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13th April
Tommo has put together this small video of the "action" (or in those chairs, the lack of it). Click the picture to download.
Do not be alarmed by this picture ! As you can see, there is no dribbling. |
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11th March
Carpet in. £100 from CarpetRight.
That's it really. |
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4th March
So, either a £400 SoundStyle (or similar HiFi stand) or an £80 Argos one.
Argos wins. You can find this little baby here
RAC TC8 Stand |
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29th Feb
Quick LD11 X10 Module install for the downlighters. Controls all 8 20W LV Lights. When more of these will appear in the house, then a DIN Housing will need to be purchased - unless we go C-Bus.... |
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CHOCKY ! |
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Fear the blue light - for it brings picture quality from it's mighty DLP chip
Rear speakers still need to be connected
The Dulux Hot Salsa paint on - 5 coats ! |
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28th Feb
Projector mounted in it's new home. It's a Sharp XV9000 DLP unit.
Um - markings of moving the mount are evident - cant move the hole ! |
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Sample picture from the projector. The walls are still only coated with Dulux emulsion as a primer for the re-plastered wall. Screen Goo will be painted soon.
Keg Ci400 eggs installed - but positioning may change. I am restricted by the eaves for the placement of the right speaker, so left needs to be at the same height. I've elected to mount the side speakers at the same level, but rears will be higher.
Note : there are no black-out blinds installed yet |
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Bask in the Pioneer THX glory ! Case of can't wait, won't wait.
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25th Feb
Do It yourself Speaker connections. The 2-way banana sockets are for each speaker, and the 4 way (one of two units) will be the termination point of the speaker cable next to the Amp/Decoder
You can find these sockets here at CPC
Blank plates are found at any hardware store |
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24th Feb
The Hole is in. The projector will now be sitied outside of the cinema room.
Previously the projector was mounted in the room at the back, but had to be lowered to clear the RSJ. This meant no seating could be placed there. The switch to the hall now means bigger picture and makes the room usable for seating. |
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23rd Feb
All the 8 x 20 watt Low Voltage lights connected. On a plug for now, but will be moved to an X10 LD11 module later.
The 20 watt bulbs were chosen to give maximum dimming control when viewing the screen.
Excuse the grey - a moment of madness in choosing a colour scheme. |
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19th Feb
Cables Runs to the speakers are in - all 7 speaker points around the room terminate here
Yes, that IS 1.5mm Twin&Earth for the speaker cable |
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Chris smells beer - shortly after this, he turns green, rips his shirt and leaps for the nearest can of the finest hops...
And why is he playing with a Black Nobbler ? |
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The might Sharp DLP projector proves it's worth with the XBox
MS Cocks ensures maximum viewing pleasure |
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