What is the ideal square footage for a very nice home theater?
Posted by admin in Home Entertainment Q&ASep 23rd, 2009 | 2 responses
andrew asked:
I am interested in building a very nice home theater (I would like to spend between 50K and 200K). Could I build this theater with a square footage of between 500-750?
I am interested in building a very nice home theater (I would like to spend between 50K and 200K). Could I build this theater with a square footage of between 500-750?
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Yeah, right, you are going to spend $200K on a home theater based on advice you get here! LOL Don’t waste your time, or ours.
If you really have the bucks and the desire, go to a professional audio-visual store and get professional advice on equipment and what should go into construction. Believe me, if you are going to spend $100K on their equipment, they will fall over themselves trying to help.
You can easily build a small home theater beginning with 300 sq. ft. [15 X 20 ft.] – which would cost well under $900. And here’s a brief do-it-yourself set up for a front projector casting a 92″ diagonal image on a painted wall screen.
If you are looking for the best do-it-yourselfer home theatre, it would consist of:
1. Your current two hi-fi stereo front speaker system [without need for a third channel speaker since you do not want to upgrade your older hi-fi amplifier to handle digital surround sound] placed just below your TV viewing screen. Cost: $16.00 for extended quality audio wires for across-the-room connectivity.
2. One Infocus ScreenPlay [SP] 4805 DLP front projector [click on the "Picture" link for a home theatre image]* casting a 92″ diagonal 16:9 high contrast [2200:1] image placed on a coffee table. Cost: $580.00 for a refurbished unit; replacement lamps sell for $330 and last some 3,000 to 4,000 hours. *Picture of actual home theatre setup showing “A Good Woman”:
3. Special motion picture quality screen paint provided by GooSystems.com. to create a 130″ diagonal grey colored screen. Cost: about $150.00 [including shipping]
4. One standard progressive Toshiba DVD player. Cost: $75.00 new.
5. One digital/HD TV cable subscription to Times-Warner. Cost: $65 per month.
6. Repositioning of a large 5-seat livingroom sofa to a distance some 12-13 feet from the viewing screen. Cost: None. Only when you can get someone nearby to help you move furniture.
7. Set of darkening drapery placed on windows near the projection screen. Costs: About $50 worth of material and of course, we hung up the drapes ourselves.
In conclusion, the total cost of the Do-It-YourSelfer Home Theatre: about $871.00!
and, the final outcome is that OMG – WOW look on the faces of your neighbors when they are invited to see an HD quality sports event projected onto a 92″ diagonal screen!
Good luck!