Pictures, pictures, pictures!

johnnyflav

silvine wrote: »

Where did you get that TV stand Johnny and how much was it? I've the same amp as you and when I setup I realised there is now no space for my XBox and the DVD player. So they're on the floor!

Also, mind if I ask how you are connecting all that up to the mains? Did you get a special extension leed for those appliances? I'm using two extension leads plugged into two sockets for eight appliances. And it's a mess of wires and cables.

The stand is a Serano 1050, I think it was bought in Curry's (that was a second hand buy too) and the stuff is all hooked up much like yours, it was a mangle of extension cables. It's all been relocated recently so I've made it much neater than the old. I'll have pics up as soon as I have it all properly installed (bodged:)).

JDxtra wrote: »

Looks like a stand from Sony Centre.

That's a fairly decent setup... and on a student budget! :eek: I'd like to see what you could do when you are earning a decent wage....

Cheers , I got very lucky with my summer/part-time job.

silvine

Does that Harmony remote work with the PS3, the Xbox and Sky?

How do you find it? I've five remotes and the moment and they're always going missing

johnnyflav

silvine wrote: »

Does that Harmony remote work with the PS3, the Xbox and Sky?

How do you find it? I've five remotes and the moment and they're always going missing

The Harmony works with everything except the PS3 and WII, it's made my life a lot easier to have it there. I have the bluettoth remote for the PS3, which is a bit of hassle but it's better than having 4/5 different remotes to press to change inputs etc...

I've recently upgraded my remote to a Harmony 785, so my 525 is going spare. I'll be putting it up on adverts in about a week or so... I'll be having a bit of a clear out of some of the old stuff to make way, and pay, for some new gear.

silvine

Cool, keep me posted about when you put the ad up.

digitaldr

I recently got a solid oak TV unit in Dunnes of all places to replace my crappy Argos one. It was reduced from €750 to €375 in the January sale. Anyway I wanted to hide all my AV gear so I fitted some doors - white lacquered glass from Myra Glass on Clanbrassil St (€48 for the pair). I'll be taking the back off tomorrow to let a bit of air in for ventilation. Also foolishly bought this thinking that the remote signals wouldn't pass through the glass - they did:mad:. So if anyone wants to buy it I'll be putting it up on adverts.ie soon (unless I get any offers here - PM me!)

Before:



After:

johnnyflav

Nice setup digitaldr, very tidy. If I could keep mine as refined as yours I would be a very happy man...

digitaldr

Thanks all I need now is Sky HD!

LarWright

Lads, I thought mine was GREAT until I saw some of the projectors and screens here lol

Spec list...
Sony Bravia FULL 1080p HD 40" LCD
Sony "All in One" Surround Sound
Sony Playstation 3 (60gb for PS2 games)
Sky + (Gonna wait for Sky HD to 'lose' the extra subscription)
And best of all......... not a cable in sight!

THE TV (Looks really small on the wall 'cos it's a big room!)


The Clutter in the corner


Front Left / Right speakers with cables hidden (thanks to my mate Ray for a genius solution!)


One of the Rear Speakers


How the cables come out from under the beading!

johnnyflav

Loving the wire free set up, what have you got there at the front to keep the wires in (it doesn't look like you've put them through the wall).

I'm tempted to do the same permanent set up in mine, but I'd be a bit worried when I to go and move/remove any of the stuff that it'd leave behind a lot of mess.

LarWright

johnnyflav wrote: »

Loving the wire free set up, what have you got there at the front to keep the wires in (it doesn't look like you've put them through the wall).

:eek: GUTTED that you noticed the cables are there lol

Just stuck them into the corners with A LOAD of painters mate, smoothed it down, let it set and painted over... It looks invisible in reality, but in photos you can see it, perhaps the shade of paint was from a different batch, or something that the eye can't see but a camera can.... I have the luxury of an attic in my apartment, and directly behind the Sky Box etc is a cupboard so i ran all the cables into that, up the wall, across the attic and back down inside the wall to the TV.

