[tisenberg]

The basement is pretty much finished, still got some miscellaneous stuff to do, but I thought I'd share one of my hobbies with everyone... E L E C T R O N I C S ! ! ! !

Sony XBR 65 inch RPT
Phillips Progressive DVD
Pioneer LaserDisc
Toshiba 6 head VCR
Yamaha RXV-1400 7.1 Receiver
JBL Northridge Speakers
RCA DTC-100 (over air HD feed)
Digital Cable (comcast)
Pronto TSU-2000
XBOX (tobanator XBOX-Live)


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[MowHoward2210]

Awesome! I used to be an audiophile/videophile on a beer budget, so I'm not up on the latest stuff, but that seems mighty impressive. I'm not familiar with the speakers, are the the same brand, and how many? How do you like the Pronto remote?

 

[Argee]

Nice setup Toba....Awesome:thumbsup:

 

[guest]

nice setup tis, makes it easy to read the tf on a bigscreen huh???
must be good on the xbox too....

 

[tisenberg]

Originally posted by MowHoward2210
I'm not familiar with the speakers, are the the same brand, and how many? How do you like the Pronto remote?

LOLL I changed the speakers from JVL's to JBL's can you say typo. They are the Northridge line. Had the Pronto for about three years and it is awesome

 

[MowHoward2210]

Originally posted by tisenberg
LOLL I changed the speakers from JVL's to JBL's can you say typo. They are the Northridge line. Had the Pronto for about three years and it is awesome

That's kind of what I thought, but since I'm not too up to date on speakers, I wasn't sure.

On a 6.1 system you would have front L & R, Center, rear L & R and rear center, and a subwoofer. Where's the extra speaker on 7.1?

 

[jodyand]

Thats nice how did yo get TF on the TV:question:

 

[tisenberg]

Originally posted by MowHoward2210
That's kind of what I thought, but since I'm not too up to date on speakers, I wasn't sure.

On a 6.1 system you would have front L & R, Center, rear L & R and rear center, and a subwoofer. Where's the extra speaker on 7.1?

I don't have them all hooked up yet, but it is

front left and right
up top front left and right
center
sub
rear left and right
side left and right.

Not sure how that equates to 7.1, but the Yamaha receiver supports running all of those at once.

Here is my Yamaha receiver

Yamaha Guide (page 11 shows speaker setup)

 

[tisenberg]

Originally posted by jodyand
Thats nice how did yo get TF on the TV:question:

There is an RF keyboard on the coffee table and a RF gyro mouse on the coffe table. The computer is on the front right between the tower and the right front speaker. For now, I am doing an adapter from the sound port to RCA to the receiver and I am doing a VGA connection on the back of the TV with HD resolution. I need to tweek the resolution some more with PowerStrip (software) to make the resolution better.

 

[tisenberg]

I will provide a better (brighter) picture of the stuff later... if I remember. It's fun to mess with this stuff. I am on version two of the wiring and nearing "final". Once I acheive final, I will re-wire it so that the wire behind is not such a mess. With all the equipment, there is many ways to hook things up. The first was to get everything working (phase 1). Phase 2 is to move things around so that I have better hookups, more logical hookups, etc. Phase 3 is to do final moves.

Phase 4 is.
- Document what is hooked where
- unhook everything
- put in wiring bundling systems to clean it up
- re-program the Pronto remote with final settings.

Phase 4 is a long process and more fun than LATTICE.

 

[tisenberg]

Found a brighter image. This picture is with an HD feed, but prior to me setting up the computer. To get an idea on the size.... from front left speaker to front right speaker it is about 16 feet.

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[Chris]

Wow, nice setup Tuba.

Seems the seating is a little close with that huge screen and sound system. How big is the overall room? Good luck with everything ---

Cheers!

Andy

 

[tisenberg]

The seating area is about 20 by 25. The TV recommends optimum viewing in the 8 to 10 foot range. I love it that close, but most do not. My wife prefers 12 foot, I think the cockpit seat (most center front seat) is about 10 feet from the screen.

My sister and I watched a hockey game one night around 7 feet away. It was awesome, but it would freak most people out. When I have friends over for XBOX'ing, they make me move the coffee table out of the way and then bring the couches 2 or 3 feet closer. It does freak you out after a while.... a little sea sick I prefer the 8 to 10 foot range myself. Just enough that you have to move your eyes around a little to watch TV, but not have to move your head.

The room is not optimum for a true theater, but it does works very well. A better room is about 20 by 30 with hard walls all the way around and no windows. The basement is very open (about 1,700 sq feet), small workshop, large pool table area, a poker room, bar, playroom for the kids and a bathroom. Basically, the basement is mine, mine, mine. Well, the wife gets to decorate and come down there sometimes, but all in all, it's my play area.