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Bump for updates. pics mandatory.

Yeah, I do owe a pic or two. I've spent the last couple of weeks gradually cleaning up the mess from all the plaster dust and continuing the apartment purge.

Despite the plaster being low dust, because I ended up doing a lot more plaster work than I intended to, and because I really didn't protect things properly to start, I've had to clean virtually every square inch of the living room. That's not really so bad as it has forced me to assess every single contend: keep, find a better home, junk.

Watching a few more movies, the paint is too reflective. It was my bad luck that the first 5 or 6 movies I watched really didn't have any material that showed hotspotting. The last movie I watched, The Life of Pi, did and it was not acceptable.

I'll live with it until I'm done cleaning and rearranging (and building a border for the screen).

I'll take some pics this weekend.

Did you complete a calibration on the PJ? It may be that it's a bit brighter than it should be.
Terminator 2 has a basic calibration section in the menu.
Just a thought.

Bleh. Its February. I'm gonna watch a movie...

What a waste of time.

DIY is a funny thing. Sometimes things go swimmingly, sometimes, well... I've done everything in this project at least twice and I'm still not done. I really lost interest in the latter part of the winter.

Here's a picture of where I'm at now.



I still need something to house the AVR and my PS3. It looks bloody gigantic where it is now. I'm almost tempted to tuck it in the corner where the bass traps are now.

The screen really needs to be re-painted. When your son asks you what that shiny spot on the screen is, you know you've got hotspotting.

Also need to clean up the right side of the room and permanently mount my right side surround.

Lots of great builds on the forums lately.
Nicely done lads.
Great photos.

I was going to ask if the different depth of the right speaker changes anything but I see you have an acoustamoose to compensate. Well done!

Yup. Works way better than those beak things.

The speakers are at the same depth. Parquet flooring makes it easy to line them up.

Fred's Ghetto Theater update: I finally did something about my diningroom window.

A little blackout cloth, off white to match the walls. Some quarter round, some 1/2" dowel, a few staples and some velcro, 1 hour of assembly and we have a working blind at a fraction of the cost of those crappy roller blinds at Home Depot. It even blends in.

Gotta do something about the equipment rack next.