Cable wise in the wall i have installed:
2 x HDMI (only 1 in use to PS3)
2 x Scart (only 1 in use to Sky Box)
1 x Coax (to Aerial for DTT to TV)
2 x Coax (to Dish for Sky+)
1 x Speaker (for centre speaker when fireplace arrives)

That's it then.

I'm tempted to do the same permanent set up in mine, but I'd be a bit worried when I to go and move/remove any of the stuff that it'd leave behind a lot of mess.

The painters mate will just peel off if you do decide to leave in the future, or leave the cables there for the next person, so they can just put there own speakers in!

johnnyflav

LarWright wrote: »

:eek: GUTTED that you noticed the cables are there lol

No, I didn't see them I sensed they were there

LarWright wrote: »

The painters mate will just peel off if you do decide to leave in the future, or leave the cables there for the next person, so they can just put there own speakers in!

I'm gonna steal your idea with the painters mate. from what I read it's just like masking tape. I wonder if it'll work with thick cable. I've got to hide my fronts which are bi-wired with 42 strand...

I've decided now that I'm hiding all my speaker wires. Hopefully it won't be too much trouble to lift the floorboards...this could get messy.

shayser

johnnyflav wrote: »

No, I didn't see them I sensed they were there




I'm gonna steal your idea with the painters mate. from what I read it's just like masking tape. I wonder if it'll work with thick cable. I've got to hide my fronts which are bi-wired with 42 strand...

I've decided now that I'm hiding all my speaker wires. Hopefully it won't be too much trouble to lift the floorboards...this could get messy.

Hey Johnny, how did you get on with your wiring. Did you use the Painter Mate? I've got 42 strand also. The LCD will be going up on the wall. I'm going to put up a fake wall with a space in the centre for the LCD. Top and bottom will be open, sides will be closed (I think!). A mate did it this way and it looks great. Wall is painted one colour and the fake wall another. The fake wall will be about 18 smaller all round than the existing wall. Thinking about putting the speakers up also, they're on stands at the moment.

johnnyflav

shayser wrote: »

Hey Johnny, how did you get on with your wiring. Did you use the Painter Mate? I've got 42 strand also. The LCD will be going up on the wall. I'm going to put up a fake wall with a space in the centre for the LCD. Top and bottom will be open, sides will be closed (I think!). A mate did it this way and it looks great. Wall is painted one colour and the fake wall another. The fake wall will be about 18 smaller all round than the existing wall. Thinking about putting the speakers up also, they're on stands at the moment.

I've not seen anything like what you're doing but it sounds very impressive would like to see how that looks. I actually didn't go with the painters mate option, instead I've put all the wires under the floorboards. I wouldn't say it's an easy job but it is quite satisfying to see it completed:D. Here's a couple of pics to show the work in progress and the set up as I have it at the minute.

Threading the cable through this was easily the hardest job.



It's gotta get worse before it gets better.



What's in the corner at the moment. Upgraditis dictates that there'll be a plasma in there shortly, and it'll probably be wall mounted.



The new projector in action, rubbish pic, but that's the best I could manage. The screen's been moved lower since that to improve the viewing angle.

LarWright

Well after many months, we eventually have the place totally finished now, complete with fireplace!



Hurrah!!

Johnny, nice work on the wiring! Handy you have floor boards to lift! I would love that luxury!

johnnyflav

LarWright wrote: »

Well after many months, we eventually have the place totally finished now, complete with fireplace!

That looks the dogs proverbials!!:D Stunning setup, not a wire in sight!

shayser

Nice setups in here!

Mossy, how's it looking now?

mossym

have upgraded to new Denon AVR3808, now have b&w's all around (4 * DM603's for front LR and side LR, 602.5 for rears)

Blu-ray, BBC HD via the HTPC, will robably pick up the new Panny BD50 when i am in the states next.

Roll on ITV and C4HD FTA.

delly

Very nice mossym. Much respect for the Saving Private Ryan and BoB posters.

silvine

I'm guessing 1) You're bloke and 2) You like war!

Great setup.

mossym

silvine wrote: »

I'm guessing 1) You're bloke and 2) You like war!

