Home Theater

Is it possible to do this, if so, would it help with screen tearing while gaming? Even Game Mode doesn't eliminate all of it.
Is it possible to do this, if so, would it help with screen tearing while gaming? Even Game Mode doesn't eliminate all of it.
about 4 hours ago
Hi everyone, I just recently install an Optoma HD65 projector and will soon start on the sound system. I'm currently using a an older HTIB I've had for a few years. Hoping to learn a lot about home theater here.
Hi everyone, I just recently install an Optoma HD65 projector and will soon start on the sound system. I'm currently using a an older HTIB I've had for a few years. Hoping to learn a lot about home theater here.
about 5 hours ago
Title: Beautiful Creatures Movie: :3stars: Video: :4stars: Audio: :4.5stars: Extras: :1.5stars: HTS Overall Score:74.5 Summary Ahh, it didn’t take long before the “Twilight” clones started showin...
Title: Beautiful Creatures Movie: :3stars: Video: :4stars: Audio: :4.5stars: Extras: :1.5stars: HTS Overall Score:74.5 Summary Ahh, it didn’t take long before the “Twilight” clones started showing up in droves. After the success of Stephanie Meyer’s “Twilight” book, we have a new variation on the romantic supernatural novellas. This time it’s in the form of spell casters’ and seers instead of werewolves and vampires. The “Caster” series isn’t as well known as the “Twilight” books, but still had a strong following behind them. As with most modern books it was bound to get its attention on the silver screen and does so with mixed results. “Beautiful Creatures” is based on the very first book of the “Caster” series and is a definite step up in both writing quality and film quality to Stephanie Meyer’s fare. I personally cannot STAND the “Twilight” movies and was dreading the thought of another journey down that horrible memory with “Beautiful Creatures”. Luckily, I was pleasantly surprised by the enjoyment level and quality level given to us here. Ethan Wate (Alden Ehrenreich) is a young high school student stuck in a dingy little town in South Carolina. A dreamer at heart he longs for something more than just growing up to work in the lumber mill and marry his high school girlfriend. Unfortunately life is pretty much the same hum-drum existence that most of the other townsfolk experience until a girl with checkered family reputation come to town. Lena Duchannes (Alice Englert), is the daughter of one of the town founder’s descendants, a rich and standoffish family that the townsfolk chew through the rumor mill as “Satanists” and “Magic users” and other such sundry tidbits of gossip. Now the problem is, they aren’t completely wrong. The Duchannes are “casters”, otherwise known as practitioners of magic. Keeping themselves hidden they have shifted from one town to the next trying to keep Lena safe. It appears that a family curse has haunted them for generations and with Lena coming up on her “coming of age” ceremony, her powers will be claimed for either the light, or the dark. Now as you could have guessed our two main characters are destined to be star crossed lovers. No matter what Ethan is the perfect gentleman, charismatic, caring, sweet as can be and devoted beyond belief (basically everything a young girl dreams about). Even the roadblocks thrown up by her uncle Macon (Jeremy Irons) seems to have no effect on the young boy. The real problem comes when Lena’s mother Sarafine (Emma Thompson) shows up to wield her dark sway over the girl, hoping to convert her to the dark side of the magical realm. Macon is struggling his best to keep Lena from giving into her darker emotions and hopes to keep her for the light side. His worry is that her feelings of Ethan will cause her to lose control if manipulated and have her give in to the evil of Sarafine. As guessed, the two lovers have to figure out a way to break the curse, stay together, if at all possible and defeat Sarafine all in the course of 2 hours. “Beautiful Creatures” is by no means an awful film. Its clich?d romantically (as guessed), and it struggles to define itself, but if you’re a fan of the “Twilight” type of movie (or are married to someone who is) then this will definitely be right down your alley. Ethan and Lena’s romance is about as clich?d as you can really get. Both of them are passionately in love and no force on earth can keep them apart. Even the powerful magic of her uncle Macon is ineffective. The accents are just a bit forced and a little too fake for my liking, but you get used to them soon enough. The real fun is given by the enigmatic and perfectly evil Ridley (Emmy Rossum) and Jeremy Irons. Like
about 5 hours ago
These are a 2.5 way with 2 Seas Nextel drivers and Scan Speak HDS tweeter. These are a project by Jed that got shelved for the time being at least. Light use, babied, in great shape. They also have magnets under the veneer for magneti...
