Home Theatres

This is my parents one

 

The good old formal dining area....hey Marissa did you know any old school euros who had these in their homes. Still brand new and no one was allowed to go in there? Plenty of those in my family..Saving it for when 'special people come over'. The special people still haven't come.

 

Exactly... LOL
or ugly doilies to protect the furniture, sorry Mum

 

Together with the 'good' crystal and the 'good' dining crockery

 

Mum gave me the crockery and the cutlery , amazing if you hold things long enough they come back in vogue. Shame I am not a hoarder, if only I kept my clothes from 20 years back my girls would be wearing them today

 

Unless I had an enormous house, i would not use a room as a home theatre. If i saw a 3-4 bedroom house with a home theatre it would not add value for me, id see it as a wasted opportunity to have another bedroom or proper study etc.

 

I have the same thinking. If your house is for opulent living and size of the place supports. Otherwise seems a waste. You can get some nice AV equipment for the main living area and still get a similar effect. The only exception for me would be a converted garage, that can't be legally sold as a bedroom.

 

We bought a 5 bedroom house for the same price as a 3. We don't need 5 bedrooms so converted one to a theatre room. It's used at least a few times per week so good value for us. We've invested for so long and never had a splurge so when we got this place I suggested hubby get someone in to set the room up properly. Having the speakers mounted in the ceiling and the walls means the 3 year old can't destroy them either. We've tried speaker systems in the main living room and the kids just trashed them. They know the theatre room is dad's space and not to touch it. In the last house we sold we set up the living room as a theatre room for opens and it was the clincher for the new owner, so if we sell this we would probably keep the room as is. The average punter could see past it as another bedroom if need be

 

The ROI of a home theatre room is appalling, which is why I regularly go to the local cinema on cheap Tuesday for $7.50 a flick, BYOing my food and drinks (allowed) and with free parking. Go in the morning a few weeks after a film is releases and you get to enjoy the massive screen and awesome sound system in near solitude.

 

Yep, in the process of setting one up in our PPOR

Converting the rumpus room (which was the kids playroom) into a home theatre with a 135" screen.
I'm not looking at it as something that will add value - the value is in the actually built room. The intention is to actually enjoy the room for both the "home theatre" experience and for music!

 

For gamers a dedicated theatre room could be just the ticket. Modern games are now fully interactive masterpieces with large, wealthy followings.

There is definitely a market for this still.

 

Good thinking. Niche market though.

 

Funny, I recently bought a PPOR with one. Wasn't a key decision factor at all, just an extra. We are thinking of turning it into a gym room and just having the main living for tv and movies. But as the room is specially designed for movies, I guess it works well.
It's a townhouse 10 years old on a half block. These days I imagine it would be a 4th bedroom or additional living space, instead of the home theater.

 

And once oculus rift and others come out, along with omni treadmills etc we'll be the fittest people around

 

+1, $7.50 sure buys a lots of movies at the equivalent cost of setting up a home theatre. In addition:
- Get to see latest releases without having to wait 6+ months for it to come out on DVD/Blueray
- No mater how much you spent on your home theatre it still won't match the screen and audio of a real theatre
- I don't have a wasted room in the house which is basically only used once or twice a week tops.
- I don't have to spend $30+ to buy overpriced Blueray's
- I don't have obsolete AV gear that I have to spend $1000's every 5-10 years replacing.

No, sorry, I see them as a total waste of space and money.

 

Can't goto the movies in your undies

 

I have a home theatre. My TH was built in 2009 and have a projector - Panasonic AE4000E with a 90 inch screen. It is awesome - better than a plasma and required no maitenance at all apart from globe change which they last 2000 plus hours. When I built the house I had this roomed designed for cinema - darker colours on the wall etc and its awesome. The neighbours have stopped complaining about the noise. The way TV has changed since 2009 (I have been through so many) - I still have the same projector and love it. Sound system is cool too.

Cheers Ivan

 

I also have a dedicated Home Theatre. 135 inch screen, JVC projector and 7.2 Yamaha/Paradigm combo.

All controllable via various apps or a Harmony Hub, as the AVR, Apple TV, PS3 etc are all networked.

To be honest, I don't use it as much as I had anticipated as I also have an OLED /5.1 set up in my living room , but the room is spare otherwise...

 

That's a nice set up

 

You obviously don't hang out in bogan suburbs like to do!

I went to an auction in Rivervale a couple of years ago with a property theatre room...





Mind you, they wanted a million bucks for the house. It was massive though:

16 Mozart Mews, Rivervale WA 6103 - House for Sale - 2010372009