Thanks a lot for all comments, PMs, questions and inspiration for future modifications, I really appreciate it! I'll try to give an answer to all in this post, using photos to better illustrate the various bits and pieces.
First of all, my Home Theater is not by far the largest room in the house, it measures 5m by 4m, 20 sqm total. Ceiling height is 245cm, except for one rear corner (this is due to a level difference in the floor between the two living rooms one floor up). The rear and left walls are wood, the front and right walls, as well as both the floor and the ceiling, are concrete. Hot water is running in the floor.
Being happily married (we've got 2 kids), I needed to compromise with "the boss". But looking at the end result, I guess all the wife friendly stuff; a white sofa, white ceiling, white ceiling mounted speakers and even a white projector is a small price to pay for "black box city" in front with the 280 cm wide 120" screen 3 meters in front of you
As you can see from this photo, I live down by the sea, facing west. Needless to say, the sunlight can be rather annoying (especially in the summer when the bloody thing never sets!) so I use 2 different layers of sunscreen to keep the room dark. And, as someone commented, one could of course also enjoy the scenery while listening to music.
Bass. I love bass. I guess my setup kinda gave that away...? (you should see my car, hehe) The three 15" Active subs with 500 W amps each gives just enough punch to make me worry about the windows (the one that can be opened rattles a lot even after some modification). I picked up the Scarface painting in Thailand, and had it framed upon arriving back home.
The white ceiling mounted speakers are truly awesome, and I got them dead cheap! The seating is quite nice, with individual motors for each seat, and lots of storage room in between.
The only two lamps in the room, the dimmer is just inside the door. I am looking at a way to remotely control it from the sofa, any ideas? The Pulp Fiction painting is made by the same Thai guy as the Scarface painting. We shared the same taste in movies, half a world away! In the ceiling you can see the level difference from the living room floor upstairs.
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Black Box City
From Left: A regular computer (I used it as HTPC earlier), Center speaker, Xtreamer Ultra2 Deluxe HTPC (standing), Pioneer SC-LX86, Pioneer BDP-LX55, some docking stations for remotes & keyboards, below: Yes, a VHS player (Panasonic NV-HD680), Digital Cable-TV STB and a Yamaha DVD-S550. Below the Centre Speaker I have a PS2 and XBOX360 whenever my 10 year old son allows..
Top shelf: NAS and external USB drives (2 x 3 TB USB3-drives were "on vacation" when this photo was taken). Bottom: A regular PC running the Linux IPCop Firewall, and separate UPS's for the NAS's.
How it's all connected.
