Home Theater Installed

[Hooper]

Just got my pimpin sony hs10 projector, stewart firehawk 100inch, niles speakers, cool sony amp and receiver, big fat red couches are in place...

it's getting dark.

What would you christen a great (first) home theater with?

I'm thinking the matrix. My wife is voting for star wars attack of the clones.



Last edited by Hooper at Jul 28 2003, 08:27 PM

[Peaches]

Originally posted by Hooper@Jul 28 2003, 09:27 PM
I'm thinking the matrix. My wife is voting for star wars attack of the clones.
Saving Private Ryan is also a good "home theater" flick. :)

[Hell Puppy]

All good choices...

I'd also include Terminator 2: Ultimate Edition on the list.

Really good reference quality DVD in every respect.

[BradShaw]

A porno!

Hooper, you should have just bought my house. I spent $100k+ on a home theatre, but I am too lazy to walk upstairs much!

[sextoyking]

Nice setup hoop, mabey also try Top Gun.. good for sound effects

[Hell Puppy]

Originally posted by BradShaw@Jul 28 2003, 08:43 PM
A porno!

Hooper, you should have just bought my house. I spent $100k+ on a home theatre, but I am too lazy to walk upstairs much!
a 100 inch pussy scares me.

[VooMan]

Hiya Hooper, congrats on the home theater... :)

You know, as much as I am not a Tom Cruise fan, Top Gun would be a great movie for a nice home theater... Surround sound would rock during the flight scenes, and hell, Kelly McGillis would look pretty good on a 100" screen as well. heh

Good luck with it! :okthumb:

[Hooper]

Brad, You gotta invite me over to see this monster!

I'm voting top gun gun too :)



Last edited by Hooper at Jul 28 2003, 09:11 PM

[Mike AI]

All top choices for movies!!

Apocolypse Now could be pretty cool as well!

[Vick]

The Godfather

[BradShaw]

I agree, we need to hook up sometime Hooper. Your screen HDTV?

[Peaches]

I don't even have a wall a 100in TV would fit on! :o And we'd have to sit outside in the yard to watch it to be far enough away to get the "full effect, lol! B)

[Hell Puppy]

Originally posted by Peaches@Jul 28 2003, 09:52 PM
I don't even have a wall a 100in TV would fit on! :o And we'd have to sit outside in the yard to watch it to be far enough away to get the "full effect, lol! B)
Yeah, but you can get it as loud as you want without disturbing the neighbors.

[Timon]

Sony Receiver???

Their projectors and ES DVD players are good but as far as sound goes, do your HT justice and try Meridian, Lexicon or Audionet :-)



Last edited by Timon at Jul 28 2003, 10:32 PM

[Timon]

This what you want :-)

http://www.meridian-audio.com/images/400g/800s_frt_400g.jpg

[BradShaw]

I have SONY ES in my house, can not complain. Keeps things simple, to have everything Sony. Mistake I made was trying to take an odd shape room, with high ceiling, and bad acoustics, and turn it into a theatre. My next house will have a room built from scratch for a theatre, also more centrally located.

Hooper, make sure you get a nice color touch screen remote with macros. That will really impress the chicks!

[Timon]

How do you spend $100k on a home theater with such cheap equipment and no accoustical room correction treatment?



Last edited by Timon at Jul 28 2003, 11:29 PM

[Hooper]

Originally posted by BradShaw@Jul 28 2003, 09:46 PM
I agree, we need to hook up sometime Hooper. Your screen HDTV?
I havent bought an hdtv tuner yet. We only have the normal channels in hdtv and our cable's version of hdtv tuner sucks ass... either gonna get satellite or a good antenna.

[Hooper]

Forest? Why on earth would I want an artichoke that hasnt been cooked yet?

I dont really know my way around the kitchen that well.

[OldJeff]

Independance Day is an absolute blast in good surround - evn if it offends everyone outside the US

T2, 5th Element, and the Matrix are also good.

I would not survive without the home theater

[Timon]

3 very good scenes to demo a home theater sound system are:

Heat - the bank robbery scene
Desperados - barfight massacre
Pearl Harbor - you know what scene :)

[Toolz]

Gladiator opening battle scene is also nice :)

[Hooper]

Gladiator & Pearl Harbor.. definitely on the list.

I must confess though.. matrix was a bit of a disappointment, not as much of a visual delight as I remembered it from the theater days.. great story, good action though.

I did watch a fantastic movie this morning though... Monsters Inc... and Toy Story & Toy Story 2 are gonna run this eve. There is something to be said for film that is 100% digital to start with :)

[BradShaw]

Originally posted by Timon@Jul 28 2003, 08:28 PM
How do you spend $100k on a home theater with such cheap equipment and no accoustical room correction treatment?
The room has that 3m crap in the walls, velvet curtains, etc. That cost a good bit. Not to mention the $25k chairs.

[scott]

if your going the digitial cartoons way, i suggest shrek, thats a good one for surround sound, also there coming out with a new shrek soon

[scott]

what does a $25k chair look like? does it do dishes and mow the lawn?

[Turner]

Another good movie for the home theater is Black Hawk Down.

[Mike AI]

Yeah Black Hawk Down!! A classic!!

I have sat in those $25k chairs, and I have to say.... I love them!!

One day I will be rich like those guys in Texas and get me a home theatre... until then I will keep watching my 12 inch B&W with rabbit ear attena!!

[Turner]

Don't forget to mention the amazing mono sound system on that tv Mike...

[BradShaw]

4 chairs for $25k. You would have to sleep in them to understand.

