Re: Center channel or surrounds
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Very nice. Love the new colour of the room. Might sound strange, but I would think about hanging the TV out from the wall a couple of feet so you could pull the speakers away from the wall and not have things look wierd. Would also let you use a conventional center channel in the future if you wanted. Besides, moving the screen closer is like having a larger screen at no extra cost I always thought it would be neat to build a frame like that to hold a TV or something, then add a few long slide-out drawers to hold your disks at an easy-to-see height, but have them out of sight the rest of the time.
Last edited by bridgman; 04/11/15 05:37 PM.
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Re: Center channel or surrounds
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something else to consider. The room has downwards pot lighting. That leaves much to be desired with lighting the room for a movie as it casts hot spots and shadows on the screen.
Look into running a strip of those tap LED lights with a dimmer directly behind the top of the TV. If you went colour it would be even more spectacular. That way it adds a mood light to the room while watching TV and it glows away from the viewing area rather than onto it so you don't get the screen detrimental effects.
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Re: Center channel or surrounds
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Coloured screen bias lighting is a bad idea if screen colour accuracy is important to you. But it is a nice effect when watching in a darkened room. As far as pots go, you can get bulbs that have narrow dispersion and will spotlight the floor directly below them and will not wash out the screen if this is an issue. Good pickup from eagle eye Matt.
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Re: Center channel or surrounds
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I don't watch TV with the lights on anyways, so as much as I dislike the pot lights, they have to stay.
I can pull the speakers away from the wall, they'e about 5-6 inches away currently. I bought black out curtains today, so now i'm on the hunt for an area rug to match the curtains and walls to a certain degree.
I have a full sized sofa coming within the next week or two, so I'll move the furniture around and see what I'm dealing with in terms of acoustics. Currently the room has a nasty echo, I'll see about acoustic panels once I get a rug in there.
Thanks for all the kind comments Keep them coming!
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Re: Center channel or surrounds
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Just an update to this thread. I lucked out and found a VP180 v3 in the refurb section ! YES! Ordered a stand to go underneath the tv to put the VP180 on and store my blu-rays, game controllers etc. http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/nexe...andStore=nexeraHave a 11x9 area rug in there now as well. I'll post up a couple of pictures once everything is in and set up, need some cheap acoustic panel solutions next...anyone? anyone? Thanks
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Re: Center channel or surrounds
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Hey all, Here are some updated pictures of my setup, got everything hooked up and calibrated last night. Thanks for looking
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