These are a 2.5 way with 2 Seas Nextel drivers and Scan Speak HDS tweeter. These are a project by Jed that got shelved for the time being at least. Light use, babied, in great shape. They also have magnets under the veneer for magnetic grills, but do not come with grills. $1,250 plus shipping. Free delivery/pickup in NJ/NYC area. Shipping costs estimated at $200-300 to the midwest, cost higher as you go further west. Please PM for any questions. Paypal, personal check (must clear first) and cash accepted.
about 6 hours ago
SB13-Ultra by hyghwayman This is a review of the SB13-Ultra that I won here in the HTShack giveaway (:hail: :thankyou: :yourock:), you will not see any pretty graphs or specifications here, just my two cents, some pictures and a f...
SB13-Ultra by hyghwayman This is a review of the SB13-Ultra that I won here in the HTShack giveaway (:hail: :thankyou: :yourock:), you will not see any pretty graphs or specifications here, just my two cents, some pictures and a few smilies Let's being, Delivery & Inspection I have two awesome woofers now :clap: and my cat didn't detect any illegal contraband :paddle: . After finding out I had won on Friday morning, it shipped out sometime Monday and I was accepting delivery Tuesday afternoon (Thank you Sonnie, Ted Sindzinski and Dan Marks). The delivery was by a FEDx and arrived unhurt. After getting it in the front door I needed to rest so I took a couple pictures, then pushed it into the staging area in front of tv. This thing is a lot of bass weight, if your young, athletic and enjoy lifting heavy things go for it but if not recruit a friend, neighbor or family member to help with the lifting or try the push/pull method. Unpacking :oopssign: Out of the Box & Side by Side :doh: I forgot to take any pics during the unboxing, sorry. SVS made it easy with instructions in print and pictures on the boxes though, so all went well. I pulled my Bic F12 out right after unboxing my new toy and slid the two together. Not much of a difference in cabinet size between the two of them but that is where any and all similarities end. I mean, look at the grain finish on SVS sub, nice and deep compared to the Bic, the woofer itself weighs more than the entire Bic. Set Up & Location This is where I threw out all the stops and shoved my new toy into the very same spot my Bic had been in since joining the rest of my gear a year ago. I had planned to do the sub crawl and all but after pushing it from the front door to the staging area I knew then it wasn't going to happen that day, just wanted to get it hooked up and playing ASAP, plus it looks and fits good there. I ran the MCACC advanced software, reset the speakers to small and the crossover to 100. My living room is 15x21x8 (2520 CF) and opens to the rest of our house (see pic above ). Prime listening position is approximately 11' away from the sub. Gear & Connections My gear is in my sig, all connections via HDMi and I'm also hard wired (2x cat5) atm to allow streaming a/v from my PC or the internet and online gaming. Subjective Listening My taste in music is all over the place from classical to rap (my son makes me:help:) and everything between. Music has been a part of my whole life, from my early days in Southern California to my time in Virginia. I worked as a roadie in South Florida as a teenager for a band that played at HS Proms mostly. Then while living in Austin, Texas I was working for a music store moving pianos. I met Willie Nelson after moving his sisters baby grand, he even sat down and strummed along with my buddy as he was testing how badly we had knocked it out of tune with the short move from the recording studio to center stage (real cool dude). Music I started off with some "Time" by Pink Floyd's from their Dark Side of the Moon album. This is a song I've heard and have been listening to for nearly 40yrs :yikes: Quote: From Wikipedia, Each clock at the beginning of the song was recorded separately in an antiques store. This is followed by a two-minute passage dominated by Nick Mason's drum solo, with rototoms and backgrounded by a tick-tock sound created by Roger Waters picking two muted strings on his bass. Next up was "Burning Down the House" by Talking Heads from their Speaking in Tongues album. While not bass heavy, I love this song, even used it in one of my Halo videos. Voodoo by Godsmack is a song I love to crank up the volume to and the SB13-Ultra delivered every note flawlessly. Another One Bites the Dust by Queen from The Game album. Quote: From Wikipedia, There are no synthesisers used in the
about 7 hours ago
Ok, I need some help picking a projector. I've never own a projector before and really know nothing about them. I've been doing a bunch of reading so that I can at least understand some of the terminology and capabilities. I'm settin...
