sk3lph's brand new Media/Cinema room

Very late to the thread. But seriously impressive stuff. Congratulations! Get a decent HTPC running all your content and you'll be good to go!

Inspiring for future ideas of my own :)
 
It's taken another age and a lot of work but I finally finished putting down the insulation and installing a raised floor in the attic space above which I did over spare weekends - so no feet going through the starscape ceiling.

The build is now officially completely finished and I can get Building Control in to do their inspection.

I'm now thinking about some fun stuff, which includes putting some film posters up in the corridor outside the room which looks a bit bare and maybe a Dolby Atmos or DTS:X plaque if I can find somewhere that sells them.

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Phate said:
So after a few months of having and using the cinema room, how're you finding it? Everything you expected and more?

Anything missing? Need to make any changes?
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The room is the culmination of years of planning so I spent a long time thinking about where everything would go and going through in my minds eye what it would be like to use and experience it so there were definitely no surprises and there isn't anything that I want to change aside from some minor decor related issues which I'm not in a big hurry to sort.

Very happy with my choice of equipment, would always be a worry when spending this much that the final experience would fall flat but the speakers and amp seriously deliver on that front with music also being very enjoyable as well as films - it's gratifying to see the Yamaha RX-3060 amp winning an award in the What Hi-fi awards this year which is the slightly newer version of the one I've got.

The next upgrade will perhaps be going to a 4k projector and 4k blu-ray player however both technologies are still in the early stages so I'll wait and see what develops - I was interested in the new JVC projector until I saw the price - £30k for a projector is a bridge too far.

Myself and my missus don't quite have the same taste in films so it's great that I don't take over the lounge if I want to view a bit of Science-fiction and it's also a great place for a bit of gaming or music - just got a Steam Link so I'm dabbling with that.

Overall I love it and don't regret going through all the pain to get there for a second.
 
Got a better camera so I thought it'd be worth uploading a couple of new pictures -

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And an animated one to give you an idea of the starscape ceiling in action -

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Thanks as always for the kind comments folks.

robfosters said:
Absolutely brilliant. What a joy now the cold winter evenings are setting in.

That's a point, does it have heating?
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The HVAC system heats or cools the room to a set temperature via the grilles in the ceiling. There are also heaters in the seats to provide some extra warmth.

Will be interesting to see how it copes in colder weather.
 
signs said:
Sk3lph if you don't mind me asking what was the cost of the optic fibres ?
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Don't mind at all - the cost is obviously how much star density you'd like, how much ceiling area and how fancy a light box you want.

I went in conkers deep and got the fanciest light box with a density of about 35 stars per square meter which translated to about 700 fibres. This ended up costing about 700 quid but I did get a really good discount and did all the installation work myself. You will get a discount if you put your work on the forum as I did.
 
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