cuda1337
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I'll be building a mostly dedicated theater room in a new home construction in an approximately 17x18 room.
I am trying to get a game plan together and have a few questions I'm hoping to get some input on.
I am looking to get a 4k projector under 3k, and probably put up a ~ 150 inch screen. I figure I'll be able to setup chairs about 14ish feet back from the screen and will likely only do one row of seating. The room is an upstairs 'bonus' room and is carpeted.
In terms of blacking out the room to ensure the best picture quality I can get, I think I have a few options. Paint the ceiling and wall a dark color (maybe a combination of black ceiling gray walls), put up curtains across the whole room and leave the ceiling white (or paint?), get an AVR screen to deal with reflections from brighter surfaces, put up dark colored acoustic panels on the walls and ceiling, or some combination of all of the above. Ideally I'd like to do whatever is the easiest to undo, while still getting a high quality picture. Painting is my least favorite idea, but I'm open to it.
I've read the curtains will be better than a flat black paint? I like the idea of doing curtains, but wasn't sure how difficult it would be to take care of the ceiling with curtains. Maybe curtains on walls and acoustic panels on the ceiling? But then I'd read that you don't want sound dampeners on the ceiling as well as carpeted flooring?
Any advice/thoughts are appreciated.
I am trying to get a game plan together and have a few questions I'm hoping to get some input on.
I am looking to get a 4k projector under 3k, and probably put up a ~ 150 inch screen. I figure I'll be able to setup chairs about 14ish feet back from the screen and will likely only do one row of seating. The room is an upstairs 'bonus' room and is carpeted.
In terms of blacking out the room to ensure the best picture quality I can get, I think I have a few options. Paint the ceiling and wall a dark color (maybe a combination of black ceiling gray walls), put up curtains across the whole room and leave the ceiling white (or paint?), get an AVR screen to deal with reflections from brighter surfaces, put up dark colored acoustic panels on the walls and ceiling, or some combination of all of the above. Ideally I'd like to do whatever is the easiest to undo, while still getting a high quality picture. Painting is my least favorite idea, but I'm open to it.
I've read the curtains will be better than a flat black paint? I like the idea of doing curtains, but wasn't sure how difficult it would be to take care of the ceiling with curtains. Maybe curtains on walls and acoustic panels on the ceiling? But then I'd read that you don't want sound dampeners on the ceiling as well as carpeted flooring?
Any advice/thoughts are appreciated.