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Topic: Screening Room set-up
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Richard Quesnelle
Film Handler
Posts: 67
From: Penetang, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 04-23-2000 02:59 PM
Hi Everyone!I was curious on how to go about putting together a home screening room. What size of room is needed? Type of screen used? Projector layout? Thanks Rich
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Pete Lawrence
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 192
From: Middleburg, PA
Registered: Aug 1999
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posted 04-23-2000 07:58 PM
I'm in the process of setting up a small home screening room in my basement. Screen will be 8' wide with about a 30' throw. Currently I have a pair of DeVry XD portable machines with 450 watt xenon lamps. Changeovers only, no platter. I'm working on re-building a pair of full size machines, Simplex E7's with RCA 1040 sound heads and ORC1000 xenon lamps. One of my problems has been to short a distance from projector to screen to allow the scope lenses to be adjusted correctly. The solution was to use a pair of good 16mm scope lenses until I can move the wall back a little more. I've been experimenting with using two mirrors in front of each projector to raise the booth port as high as possible to clear the tops of heads. I only have a 7' ceiling. If this works it would also help with the off-axis projector problem by allowing me to use one port for both machines. So far its been a lot of fun, and I've only had to sell my soul to Edw. Wolk Inc. for parts! Seriously, the older equipment can be quite inexpensive, but parts prices can kill ya. So can good lenses! With a little work and TLC the machines should be good for another 50 years. A friend of mine is running one of the nicest home theaters I've ever seen. Two full size 35mm machines (Christie consoles, Simplex XL and RCA Sound heads) in a finished third floor attic with about a 40' throw. Also 16mm and Video. Fantastic setup, but just thinking about getting that stuff up to the third floor scares me. Pete
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timothy johnson
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Posts: 50
From: minneapolis, mN 55419
Registered: Jul 99
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posted 04-25-2000 07:14 AM
it's all I could do in my home until I can afford to move, I have a 12'wide X 17'long screening room with eight rocker seats w/cupholders. My screen is 10 feet wide in scope, my projector is in my dining room, the screening room is the former living room. The walls are dark blue, with a black ceiling and black masking all around the screen. My lenses make the 18 foot throw possible, they are awesome, isco scope and schnieder flat. I have a Gearless Christie 35PG with a XE-Lamp 1600 watt.I use large reels that hold 8,000 feet, I can get an 8 reel film on two reels. The picture is mind-blowing, it's better than sitting in a large auditorium with a 60 foot wide picture, because I like the tight focus and small grain in my personal screening room, it has gotten to the point I don't see movies in the theater much, I wait to see it in my house for the first time. As for sound I am running the reverse scan from the christie to a CP-65, with Dolby SR,A, and SRD, as well as DTS. I have 1,500 watts of sound all around, with a yamaha 18 sub, and a clark sythesis sub sonic seat shaker (matrix will rock your bones) If anyone is interested in DTS, CP-65, and SRD(DA-20) in their home, please feel free to contact me. tjohnson@lifetouch.com 612-826-4491
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