Finally, I take the plunge into converting one of my rooms into HT room as Home Minister gave me the green light

It's been a near 'potong stim' scenario today. The shipping guy 4got abt my shipment. Luckily, I made a call to them. The pj and screen reached in the evening.

I checked the packaging of the screen. Upon checking, it stated MW White. Hmm.... that fella told me out of stock. Only left woth HC Grey screen. Hopefully, it is matt white screen. Btw, it is Draper 92" 16:9 HDTV format screen.

I took some photos of it. But, due to some uploading prob with imageshack, cant upload all the photos

However, I havent decided which DVDP to go for. So, I brought home Pioneer DV-400 and Sony old's NS-76 for a shootout. I ll be using old faithful GIEC HVD player too, which is able to upscale to 1080p via component.

Tomorrow will be a rather busy day for me as I ll try to set it up. Got to shift most of the AV gears from living room to upstair. Luckily, my brother will be here to help me out


Optoma HD65 box :



Manual and Remote



Cables

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Added on January 19, 2008, 8:35 amManaged to upload those photos. Here are the rest :

Pioneer DV-400



Sony NS-76



GIEC HVD



Opening the box



Packaging



Optoma HD65



Rear Connection




Later, going to setup the screen

This post has been edited by htkaki: Oct 15 2008, 09:34 PM

hohohho, im the 1st on in
eh... wen u setting up, bluray player anjua?

wah wah...congrats.....u finally got a Home Theater

Be sure to post some pics after ur full setup together with ur av amp and speakers.

I already sms him 2 days to poison him to get ps3.. haha!

lookin good....

I thought it would be an easy task to do all the shifting in one go. Oh boy, I am wrong. So darn wrong. Now, freaking tired. Got to rest first.

Here are some of the photos taken during the 'mass evacuation'

Old faithful Denon



Speakers



Draper screen



Interconnect and HDMI cable



Halfway (to be continue......)



Bro RX, later going to find 'ah long' for financing for PS3.

Looks promising. BTW, how much did the projector cost?

A few suggestions. You might want to seal the window to get a real dark room. I think you might want to get some carpeting to prevent echoes and that will help conceal the back speaker wires.

Bro, this is initial stage only. I have all the curtains (out goes the blind) and carpets to do the job. Some ambient light will still do as this projector churns out 1,400 ansi lumens. Tested it in the afternoon. Still able to see clearly. We'll see how it goes.

Next step is to install a customised bracket to secure the Draper as well as the curtain.

The DVD racks, the cabinets, the coffee table and leather sofa is in the room. These stuffs will also play role as 'acoustic treatment'.

Will calibrate the sound by using Radioshack SPL meter.

congrats bro .....finally got ur own HT room.
how much did u bought pioneer dv400. think to get 1 asap bcoz my sony kong alredi

nice

time to upgrade the old denon? no?

Actually, I didnt buy it yet. Testing it to see which DVDP to go for. Anyway, it sld be less than RM570.




Most probably. Just came back from a fren's shop to check on Onkyo SR-705, SR-875 and SR-905. Still pondering whether to upgarde in few months time or not. Waiting for RX to buy SR-705

ic, just bought my pioneer dv400, less than RM570 with 3 years warranty + free hdmi cable from HN. Best Denki quote me RM579 w/o hdmi cable & sen-q quote me RM599 if u have sen-q membership.

This post has been edited by tHeRiDdLeR: Jan 20 2008, 06:45 PM

I bought it at RM500 at Desa.

Not much of progress as I am busy lately

Will post most pics and review by this weekend (hopefully)

A snapshot of the installed screen and curtain



This post has been edited by htkaki: Jan 25 2008, 09:53 PM

reading all these post make me feel like getting a new house

yo man wad sub is tht?

This post has been edited by [peanut]: Jan 24 2008, 11:31 PM

Hola bro,

At last .. on de way to ht bliss ah...

Enjoy..
Dirtrun

anjua i kena table one?

Yes, finally after all these years of saving my hard earned penny.

Here are pics that I managed to take. Sorry, aint a pro in taking photo


Mission Impossible III

- Tested this morning with some ambient light (read : sunlight)





Ghost In A Shell - DTS Demo Disc




I havent got the time to align the screen correctly. Now, it's a bit tilted. Hence, the picture aint look good. Suspected the bracket isnt level or the curtain behind the screen is the culprit. Yet to find out.

I only did a minor calibration on the HD65, let alone the whole sound system. Hopefully, I have the time to do so this weekend. I hate tweaking as it consumes a lot of time.