[Hooper]

I would HAVE to sleep in them cause i wouldnt be able to afford a matress after buying them! ;-)

[scott]

those chairs are worth more than everything i own and i too have a big screen and surround sound system

[Peaches]

In my world, chairs aren't for sleeping in. I'm quite happy sitting in my $1000 chairs and sleeping on my $1000 mattress. B) For $25K, I could buy a few acres of property up here that would double in value within 24 months. I like appreciation, not depreciation. :awinky:

[spanno]

Anal Gangbang 5

[Almighty Colin]

Wizard of Oz movie playing with Dark Side of the Moon soundtrack.

I took the liberty of getting a link for the uninitiated. Follow these instructions (http://classicrock.about.com/library/misc/blpinkfloydwizardofoz.htm?terms=a5). It helps if you're high but not necessary.

[shawcutie]

Hooper show us a pic!! :bjump:

[Hell Puppy]

Originally posted by BradShaw@Jul 29 2003, 11:02 AM
4 chairs for $25k. You would have to sleep in them to understand.
For $6K+ per unit, they better blow me in the morning when I wake up too....

And here I thought the $2500-3000 a unit stuff I've been looking at and drooling over were over priced. For the units I've seen, it's not just comfort but construction. You can have two full grown Georgia white boys in side by side units connected by wedge and one can recline back and forth like a spastic 4 year old without spilling the drink that is sitting on the wedge on top of the arm rest instead of in the drink holder. It's THAT stable.

My lazy ass side also likes the wedges that open up to built in refrigeration units so you dont have to get up to go get another tasty adult beverage.

[Peaches]

Originally posted by Hell Puppy@Jul 29 2003, 10:48 PM
My lazy ass side also likes the wedges that open up to built in refrigeration units so you dont have to get up to go get another tasty adult beverage.
The joys of drinking red wine - no refrigeration needed. B)

[gregtx]

any Jerry Bruckheimer/late Don Simpson flick should do great...

a couple of my all time surround sound favorites
DAYS OF THUNDER, Jurasic Park, and The Matrix...

and for the wife 10 ways to lose a man in 10 days... :barfon



my new media room is still awaiting equipment... anyone with an extra DLP HDTV projector laying around i've got a good home for it :D

[Hooper]

I just bought a couple of 4k pottery barn couches and not only are we trendy according to their catalog, but we're also very happy!

Ok. Reporting back though seriously.

Matrix - Overrated
Monsters Inc - Awesome
Armageddon - Fantastic

Goddamned internext. I'll be in tomorrow eve so now i have to watch movies on the hotel screen :(

[BradShaw]

Do not have any recent pics of my theatre, these are from when it was still being finished out. Will try to snap some new ones.

You can see 3 of the chairs, now there are 4. They are fully motorized and imported from Italy. Very oversized, a 400lb man could get comfy in one. I have a photo somewhere of KC sleeping in one.

Also, built in a kitchenette in the closet up there. But that was before I had ShawCutie to fetch me drinks while watching football.

http://www.bradshawlive.com/theatre/screen.jpg
http://www.bradshawlive.com/theatre/chairs.jpg
http://www.bradshawlive.com/theatre/kitchentte.jpg

Speaking of couches, this is the most comfy sleeper couch you can find. No metal in it at all, folds into a king size bed. Grimm said it was best night sleep he ever had!

http://www.bradshawlive.com/theatre/couch.jpg

[Peaches]

Originally posted by BradShaw@Jul 30 2003, 12:36 PM
You can see 3 of the chairs, now there are 4. They are fully motorized and imported from Italy. Very oversized, a 400lb man could get comfy in one. I have a photo somewhere of KC sleeping in one.
Hmmm - I'm not sure how KC should take that comment.... :biglaugh:

[gonzo]

Originally posted by Colin@Jul 29 2003, 09:12 AM
Wizard of Oz movie playing with Dark Side of the Moon soundtrack.

I took the liberty of getting a link for the uninitiated. Follow these instructions (http://classicrock.about.com/library/misc/blpinkfloydwizardofoz.htm?terms=a5). It helps if you're high but not necessary.
Rock On Colin.

[KC]

Originally posted by Peaches+Jul 30 2003, 12:22 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Peaches @ Jul 30 2003, 12:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--BradShaw@Jul 30 2003, 12:36 PM
You can see 3 of the chairs, now there are 4. They are fully motorized and imported from Italy. Very oversized, a 400lb man could get comfy in one. I have a photo somewhere of KC sleeping in one.
Hmmm - I'm not sure how KC should take that comment.... :biglaugh:[/b][/quote]
I have a few pounds to lose, but I'm not pushing 400lbs yet!!!

Those chairs are very comfy... I was crashed out :)

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by gonzo+Jul 30 2003, 04:02 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (gonzo @ Jul 30 2003, 04:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--Colin@Jul 29 2003, 09:12 AM
Wizard of Oz movie playing with Dark Side of the Moon soundtrack.

I took the liberty of getting a link for the uninitiated. Follow these instructions (http://classicrock.about.com/library/misc/blpinkfloydwizardofoz.htm?terms=a5). It helps if you're high but not necessary.
Rock On Colin.[/b][/quote]
I'm surprised more people haven't had the "Dark Side of Oz" experience.

[Timon]

Now I have to post a picture of my penis extension too ;-)

http://www.order-viagra.ws/ht.jpg

[Peaches]

Originally posted by Colin@Jul 31 2003, 05:18 AM
I'm surprised more people haven't had the "Dark Side of Oz" experience.
I always wanted to, but didn't know when to start what! I've bookmarked that site. Thanks and see you in a few! :awinky:

(I think I'm the only webmaster that sent in TWO registrations for the GFY party and STILL no invite - I'm going to tag along with anyone who will let me. :P )

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by Peaches@Jul 31 2003, 06:44 AM
see you in a few! :awinky:
I should be at the Westin around 6:30-7 tonight. I have your number on me.