The only problem I had with the Pats finishing out the regular season undefeated is that I wasn't able to watch it in my home theater room. At my pace I should be ready for the Super Bowl....in 2009.
Hello, my name is Jim. As you can tell I am a die-hard Pats fan. Sox too. You won't, however, find me on the Celtics bandwagon though. I am not a fan of the NBA. I live in Boston with two very small kids and a patient wife.
I am no HT guru but have a real interest in it. My home had a small finished room in the basement and I decided to convert it into a HT.
I am thrilled to have found this site and am hopeful one or two kind souls will provide some advice to a newbie. I have spent countless hours (the inefficient kind) on the web researching all of this stuff and am completely overwhelmed with all of the "stuff" and choices one needs to consider. It is tough. I am thoroughly infected with analysis paralysis
I've attached a couple of pics of the room which is 16L x 14w with 8' ceilings.
I haven't purchased anything YET but have narrowed things down a bit. I am still very uncertain about what to do. Any help is GREATLY Appreciated..
Here is where I am at the moment:
Projector: Either the new Epson 1080p or the Panny AE2000U. The thought is to have a machine with good brightness as I expect to spend 50% of my time watching sports and will want some ambient light when I do.
Screen: Carada Criterion 16:9 100". The carpenter actually gave me the best advice ever. He said to expect my 2 year old to use the screen as a canvas at some point. Between that little tip and not being able to come to terms with $2K screens I went with Carada. Seems like a real good product and a great value.
Audio: Clueless. The room is pretty small and my thought is that I probably don't need to spend a ton of money for a big system. I was thinking a real good receiver to be prepared for upgrades down the road and a real good sub.
DVD: HD? Blue? I haven't even looked into this yet.
Chairs: How can one be expected to buy chairs online? Don't you need to sit in it first to see if it's comfortable? I was at Leather Creations today. Real comfy seats but $1100 a piece. Ouch. I am clueless here.
Acoustics: Even more clueless. I'd like to cover the walls and ceiling with very cheap non acoustic panels (the plushy type for pure aesthetics) to enhance the effect of a theater room and then place the proper acoustical panels wherever they need to be placed.
If I missed anything please let me know.
I appreciate you reading this and want to say thank you in advance for any advice.
Happy New Year,
Jim
Go Pats.
correction: No pics attached. The dimensions are too big and I haven't a clue how to adjust them manually.
