTSC right?)

It does indeed. You know your stuff.
It's the second one i have owned. The last one i hit so hard (after it chewed my VHS copy of 'The Doors' which had sentimental value) that the case crushed nearly everything inside and sliced into the power cord which then electrified the entire casing! I found that out when i went to try and correct it. I still have it in the attic for spare parts. I also have 4 boxed VHS players up there, all new. 2 Toshiba and 2 Sony. I have a lot of tapes which will need players so now I'm future-proofed

[Ari]

good man, we should start a TAPE/PLAYER APPRECIATION THREAD.

[jayn_j]

It does indeed. You know your stuff.
It's the second one i have owned. The last one i hit so hard (after it chewed my VHS copy of 'The Doors' which had sentimental value) that the case crushed nearly everything inside and sliced into the power cord which then electrified the entire casing! I found that out when i went to try and correct it. I still have it in the attic for spare parts. I also have 4 boxed VHS players up there, all new. 2 Toshiba and 2 Sony. I have a lot of tapes which will need players so now I'm future-proofed

I only have 1 VHS player, a Mitsubishi SVHS unit, and it's in storage.  I do have three laserdisc players and 2 HD-DVD players though, for the same futureproof reason.  Just couldn't resist buying a mountain of those HD-DVD discs back when they were $1/ea.  Also have an HD-DVD drive and someday I will rip the discs to the hard drive.

[brude]

Stand back and prepare to be blown away.....



Yes that IS a four head Stereo cassette player.
Jealous much?

Damn fine setup, Dave! 

[Threenero]

Stand back and prepare to be blown away.....



Yes that IS a four head Stereo cassette player.
Jealous much?

I'll see your super cool set up and raise you two retro setups 

Living room...

Note DVD player hiding under unfinished garage diorama 



and bedroom



CHEAP-TASTIC 

[teamweapon]

ide love to say im not impressed but i am!
whilst i HATE VHS [well storing them and how the picture looks on them] there is something pretty cool about sticking to your guns
having racks of VHS looks somehow better than dvd, which is just kind of..... well childish i think ? i dunno i just always expect to see disney on a dvd? which is dumb i know.
considering i now have somewhere in the region of 15K titles stored on dvd you would think ide know better haha.
good work chaps

[Ari]

I feel like a loser, because I am borrowing one of these new fangled TVs that are too wide, makes my VHS look silly.
View standing on my bed.

The players, one is DVD, the other DVD/VHS combo, that I can transfer VHS to DVD (or DVD to VHS).



Bit of a mess, been lazy and watching a lot of tapes last few days.

All tapes on shelf are double stacked, and I have 6 large tubs full in another room, these are my "new acquisitions" that need to be watched and/or transferred to DVD.

[Posteroid]

I feel like a loser, because I am borrowing one of these new fangled TVs that are too wide, makes my VHS look silly.
View standing on my bed.

You can usually switch them to display 4:3 so your VHS will look normal.
Loser.

Armin

[Ari]

thanks tech guru

[Posteroid]

If you have any other questions, like how to change the batteries of your remote control, I will be glad to help.
Loser.

Armin

[Ari]

batteries in remote control? my daughter doesnt have batteries..hhmm...

[Hallucination Generation]

Added a part to my quality set up.



Now I'm not a gaming person but i feel the need to keep my mind busy these days.
If i ever get a HD tv this will come in handy. Can't see it happening anytime soon though.

My friend gave me Grand Theft Auto and Alien V Predator for the PS3 so I'll give them a whirl.
Last time i played a playstation it was Colin McRae Rally on a PS1.

I'm getting bored just thinking about playing......

[Ari]

Yeah I find it difficult to enjoy playing games, my daughter wants me to get into gaming as she is and I promised I would try, so she is choosing some horror game for us to play together. I am more of a galaga kinda man myself.

[Neo]

Grand Theft Auto is a lot of fun (the video game). 

Ari, a good one for multi-player is Left 4 Dead, a zombie game.

Once you find a genre of video games that you like, they're good fun.

[Ari]

I really doubt it, I like to be passive in entertainment, I don't enjoy sports, or whatever, I like to be taken for a ride, not join in. But you never know, stranger things have happened.