I'm a new member and I have been wanting a home theater for years now. I've been researching how to go about creating one and I'm about to buy a new home. The room dimesions are roughly 15 x 10' 6" with a height of 7' 8". It's a small room but it's in the back of the house and I figure I can add on later when I have $$$.
I was hoping that you guys and gals had some advice on the a/v portion. I've picked the projector and screen size, i just need ideas and help on how to integrate audio and video. I plan on asking the builders to build the in-wall rack for the equipment but I'm having a hard time in deciding how to make the speakers and video inputs work.
I want to be able to bring my laptop, or other video equipment into the room and hook it up to the projector. I figured i would put some wall plates in (vga, hdmi, component, composite vid) and run the wires to a switcher. I'm new at this and I don't want to screw it up.
Budget is roughly 4000-5000. That includes the projector (1000) and screen (100 DIY). Cables are cheap (monoprice).
Of course, if I get the contractors who are building my house to do it, it could probably be added to my mortgage.
Again, any ideas would help. I've been searching the internet for over a month now for ideas.
thanks,
kyle
