Raj Patels - Home Theatre and Gaming Arena
Raj Patels - Home Theatre and Gaming Arena

Welcome to my home theatre and gaming arena.

I built this site to show other home theatre and gaming enthusiasts what I have built and designed. Hopefully getting some input and comments on any new ideas and improvements that I can make in the future.

I want to thank Vruti & Rishi for all the help in building this room. Also want to send a shout out to Chris Helmer, Jody Maynard and www.avsforum.com for all the help and tweaks I got!

This was my basement before I started building the home theatre room . You can see all the drywall in the middle of the room.
This is after its all been drywalled, insulated with Roxul sound proofing and painted chocolate brown. As you can see the rear deck hasnt been built yet, also there is no carpet.

See below for current pics
Raj Patels - Home Theatre and Gaming Arena
Speakers

All speakers are Paradigm

Wiring are a mix of Monster THX cable and Tributaries Component cables

Front Stage
3-Driver, 2-Way
acoustic suspension, mineral-filled polymer enclosure, MagneShield™
Centre Channel
3-Driver, 2-Way
acoustic suspension, mineral-filled polymer enclosure, MagneShield™
Rear side Dipole Speakers
4-Driver, 2-Way
acoustic suspension surround/rear, mineral-filled polymer enclosure, optimized reverberant soundfield
Rear Centre
3-Driver, 2-Way
acoustic suspension center, mineral-filled polymer enclosure, MagneShield™
Subwoofer
Single-driver, bass-reflex, high-velocity low-turbulance resistive ports, built-in amplifier. 450 watts Peak
Audio Equipment        


Home Theatre Receiver - Denon AVR-1906

  • 7.1 A/V Receiver with Dolby Digital Surround EX, Dolby Pro Logic IIx & DTS ES Discrete 6.1
  • The AVR-1906 represents a substantial upgrade to our AVR-1905, with the latest 32 bit DSP digital decoding
  • 7 x 115 watt amplifiers and our new Fast Auto Setup and complete on-screen displays
  • The AVR-1906 features multiple inputs for greater flexibility and utilizes upgraded digital circuits and power supply to deliver improved sound quality.

    Learn more here
         


Home Theatre (High Definition Output) DVD Player- Denon DVD-2910

  • Progressive Scan/Scaling DVD Player
  • • Powered by the latest DCDi by Faroudja FLI-2310 Decoding Engine - Finest available processing for film, video, graphics or mixed-mode content
    • Sony CXD-2753 Second Generation DSD Decoder
    • 4:4:4, 12 bit Video D/A Conversion system featuring Noise Shaped Video processing (1 chip each Progressive and Interlace)
    • 8x Oversampling Progressive and 16x Interlace output • Wideband relay switched component video outputs
    • Variable Black Level (Setup): 0 and 7.5 IRE • Passes below-black (PLUGE) on progressive and interlace outputs
    • (1) DVI-D (HDCP) and (1) HDMI Multi-Channel Audio (SiL9300) Compatible, outputs with selectable 480p/720p/1080i output


    Learn more here
 
Raj Patels - Home Theatre and Gaming Arena
Projector:

Sanyo
PLV-Z3
  • Wide Panel 0.7" 1280 x 720      
  • Brightness 800 ANSI; contrast ratio 2000:1      
  • Picture mode adjustment (Electronic Lens Aperture)      
  • Quiet operation      
  • Short throw lens 100" diagonal, throw distance 3 m      
  • Adjustable on Brightness, Contrast and Gamma      
  • 7 free-set image mode, 4 user-image mode      
  • DVD compatible 480i, 575i, 480p, 575p, 720p, 1035 and 1080i      
  • New- AUCC circuit      
  • Digital Keystone +/- 20      
  • Multi-language on-screen menu      
  • Manual lens shift (U/D/L/R)      
  • HDMI input        
  • Program circuit 2-3, 2-2 pull down
       
Screen:

96" Da-Lite Screen
1.0 Gain

Provides a perfectly flat viewing surface for graphic and data video projection.

Da-Mat™, High Contrast Da-Mat™, Da-Tex™ (rear), Pearlescent, Cinema Vision, High Contrast Cinema Vision and Dual Vision fabrics up to and including 12' high will be seamless.



Audio Vision, High Contrast Audio Vision and High Contrast Cinema Perf fabrics up to and including 8' high will be seamless.
   
 
Raj Patels - Home Theatre and Gaming Arena
  • PC Specs:

    CASE
  • Antec Sonata II Ultra Queit Case with
    channel flow for air distribution
  • Piano black
Chipset: AMD 64bit 3500+ CPU 939 Socket

Motherboard: ASUS A8N-E

Video Card: NVIDIA 6600GT PCI Pro 256 DDR Ram
RAM: 2 GIG DDR RAM

Hard Drive
: Maxtor 160 SATA HD
10,000 RPM
   
 
Raj Patels - Home Theatre and Gaming Arena
  • The room was painted dark chocolate brown, to minimize reflection back onto the screen.
  • Berber carpet with thick underpad was used for comfort.
  • All walls & ceiling are filled with Roxul Sound proofing insulation.
  • All wires pre-run and connected to terminals on the wall
  • Ceiliing has 6 halogen spot lights, and the walls have 4 sconce lights all on dimmer swithes
  • All trim painted dark brown
  • All speakers aligned for centre seating in the front row and rear row.

Backlight Dolby Digital Sign
Roxul Sound proofing Raised rear row for proper staging and
visual screen alignment
Futon in front, with 3 seats in rear
 
Raj Patels - Home Theatre and Gaming Arena
Here you will find a bunch of pictures taken from a digital camera.

Sorry for the poor quality - but all pictures had to be taken in the dark to get optimal screen color!
   
96" Screen 96" Screen
My Desktop at 96" Size comparison of screen to male.

Lights on (that is why the image looked washed out)
 
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MOVIES - All movies shown at 16:9 ratio
       
The Incredibles The Incredibles
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The Incredibles iRobot
   
iRobot    
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PC GAMES      
DOOM 3

Displayed at 1920x1080 pixel resolution, 16:9 ratio

You will notice the screen on the gun is blurry, due to it moving while I was taking the shot
DOOM 3

Displayed at 1920x1080 pixel resolution, 16:9 ratio

You will notice the screen on the gun is blurry, due to it moving while I was taking the shot
   
Need for Speed Underground.

Displayed at 1920x1080 pixel resolution, 16:9 ratio
Need for Speed Underground.

Displayed at 1920x1080 pixel resolution, 16:9 ratio
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UnReal Tournament 2004

Displayed at 1920x1080 pixel resolution, 16:9 ratio
UnReal Tournament 2004

Displayed at 1920x1080 pixel resolution, 16:9 ratio
   
UnReal Tournament 2004

Displayed at 1920x1080 pixel resolution, 16:9 ratio
   
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