Starbase 1228 Home Theater
This Theater was recently finished this month (OCT 2010) and is based on a popular TV / Movie scifi series. Hey if you are traveling in space do it with style. It measueres 23′ x 19′ with a 9′ ceiling. It consists of 3 KEF iQ 90 tower speakers for the front , 4 Bose 301 speakers for sides and surround , a Sony 12″ sub tied into a Clark Tactile Transducer for the riser vibrating at 100lbs per watt from the subwoofer connection off the receiver. The receiver is a Sony 1000 7.1 surround tied into a Panasonic Blu ray / upscaling DVD player . The home computer and cable box are routed through the receiver which makes NFL sunday and Dancing with the Stars against a 120″ screen very life like and the projector is razor sharp in color and contrast. Everything is operated through a LOGITECH Touch screen remote. The Projector is a Panansonic AE4000U LCD from the folks at VISUAL APEX.com along with their 120″ screen kit. I reviewed and researched MANY projectors and this one will go toe to toe with the high end expensive / out of my budget units. Their screen kit is a solid performer. The frame is made of extruded 4″ wide aluminum channel so construction was VERY simple and very sturdy. One person can easily build it but a screen this size you need two to hang it. The star ceiling (10′ x10′ octagon, square is boring) is an accurate Dec. sky with 1500 points of light and 8 shooting stars. The animated graphics in the back were made on my laptop and are accurated to the series. The …
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Thank you for the kind words!! I have always wanted a themed theater and feel that the rooms itself showed be an experience within itself. Again Thank you !!
WOW PURE GENIUS so much work but what a Cinema-you would even make Scotty jealous.Thank you for sharing this with us,made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and
gave me goose pimples.A dream,you sir have class and passion.
Nice job. Lot of passion put into this theater. How did you do the hydraulic lift in the back of your theater? Smart to thank the wife at the end.
Had to convince my wife that I wanted to build a home theater in our house. Sometimes that’s half the battle to building a home theater. Once she saw Johnny Depp’s face on our 135″ screen, she magically thought the whole idea was great. Funny how that works.
THANK YOU!!
Just WOWW! I love it! I love Star Trek also.
@wq1299 Thank you so very much!! What a wonderful compliment to give. Coming soon are videos of the exterior rooms that lead to the theater. They will consist of a display room (just finished) and a tomb room with Star Gate. I don’t get out much:)
Again Thank you!!!
Could you imagine if you were home shopping and the real estate agent said “I have just one more room to show you”
I can see your a big Star Wars fan
I love your LCARS displays. Very cool. Nice job!
I guess you missed the Shaggy Dog poster around the corner if you want out of place.
Star Wars poster seems a tiny bit out of place. Rebels and Trekkies have been at war forever lol
VERY nice job! The hidden storage at the back of the room was completely unexpected and a nice “wow” factor. Two questions: First – how did you light the “wedges” between the seats with the blue lights? Was this an LED rope light artfully installed? And second, did you do a baffle front wall and/or bass traps? Thanks and great job!
I am blown away…. I’m a Trekkie fan also, and being an an Electronics and Mechanical Engineering tech who builds and designs most of my electronics, speakers, and just about anything! BUT, I am a lazy slug compared to you!!! LOL I’m ashamed to realize what I could do if I put some effort into it!! I don’t have the money to do the room stuff now, but I used to… and didn’t even make an attempt… sighhhh…. THANKS FOR THE KICK IN THE ASS!!!
I have the display room complete and have started working on the 3rd phase , which is the “TOMB ROOM” which leads to the theater. More video is coming. I am glad my video helpled you!!!!!! Any questions let me know.!!
Oh and THANK YOU for putting all that effort into the description!!!!!!!!! It helps tremendously.
What I love the most about your home theater is how you describe it as “budget”…which lends me to believe I too could build one.
Great job and thanks for sharing!!!
Oh and thank you Kathy for allowing him to build this and share it.
Thank you,!!! Half the fun was designing it. I just complete the display room outside the theater and will be posting video shorty. Leading to the display room will be an Egyptian / Atlantis tomb. Inside will be a Star Gate complete with pneumatic latches locking the different symbols in place. I have always felt that a home theater should be an experience within itself not just the movie shown in it. built with a budget for the middle income family. Build it to be fun!!! Again thank you.
Thank you,!!! Half the fun was designing it. I just complete the display room outside the theater and will be posting video shorty. Leading to the display room will be an Egyptian / Atlantis tomb. Inside will be a Star Gate complete with pneumatic latches locking the different symbols in place. I have always felt that a home theater should be an experience within itself not just the movie shown in it. built with a budget for the middle income family. Build it to be fun!!! Again thank you.
Thank you,!!! Half the fun was designing it. I just complete the display room outside the theater and will be posting video shorty. Leading to the display room will be an Egyptian / Atlantis tomb. Inside will be a Star Gate complete with pneumatic latches locking the different symbols in place. I have always felt that a home theater should be an experience within itself not just the movie shown in it. built with a budget for the middle income family. Build it to be fun!!! Again thank you.
Thank you,!!! Half the fun was designing it. I just complete the display room outside the theater and will be posting video shorty. Leading to the display room will be an Egyptian / Atlantis tomb. Inside will be a Star Gate complete with pneumatic latches locking the different symbols in place. I have always felt that a home theater should be an experience within itself not just the movie shown in it. built with a budget for the middle income family. Build it to be fun!!! Again thank you.
Thank you,!!! Half the fun was designing it. I just complete the display room outside the theater and will be posting video shorty. Leading to the display room will be an Egyptian / Atlantis tomb. Inside will be a Star Gate complete with pneumatic latches locking the different symbols in place. I have always felt that a home theater should be an experience within itself not just the movie shown in it. built with a budget for the middle income family. Build it to be fun!!! Again thank you.
Thank you,!!! Half the fun was designing it. I just complete the display room outside the theater and will be posting video shorty. Leading to the display room will be an Egyptian / Atlantis tomb. Inside will be a Star Gate complete with pneumatic latches locking the different symbols in place. I have always felt that a home theater should be an experience within itself not just the movie shown in it. built with a budget for the middle income family. Build it to be fun!!! Again thank you.
Thank you,!!! Half the fun was designing it. I just complete the display room outside the theater and will be posting video shorty. Leading to the display room will be an Egyptian / Atlantis tomb. Inside will be a Star Gate complete with pneumatic latches locking the different symbols in place. I have always felt that a home theater should be an experience within itself not just the movie shown in it. built with a budget for the middle income family. Build it to be fun!!! Again thank you.
Thank you,!!! Half the fun was designing it. I just complete the display room outside the theater and will be posting video shorty. Leading to the display room will be an Egyptian / Atlantis tomb. Inside will be a Star Gate complete with pneumatic latches locking the different symbols in place. I have always felt that a home theater should be an experience within itself not just the movie shown in it. built with a budget for the middle income family. Build it to be fun!!! Again thank you.
I love Star Wars. You have done a great job replicating the Star Wars universe. Bet you loved watching Star Wars on your set up