Great setup.

bloke or broke? doesn't matter, i'm both!!

but the wife does like it too!!

cheers.

mossym

delly wrote: »

Very nice mossym. Much respect for the Saving Private Ryan and BoB posters.

thanks.

aye, bit of a ww2 nut. looking for a third ww2 poster, but can't find any i like.

shayser

Now there's something to aspire to! My new cabinet arrived yesterday in bits, so it's going back today adding a further wait for the new one. Eventually these set-ups do get finished, don't they?

johnnyflav

shayser wrote: »

Eventually these set-ups do get finished, don't they?

Nope, 'friad not.


BTW Nice home cinema mossym

mossym

shayser wrote: »

Eventually these set-ups do get finished, don't they?

nope. never, always tinkering to be done. non-reflective acoustic panels are on the back of my mind now

RastaRed

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm199/RastaRed_photo/IMG_0978.jpg

Samsung 40"LCD
Sky HD Box
Sony 60 GB PS3
Yahama 5.1 Receiver&Speakers

gorwanvfr

Here is my set up at home. Like everyone else the cinema has to be a front room for the family for everyday use. This setup works well I think!! Also there is a pic of the kitchen set up:)

doggiedee

Hi folks,
Just thought I'd stick a pic or two of my setup. I know its not really up to the standards of some the others on display, but it does me for the time being!



At the moment it consists of:
Sony 55" SXRD, Denon AVR-2802, Cambridge Audio Azur 640C and 540D, Toshiba HD-XA1, Pionneer DVL-909 and CLD-700, an old Philips VR-768, Xbox 360, PS3, and finally a Kef 2005 package.

Cheers,
Dave.

big_moe

thats a lovely cabinet. what is it?

doggiedee

big_moe wrote: »

thats a lovely cabinet. what is it?

On the off chance that you're talking about mine, it's just 4 Ikea Besta tv benches put together. Cheap and cheerful!

big_moe

doggiedee wrote: »

On the off chance that you're talking about mine, it's just 4 Ikea Besta tv benches put together. Cheap and cheerful!

excellent, it looks really good.. i might have to rob your idea!

doggiedee

Why thank you! Go for it, costs feck all to do and there is plenty of options when it comes to the Ikea stuff.

Earlsie

Here is my setup:
40" Sony Bravia Screen, BOSE Lifestylse System,NTL,DVD ,Xbox360

Had a lot of problems getting Screen & Speakers mounted on wall but I feel it was worth the extra effort.I would not be to handy
with the DIY Stuff if yea know what I mean.



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JDxtra

Looks great, well done.

smokingman

Did this at the weekend....very happy now..
Still need to calibrate the projector position etc but all the important DIY is done now.

gorwanvfr

Looking well smokingman Very nice

smokingman

gorwanvfr wrote: »

Looking well smokingman Very nice

Cheers dude - I'm fekin knackered after it but it was well worth it.
The MDF and 2x4s were cheap enough and to be honest, I'm no carpenter but it was dead easy to make.

gorwanvfr

smokingman wrote: »

Cheers dude - I'm fekin knackered after it but it was well worth it.
The MDF and 2x4s were cheap enough and to be honest, I'm no carpenter but it was dead easy to make.

It's all worth it when you can sit back and enjoy a movie on a BIG screen is it a Panasonic AE1000 or 2000 projector. I have a 1000 what a great machine feeding it with a Panasonic Bluray player now and it's just gotten better

smokingman

gorwanvfr wrote: »

It's all worth it when you can sit back and enjoy a movie on a BIG screen is it a Panasonic AE1000 or 2000 projector. I have a 1000 what a great machine feeding it with a Panasonic Bluray player now and it's just gotten better

It's a 2000 which blew my entertainment budget for ohh, six months
Still, I won't be going out ever again now anyway.

