New Home Theater with Sony VPL-HS20 Projector, 110″ Do-It-Yourself screen, Do-It-Yourself ceiling mount, Do-It-Yourself A/V component rack, and Palliser theater seating. The photos are presented in reverse chronological order (newest first).
Our new A/V receiver: The Denon AVR-887. It has HDMI switching for future use, but more importantly for now, it has high-def component switching and lots of digital audio inputs. This allowed me to get rid of 2 manual switches that my setup previously required.
Backside view of the completed screen. Black velvet was wrapped around all frame pieces, and the frame was woodscrewed to the existing screen frame. 1/4 inch plywood was used for corner and edge braces.
Completed screen back up on the wall. With the black frame, the overall screen is larger and I was able to completely cover the window instead of having to use blackout cloth. I have also evened up the speakers. I still need to get some proper component shelving. Yes, that is a set of "rabbit ears". I use them for reception of over-the-air HDTV.
Dying to try out the new projector, I threw up this temporary screen, blackout cloth thumb-tacked to a 10-foot 1×6 which was balanced on top of an upturned bed frame. Components (AV Receiver, satellite Receiver, etc.) are just scattered on the floor. Boy was I was impatient!
Set: Projector’s eye view of the screen. Speakers weren’t spaced properly because I didn’t have long enough speaker wire yet. The wire equipment rack is [i]very[/i] temporary. The extra white cloth you see is to black out the window.
