Permanent setup for projectors and screen - Your Screening Room Pictures

[Dave Groves]

How do you convince a lady who has slept through every great film ever made that a screen on the wall is a good thing. We're moving shortly and, so far, I haven't won the argument. Keep the pictures coming. I might yet win the tussle!

[Michael Lattavo]

That's a great idea Steve, and a good compromise! Love how Janice is able to have 3 different formats up all the time, pretty sweet!

[David Hardy]

Those are all very nice projection set ups there folks. Thanks for sharing as i am really fond of seeing how others project their films and the compromises involved with having to share a home with others.
I at one time many life times ago had a permanent set up in a room with a small projection box ( booth ) . I really miss it at times .

[Graham Ritchie]

That looks great Steve.....

[Steve Klare]

Thanks, Janice!

This has broad political implications within our household: I now have veto power over all new curtains! (Still obligated to put them up!)

What's kind of fun is when we have people over to watch movies: first timers often look around and ask "Where's the screen??".

This screen is a 52" by 92" Da-Lite. I used to come up with these spectacular mounting schemes so I could take it to remote shows.

-those days may be over: our new car may be too small to carry it!

[Janice Glesser]

Looks like a great compromise Steve. I'll classify yours as a semi-permanent setup. I really like your screen.

Don't you just love it when people offer unsolicited decorating advice

[Steve Klare]

I have this...situation here...

It turns out the nicest room in the house for films is also the nicest room for (You know...) people.

So I have to share my theatrical facilities with the rest of the family. Whatever I have has to be easily changeable back and forth between movie theater mode, and normal house mode.

Here's a good example: this is our front window. Obviously you've caught us at our most festive moment. (The Manger scene was once a revered tradition in my Parents' house, and now ours.)

This is how it looks on a typical December day.
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-but grab the handle and pull it down:

Of course you can't imagine how many times we've had company over and had some busy-body say how nice it would be if we put a couch in front of that window...

[Michael O’Regan]

It’s wonderful to see permanent set-ups Janice and Chip. I’ve long dreamt of having such a space, with a projection booth. I do have a suitable room in the house but it’s got recording equipment, guitars, amps etc. In there at the moment. When I get too long in the tooth to perform, it will become a cinema room...I hope.

[Dominique De Bast]

Janice, I love that place !

[Janice Glesser]

Since we can't edit our original posts after a certain period of time on the new forum...I'm going to add this third photo showing the pullout sofa I usually set at to watch my screen. The director chairs also work out very well when more people are in the room. They are very comfortable and I can easily move them around and keep heads out of the beam of the projector



No comments on my poor cable management. All I can say is that everything works

[Leonard Goss]

Fantastic setup Janice, love the director's chairs too!

[Janice Glesser]

Great idea Doug....Absolutely not a problem. Bring 'um on!

[Douglas Meltzer]

Janice & Chip,

I am so jealous of your setups. I'm thrilled if I can leave mine set up overnight.

Paul,

I think a dedicated thread (such as this one) would suffice. We could continue the Grand Old Forum thread Your Screening Room Pictures here.

Janice, would you mind if your thread became that?

Doug

[Chip Gelmini]

Ya know, I'm so used to the old website for this hobby I actually resized my pictures (above) in order to post them here! LOL

[Paul Adsett]

As Janice and Chip have found out - there is nothing like having a dedicated screening room/home theater. Can we have a dedicated forum area to post members home cinema pictures?