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**kal** · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:52 am Post subject:

ecrabb · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:49 pm Post subject: Send or post your best pics!!!

Oops, Kal - I meant "your personal pics" as in "any and all of your personal pics", i.e. addressed to everybody - not just YOUR personal pics. Not that your theater isn't MORE than worthy... Wink

It will definitely be included.

My room is going to be a lot smaller, but just so you know, I hope it turns out HALF as nice looking as yours - in fact, your basement has a similar feel to what I'm going for. Kudos.

Alright, guys - I'll do the work designing the calender and making it something you actually want to look at. If everybody just posts a link or three to the coolest high-res photos of CRT/HT you can find... anything CRT projector or CRT HT is game if it's an attractive photo and decent resolution. Post a link here or email them to my gmail account...

ecrabb at gmail dot com

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Person99 · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 4899 Location: Flower Mound, TX

Question, do we want to see first if we can get 12 or so forum member theaters that we like before branching out. Could be a cool yearly competition to get your CRT theater into the forum cal.

Dave

**kal** · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:26 pm Post subject:

Makes sense to me Dave.

We'll also need to contact the owners to get nice hi-rez pics (anything you find displayed on a web page won't be high enough rez to print on an 8x10" calendar).

Landscape shots would be preferred to, but not required (to fill the pages better).

I think the challenge will be not finding 12 HT's we like, but getting someone to take good pictures of them (ie: using a good camera with good lighting).

Kal

papalek · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 1536 Location: Longs SC

I don't want to see joe shmoes multimillion dollar theater. I want to see 12 theaters from members here that are obtainable by the rest of us with a little work. Just average nice setups.

Chuck27 · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:41 pm Post subject:

ecrabb · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:08 pm Post subject:

ecrabb · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:11 pm Post subject:

I'll start a post here that I can edit to see if we can come up with a list of 12. I nominate Kal's first because I know he has some good photos and it's a nice room. So, the requirements are 1) CRT-based theater (why else would you be here?), 2) Nice/cool room that others want to see, 3) Nice photos available or the ability to get them. We'll see if we can even get 12, first. If we get more, we can vote or something.

Other nominations?

<theater nominee list moved to bottom of thread>

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**kal** · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:35 pm Post subject:

Oh good god, I'm on the list. Does that mean I get a free calendar? Smile

(At least it'll give me an excuse to update my pics... I've changed a bunch of equipment since I last took my photo gallery pics).

Kal

Person99 · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 4899 Location: Flower Mound, TX

ecrabb · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:20 pm Post subject:

Kal, to get a free calendar would mean somebody would actually have to buy one... fat chance. Wink

Uh oh. I'm a committee now? What's that old saying... no good deed...

Everybody reading the thread should be committed - wait, I mean, should be the committee as far as I'm concerned. At this point, I suspect we'll have a tough time even coming up with 12, but there's only one way to find out. At the rate we're going here, I'll have my theater finished... Wink

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Chuck27 · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:11 pm Post subject:

My theatre is decorated in the "Open Joist and bare concrete floor" style at present. Thumbs Up

I use my dogs for acoustical control by placing their beds at the primary reflection points. Thumbs Up

The windows are covered by irregularly cut black polyethylene held in place with green jiffy tacks. Thumbs Up

Since no one else has volunteered I guess that makes Chez Chuck #2. Thumbs Up

Not.

ecrabb · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:05 pm Post subject:

Same situation, here. I could take some really nicely lit high-resolution photos of a projector hanging from open joists. That'd be sweeeeeettttt....

I can't even take any scren shots anymore - last week, I took my temp screen down to get all the wiring in the screen wall. I have to keep telling myself, "Quit playing with the equipment and get back to work building the room - the fun stuff is just around the corner... really... it is."

Hey, I could include my Sketchup renderings of what the room WILL look like. If we don't get anything better, that'll have to do. Better start giving us some better material to work with, people. Wink

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Person99 · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 4899 Location: Flower Mound, TX

Well, mine is OK, but certainly not great. A very functional cave--no movie posters on the walls (acoustic panels instead), not fancy columns, etc. I keep saying that I'll take pics after "one more thing" get's done, but maybe I could throw some out there.

Dave

Clarence · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:01 am Post subject:

**kal** · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 1:16 am Post subject:

ecrabb · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:05 am Post subject:

I updated the list of 12. I put Chuck's and mine at the bottom since they're studs and insulation right now. Hopefully, we'll get knocked off by real finished rooms. But, hey - if not...

Clarence, if you want, send me the high-res images for those first two shots you posted along with the vitals on your room (room size, screen size, notable equipment, etc.). I'd like to mock up a page so you guys can see what I have in mind. I'll tag Pete to send me a swimsuit shot as your mascot of the month - do you have any preferences, Clarence? Wink

Kal, get some new shots taken! Let's make this happen!

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WanMan · Joined: 19 Mar 2006 Posts: 10270

I thought this was going to be a CRT calendar, as opposed to a HT calendar. I wanted to see close-ups of hot chicks chilling on an open G90, nipples freezing next to a blue tube. Making a HT calendar would be boring, and get copied by the flashlight crowd.

ecrabb · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:16 pm Post subject:

There's two calendars we're talking about. The babes/boobs calendar is a ways off because the logistics are difficult. Pete has to line up both a theater and a model, and get there to shoot it - 12 times. So you can see how it might take 6-12 months just to get the photos. Whenever you have to coordinate 3 schedules (model/owner/photographer), it isn't something you can bang out one of every day.

So, in the interim, I was thinking a regular CRT/HT calender with one of Pete's girls on each page pasted in the corner or whatever might be cool in the meantime. If you don't want one, you don't have to buy one. Wink

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winduptoy · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:05 pm Post subject:

Calender is awsome idea. For good screenshots, double exp. is the way to go. If using digital camera, shoot theatre room with balance set to indoor or 3200K. Use tripod. for screenshot; set balance to 6500K (or daylight if there is no 6500K setting), pick the image you want and pause the player. Shoot at f:5.6 or f:8 for best sharpness. Use tripod. If your PJ is calibrated color balance should be bang on.