Home Theater Project has officially started...

[kingpin]

Originally Posted by Entropy

Cool build. Having a theater room when I buy a house is definitely a priority.

Gozar and I can make your dreams a reality.
We work together and work cheap.
All as we need is:
3 meals a day, snacks in between, 2 computers with a fast internet connection and preferrably a couple blond slims in the 100-110lb area.

Let us know when you're ready.

[simpleman68]

Originally Posted by Entropy

May have to change the medium, since they use light as a way to read information. DVD uses 640 nm light, red/orange, whereas Blu-ray uses a 405nm violet light. As they go to smaller and smaller wavelengths, the amount of energy increases (E = hc/lambda, lambda is wavelength). This means you need to have a medium that can withstand the increased energy without distorting the original information with multiple playbacks being an option.

SSD might be the future, when the price comes down. Faster boot times, etc. I think streaming has potential, but we need bigger and better pipelines, which is why a Blu-ray disc has the edge at the moment.

Interesting info
I have long hoped/wanted for a time where bandwidth increased to a point where it would allow for better quality movies/sound codecs to be used.

I also never bought into the MP3 deal. Not that I'm an audio snob; most highly compressed files are ok for music to jog to etc.
It would just be nice to plug an MP3 player into my car's system that has very little compression, if any at all.

On the other hand, most of the audio manufacturers have pulled back their marketing and R/D spending. Their just isn't the market for it it seems.

SSD would be nice for playback, but it would still require a high data transfer rate to be appealing.
The only other option is to mail a disc (or some type of media) for use in the SSD.
Scott

[simpleman68]

Originally Posted by kingpin

Gozar and I can make your dreams a reality.
We work together and work cheap.
All as we need is:
3 meals a day, snacks in between, 2 computers with a fast internet connection and preferrably a couple blond slims in the 100-110lb area.

Let us know when you're ready.

Man, I'm just trying to find somebody in the Philly area that can tune my room for me, calibrate the projector etc.

The few guys I've looked up want thousands to do all kinds of mumbo jumbo and print up fancy but useless computer drawings that the average person (HT idiot) might want.
I'd be more than happy to drop a grand to get somebody in for a day to help me.
Scott

[mikeg826]

Originally Posted by simpleman68

Man, I'm just trying to find somebody in the Philly area that can tune my room for me, calibrate the projector etc.

The few guys I've looked up want thousands to do all kinds of mumbo jumbo and print up fancy but useless computer drawings that the average person (HT idiot) might want.
I'd be more than happy to drop a grand to get somebody in for a day to help me.
Scott

I'm in Philly, and I'll do it for you

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by Gozar

There was a fire two years ago down the street. It burned for 15 minutes before fire crews arrived. They lost one room plus smoke damage. All got out just fine.

Was it built of OSB engineered joists?? All I know is what my buddy said, and having burnt OSB in the fireplace, I know it burns quickly.....but it was a LONG time ago, like 25 year or so, and maybe they put some fire retardant material in there by now, I WOULD HOPE.....

[kingpin]

Originally Posted by mikeg826

I'm in Philly, and I'll do it for you

Very nice of you!

Originally Posted by simpleman68

Man, I'm just trying to find somebody in the Philly area that can tune my room for me, calibrate the projector etc.

The few guys I've looked up want thousands to do all kinds of mumbo jumbo and print up fancy but useless computer drawings that the average person (HT idiot) might want.
I'd be more than happy to drop a grand to get somebody in for a day to help me.
Scott

I guess it depends how far you are going.
If you want someoen to take room measurements and such and to offer ideas on how to shape the sound properly in your room then you are looking at a sound engineer. Anything with an "engineer" at the end is going to cost money as it's their professional field.

If you're looking for someone to take speaker or sub measurements and find the nulls and low spots in your frequency range with a mic and a laptop it's a different thing altogether.

I know you are wondering about sub placement but what else are you trying to do?
Reflection points are easy to figure out.

[mikeg826]

Originally Posted by kingpin

Very nice of you!

I really have no clue what to do, but I do require the following:

3 meals a day, snacks in between, 2 computers with a fast internet connection and preferrably a couple blond slims in the 100-110lb area.

[Cybercowboy]

Originally Posted by Entropy

May have to change the medium, since they use light as a way to read information. DVD uses 640 nm light, red/orange, whereas Blu-ray uses a 405nm violet light. As they go to smaller and smaller wavelengths, the amount of energy increases (E = hc/lambda, lambda is wavelength). This means you need to have a medium that can withstand the increased energy without distorting the original information with multiple playbacks being an option.

SSD might be the future, when the price comes down. Faster boot times, etc. I think streaming has potential, but we need bigger and better pipelines, which is why a Blu-ray disc has the edge at the moment.

Probably be cassette tapes.

[Entropy]

Originally Posted by Cybercowboy

Probably be cassette tapes.

I was seriously expecting an Onion article when I clicked on that.


Crazy that they've been able to create a tape that can hold 35 freakin' terabytes of data.

[kingpin]

Originally Posted by mikeg826

I really have no clue what to do, but I do require the following:

3 meals a day, snacks in between, 2 computers with a fast internet connection and preferrably a couple blond slims in the 100-110lb area.

[Cybercowboy]

Originally Posted by Entropy

I was seriously expecting an Onion article when I clicked on that.


Crazy that they've been able to create a tape that can hold 35 freakin' terabytes of data.

Can't wait for Gozar to have a bunch of people over to watch his new 4k setup, Avatar 3 - Blue is the New Black, and his buddy says "So, show me this new high-tech setup you got there. Gozar proceeds to whip out a cassette tape, carefully passing over Molly Hatchet and a Bonn Scott era AC/DC, slaps it into the VCR, and says "Check this baby out!"

[Gozar]

Originally Posted by Cybercowboy

Can't wait for Gozar to have a bunch of people over to watch his new 4k setup, Avatar 3 - Blue is the New Black, and his buddy says "So, show me this new high-tech setup you got there. Gozar proceeds to whip out a cassette tape, carefully passing over Molly Hatchet and a Bonn Scott era AC/DC, slaps it into the VCR, and says "Check this baby out!"

[simpleman68]

Originally Posted by mikeg826

I really have no clue what to do, but I do require the following:

3 meals a day, snacks in between, 2 computers with a fast internet connection and preferrably a couple blond slims in the 100-110lb area.

Gotcha covered on almost all fronts except your weight requirement for said honeys.
Hell, my niece who is slender/fit weighs more than that at 13 years old; of course she is also 5'7"
Scott

[kingpin]

Originally Posted by simpleman68

Gotcha covered on almost all fronts except your weight requirement for said honeys.
Hell, my niece who is slender/fit weighs more than that at 13 years old; of course she is also 5'7"
Scott

It's a good thing you added the 13 year old part.
You're a very smart man.

[Gozar]

Floor is 100% in. Electrician comes tomorrow.

[simpleman68]

Originally Posted by Gozar

Floor is 100% in. Electrician comes tomorrow.

Ahhh... ya dirty dog! You'll be watchin' movies in no time while I'm busy building speaker forms/wall decor.
Scott

[Gozar]

Hey Kingpin... look at what was built today...




It is coming together...

[Woody]

Damn, they are moving right along. What the ETA on completion Chris?

[Gozar]

Originally Posted by Woody

Damn, they are moving right along. What the ETA on completion Chris?

[Contractor From The Money Pit] Two weeks! [/Contractor From The Money Pit]

[kingpin]

Fixt!

Awesome. Glad I could help.