The Escape Theater

Added July 8th 2004

 

 

 

 

 

Equipment List

Panasonic PT-AE100 LCD Projector
Homemade 94”x52” Dazian Celtic Cloth Screen (acoustically transparent)

Denon AVR-2802 Receiver
Teac Pro-Logic Receiver (for power for Pseudo 7.1)
Klipsch Quintet surrounds (2 side and two rear)

DCM Dual 8” Center Channel
Self-built Dayton III MTM front speakers (plans from www.speakerbuilder.net)

HTPC for DVD playback
myHD MD-100 HDTV Tuner Card

USB-UIRT
“Controller” computer running MainLobby/myHTPC for total home theater control
X-10 Lighting control (no light switches in theater, all motion activated or via computer)

Xbox with High-Definition A/V pack fed to projector

Aura Bass shakers with amps (two on front row, two on back row)

55 Gal Aquarium built into wall (soon to be upgraded with LED lighting including blue moonlight)

Self-designed and self-built DVD storage cabinets/movie posters (will hold about 200 DVDs total) – two in theater

Theater seats obtained from St. Louis’s McDonnell Star Theater (planetarium) – 5 seats

Entire theater (less most of equipment) built for less than $2500. (fact I’m most proud of)