Haven't got a blu-ray player yet but that's next on the gadget-buying list.

gorwanvfr

Now I'm jealous a Pani 2000 very very nice read good things about it puts mine to shame.:(


I got my player from Komplett
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=350469

They were the cheapest at the time when I got mine. Here is a screen shot of a movie

smokingman

gorwanvfr wrote: »

Now I'm jealous a Pani 2000 very very nice read good things about it puts mine to shame.:(


I got my player from Komplett
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=350469

They were the cheapest at the time when I got mine. Here is a screen shot of a movie

Wow, very nice!
what size screen do ya have there?
Got my projector from ebay (american power seller) cause it was so expensive everywhere else. T'was 1700 in the end. Some shops in Ireland are looking for 2600 and upwards! Might get a ps3 for it as it seems to be the most upgradable bluray player...

gorwanvfr

smokingman wrote: »

Wow, very nice!
what size screen do ya have there?
Got mine from ebay (american power seller) cause it was so expensive everywhere else. T'was 1700 in the end. Some shops in Ireland are looking for 2600 and upwards!

Its 106" tab tensioned electric so it goes in to the ceiling, I know what you mean about the prices here they are crazy and the choice is not great. if you scroll up the thread I have some more pics posted of the screen both up and down and the proj covered and uncovered. There is a large picture of a lighthouse that covers the proj when not in use. Everything is automated so press the button on the remote, the screen comes down, the pictures comes down, proj, bluray and amp turn on. So all that’s left to do is sit back and enjoy.

smokingman

gorwanvfr wrote: »

Its 106" tab tensioned electric so it goes in to the ceiling, I know what you mean about the prices here they are crazy and the choice is not great. if you scroll up the thread I have some more pics posted of the screen both up and down and the proj covered and uncovered. There is a large picture of a lighthouse that covers the proj when not in use. Everything is automated so press the button on the remote, the screen comes down, the pictures comes down, proj, bluray and amp turn on. So all that’s left to do is sit back and enjoy.

I'm due a Logitech Harmony 895 in the post soon so can't wait for that one button experience meself

gorwanvfr

smokingman wrote: »

I'm due a Logitech Harmony 895 in the post soon so can't wait for that one button experience meself

Thats the one I have its great very easy to set up using the online system and the RF extenders are fantastic. A good remote all round bit heavy on batteries just have to remember to put it in it's charger at the end of the day

am i bovvered

I posted my set-up on the bottom of the 3rd page of this thread, but now have built a screen, it cost €130 to complete and I am really happy with the result.
A big thanks for the research into the paint was done by a few lads on a different website, ( I don't know if I am allowed to post a link )

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smokingman

Looking fine there dude, what kind of projector do you have?
Rope light is sweet.....cheap, yet effective. Did you get it in a bricks&mortar shop or did you get it online like I did?

am i bovvered wrote: »

I posted my set-up on the bottom of the 3rd page of this thread, but now have built a screen, it cost €130 to complete and I am really happy with the result.
A big thanks for the research into the paint was done by a few lads on a different website, ( I don't know if I am allowed to post a link )

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am i bovvered

Thanks smokingman,
I have to admit I prefer the thicker border that you built, it really enhances the screen. You have a really nice projector too, I hope to upgrade to that one day.
The rope light was just shop bought €24 for 8ft.
The projector I have is a Panasonic PTAX 100e bought last summer on adverts.ie for €780, its hooked up to PS3, Wii, internet & Yamaha RX V361 surround Sound.
I have the projector, rope light and cooling fan on a socket remote which is handy.
Its not a great picture but the only one I have.

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bobtjustice

am i bovvered wrote: »

I posted my set-up on the bottom of the 3rd page of this thread, but now have built a screen, it cost €130 to complete and I am really happy with the result.
A big thanks for the research into the paint was done by a few lads on a different website, ( I don't know if I am allowed to post a link )

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Wow fantasitic set up well done indeed.!

Eric Cartman

johnnyflav

Thought i might just show off my latest setup. kef's all round for sound, 875 onkyo to drive them and a pio 5090 for video. very pleased with the results



ps, that TV in the corner is the one that came with the apartment, quite a jump moving up to 50"

Mark#1

johnnyflav wrote: »

Thought i might just show off my latest setup. kef's all round for sound, 875 onkyo to drive them and a pio 5090 for video. very pleased with the results



ps, that TV in the corner is the one that came with the apartment, quite a jump moving up to 50"

Sweet, sweet, sweet.

There's something nice about modern tech in a rough setting like that (I say that with respect - not derogatorily towards the bare decor).


Mark