Ok, I need some help picking a projector. I've never own a projector before and really know nothing about them. I've been doing a bunch of reading so that I can at least understand some of the terminology and capabilities. I'm setting up an entirely new home theater so I'm starting with nothing.....clean slate. some info about my room: 1.) 18' wide x 22' long with 9' ceilings 2.) I don't even have furniture in this room yet but I do know I will not be using theater style seating so I would say that the seating position would be around 12-17 feet. 3.) There is no windows in this room......light will be completely controlled. 4.) Mainly for watching movie and occasionally T.V. shows with the lights off.....I do have dimmable sconce lights on the side walls 5.) I have not purchased anything yet but the Receiver will be the Marantz SR6007 help a newbie out. :help:
about 8 hours ago
X-LS Encore and X-SLS Encore kits are now available online: http://gr-research.com/x-lsencorekit.aspx These are still very under priced.
X-LS Encore and X-SLS Encore kits are now available online: http://gr-research.com/x-lsencorekit.aspx These are still very under priced.
about 8 hours ago
Joined this site as it came recommended to me by a fellow friend of mine, to help me fix my plasma tv.... Thanks guys
Joined this site as it came recommended to me by a fellow friend of mine, to help me fix my plasma tv.... Thanks guys
about 9 hours ago
Hello everyone, I?m another new guy and very much a novice. I?m starting with a clean slate; I have some old Klipsch towers and Onkyo components but I?m planning on all new setup. Ok, so this is a new house that I built about a year ag...
Hello everyone, I?m another new guy and very much a novice. I?m starting with a clean slate; I have some old Klipsch towers and Onkyo components but I?m planning on all new setup. Ok, so this is a new house that I built about a year ago and now I?m finally to the point that I want to finish off the media room. The room itself is situated on the 3rd floor with a wet bar and bathroom on the back wall and 2 walk out doors that lead to the attic space on each side wall near the back of the room (near the wet bar and bath) the room pre wired for a 5.1 system and ceiling mounted projector and all the wires terminate in a component closet. The measurements of the room are 18? wide x 22? long. I don?t plan to do theater style seating but more like a big sectional couch and a couple of chairs. The walls, doors, ceiling and trim are all painted a dark brown + the floor is covered with a dark brown berber carpet. Also the room has no windows. The main use for this room will be watching movies and some listening to music. My main confusion starts with the projector and screen. I?d really like to have the option to watch 3D movies so I?d like a good projector with 3D capabilities around $2000. As far as the screen goes??I have no idea other than I?d like to have around 100? or so and just fixed. This is a list of the components that I plan to get, let me know if you see any compatibility problems: Receiver: MarantzSR6007 Blu-ray Player: OppoBDP-103 Line conditioner: PanamaxM5300-PM Speakers: (Black Ash) 5.1 setup B&W 683 ? front towers (x2) B&W HTM61 ?Center B&W 686 ?surround (x2 Subwoofer: SVS DUAL-SB12-NSD Was that too much for my first post? :R
about 11 hours ago
Wife, kid and I were watching MI:2, kid's running the remote so the volume is up. In the movie when the girl injects herself with the virus; just after that there are a couple big explosions. Right in the middle of an explosion we he...
Wife, kid and I were watching MI:2, kid's running the remote so the volume is up. In the movie when the girl injects herself with the virus; just after that there are a couple big explosions. Right in the middle of an explosion we hear this dead sounding crack (like hitting a tire with a sledge). Kid hits pause and says "what was that?". Turns out the audio shattered the glass panel on the fireplace. [IMG][/IMG] Lets hear others
about 13 hours ago