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The Ultimate Home Theater Rooms (Batcave, Death Star, etc)

techeblog.com — We ’ve put together a short list of the ultimate home theater rooms that our editing team has come across in recent time. Which ones are your favourites?

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  • bringbackshred, on 10/12/2007, -22/+6Talk about excess and pointless.
    • flernk, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21"etc" = Opera House.
    • jsmith39, on 10/12/2007, -19/+2lookout, the 9/11 conspiracy nutjob is back with a new name and is spamming the ***** out the forum again.
    • kylesellers, on 10/12/2007, -17/+26digg me down
    • Chompy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Had I the money, I'd build an exact replica of the TNG bridge, right down to the sound effects, and that'd be my home theater. Maybe put it 50 feet underground so that I could take a turbolift down to it. /nerd
    • truegodofwar, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1I dugg u down jsmith. Nothing is worse than blocking a spammer and then reading a bunch of messages referencingberatingtrolling said spammer and having no idea what they are talking about. So from now on, I will digg down anyone who talks about spam and I encougarge other people to do the same. Just hit the block button and be done with it.
    • Vicken, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2well, since the batcave picture is the only one that seems to work now, I choose........Batcave.
    • SpecterNyX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2dont be a hater brotha! just because your poor doesnt mean you can hate the rich. you suck
    • petroK, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@ Chompy
      I take it you haven't seen this:
      http://www.reighn.com/theatermain.html

      I'm surprised it wasn;t on this list
    • Chompy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yes, I've seen that; frankly it looks like crap. Besides, I said TNG, not TOS. The TOS bridge holds no appeal for me.
  • Hilton, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1Ubercool
    • zybch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Dunno, the batcave one has such a tiny screen. Kind of defeats the purpose!
      In fact they ALL have tiny screens/
    • aywwts4, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Meh, I want to see a home theater the equivalent of that Audio Room dugg earlier last week. These screens are pathetic.

      I will digg a home theater with a perfect picture, an Imax sized screen, built for excellent 7.1 acoustics, great sub woofers, perfect viewing angles, great seats, every playback device and every gaming device, colored back lighting, the works.

      These are just expensive themes, give a geek a million dollars to go to town. :)
    • Chompy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"Dunno, the batcave one has such a tiny screen. Kind of defeats the purpose!
      In fact they ALL have tiny screens"

      Yeah, anywhere from 110 to 132 inches, it's like living in the dark ages.
    • Axim, on 10/12/2007, -6/+4man if you gave a geek a mil you know he would spend it on buying the love and friendship of women and not av equipment true story
  • kenvsryu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Nice home theaters but what about spending a little on camera equipment. Those pictures look like they came from a cell phone cam.
  • Fascist, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4But there's only three!

    :(
  • Spelvin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2And the info on the site is incorrect:

    The Bat Theater uses a Sony G90 CRT projector NOT a "102-inch LG plasma display"
    And its a 110" screen...
  • windwaker, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Holy crap! The batcave theater is my neighbour's! We live in Palo Alto, and Nick has worked on that project for two years now, almost. I've been in there!
    • sunchild, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3It looks like crap. Waste of time and money. Pass it on.
    • windwaker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I have been inside of it, and I must say, it is quite nice.
  • Grimshaw9, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Omg I just Splooged!
  • fiberspy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Holy humdinger Batman!
  • imdwalrus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The link to the Death Star theater's source is dead, FYI, and Google and Wayback aren't turning up anything useful.

    Anyone know why they put it in the article, then?
    • Atomic1fire, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4ttp://www.dillonworks.com/portfolio/item.php?id=224
  • SomeManbeapig, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0images aren't working anymore

    http://duggmirror.com
  • scratched, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Those are good, but where is the Star Trek Enterprise home theater? It was on slashdot and (I think) digg too last week. That should have definitely been there.
  • YoungDeezy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Here's a few more pics of the Opera House.

    http://htguys.com/archive/2005/September192005.html
    • reddevil3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow it looks absolutely amazing, though for some reason the quaint setting doesn't make me want to watch a movie in there.

    • NSMike, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I tend to disagree entirely. The Batcave and the Death Star home theaters aren't something I'd want to sit down and watch a movie in. I think the Opera House tends to exude the theater setting much more appropriately.
  • Figgy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The Star Trek bridge is a classic:
    http://www.reighn.com/bridge%20p2b.jpg
    http://www.reighn.com/theaterphoto.html

    And the opera house has some plush seating, gotta get me some of that
    http://www.furnitureblue.com/category/home-theater-seating.html
  • nffy212, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3the link to the star wars theater is not dead, there are just two .com's in the url

    http://www.dillonworks.com/portfolio/starwarstheater/index.html
  • marinist, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1If I had the money, I might do something like that.
    You could have some cool parties in those rooms.
  • MisterEd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Here is a great gallery of Home Theatre systems: http://gallery.andreas.id.au/home_theatre.html

    Some great ideas and concepts can be seen in the pictures. Great source of ideas if you are looking at setting up your own home theatre.

  • EddT81, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I really wish I hasn't seen that Star Wars one. Now my damn creative juices are flowing and trying to figure how I could do that. DAMNIT! hahaha.
  • SpecterNyX, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0had i the money, i would build a theater based off of transformers
  • kingjokin, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2digg me down!!!!!!!!!!
    • kingjokin, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Just kidding! isnt that ***** annoying!
  • cfrazier, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2The Death Star rules!
  • verstohlen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The Opera House is awesome. I dig the old-style movie house look.
  • DArangio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't want a room in my house like that. I NEED one.
    • techpimp, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Oh yes, you've become physically dependent on something you don't even have. I hate it when people say they need something, except when they have a disease and need medication.
  • biiscit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It should be noted that these are the ultimate "themed" rooms as there are significantly better home theaters out there.
  • Vision77, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Damn, I wonder if I can get a government grant to build one of these.....
  • EELBRAIN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1BATCAVE FTW!
  • BloodShed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I would like the Opera House better if Statler and Waldorf where seated in a balcony on the right ^_^
  • dougm68, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i don't know bout that, That Star Trek room was pretty F'in cool.
  • sigginike90, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Old
  • slowmo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The Death Star room was designed/produced by a company here in Seattle Called DillonWorks. It is was designed by Doug Chiang, who was the lead designer for The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. It resides in the home of Vic Wertz, Director of Product Development, Star Wars Fan Club and Lisa Stevens, President of the Official Star Wars Fan Club. They own a publishing company called Paizo Publishing which specializes in magazines aimed at audiences interested in role-playing games and other gaming-related hobbies. Their bread and butter is Dungeon Magazine, the quintessential D&D monthly publication.

    Go Figure, eh?


    http://www.hedmag.com/Installations/Fit-for-an-Emperor.asp

    http://www.dillonworks.com/portfolio/starwarstheater/
  • KipnisStudios, on 08/30/2008, -0/+0Greetings!

    Kipnis Studios will be concluding formal public demonstrations of The Kipnis Studio Standard (KSS) - Ciné Beta Screening Room on Saturday, September 6th, 2008.

    Anyone interested in a complete, hand-tailored tour should feel free to contact me through our website:

    http://www.Kipnis-Studios.com

    Cheers and Thanks for Looking -

    Jeremy

    Kipnis Studios

    Contributing Editor - http://www.HomeTheaterReview.com
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