[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

Welcome to the Forum, Gripp! You might want to use our post padding thread to rack up the number of posts you need in order to upload some pictures.

Question: Is it crazy or feasible, to have the electrician to wire the room for all the components at both ends of the room? So once i get the projector i can move all the components to the rear of the room and placed into a cabinet.

An electrician is fine for your lighting and electrical, but don’t assume that he will know anything about component video, HDMI, etc. Basically, you will need to determine what kind of wiring needs to be run where ahead of time, and probably have it on site for him as well.

Now I KNOW it will be a while before i can afford to get the projector, screen and surround i want, so i will have a TV in the room for a while.

So no sound system either, just a TV? Maybe you should put the project on hold until you acquire at least most of the equipment you’ll need.

But here’s a brief run-down of what you’ll need.

• A dedicated electrical circuit for the HT gear, with plenty of outlets at the equipment location, an outlet at the projector and an outlet at the location where you anticipate the subwoofer to be. Have the subwoofer and projector outlets fed back to the equipment location, so they can be set up to receive power when the system is turned on.
  
• A separate circuit for the theater lighting and other wall outlets, on the opposite phase from the dedicated HT circuit.
  
• Coaxial cable feeds (RG-6) to the equipment location for CATV, satellite, OTA antenna, or whatever you intend to get your TV programming. Also, a phone line feed, and a feed for an outboard FM antenna, if that is needed.
  
• Speaker wire run from the equipment location to the speaker locations. In-wall rated CL-2 or -3 cable. You’ll need to know ahead of time if your rear speakers are going to be hanging on the wall, or sitting on the floor (the former is preferred).
  
• Video cable feed between the equipment location and the projector location. Decide if you want it to be component video or HDMI.

That’s all that comes to mind – perhaps others can chime in.

Regards,
Wayne

 

[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

Nice work, you’re brave to tackle all that taping floating and sanding.

I would appreciate any suggestions on the equipment.

I’d pass on that sub. Another $150 or so will get you an SVS PB10, which will go all the way down to 18 Hz. That’s almost a full octave below the one you’re looking at. Trust me, that makes a huge difference.

Regards,
Wayne