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Interesting discussion, I was just having a similar one with a friend a while ago. He had, in one house, a big home theater with theater seating/lounge chair type things, and a 100 inch screen/projector. He said he misses it, but he never watched the news or regular TV shows on it, it was where he went to devote full attention to a movie.

I've always sort of wanted a "real" home theater room, but as time has gone on and I've not had the proper space for one, I've come to realize that for me anyway, I like the fact that my living room is sort of a home theater but not dedicated. I have a 65 inch plasma and a decent surround setup, but not ultra high end. Still gives me the require envelopment and bass though. It's a room where we feel comfortable with the TV off and the stereo on, or with any TV show on, but can dim the lights and really focus on a special movie. If I'm watching something my wife is not into she'll just play on her laptop or knit. If we have company and don't want to watch TV, I have a couple of chairs that are easily moved to the other side of the coffee table making a conversation grouping.

I don't like going out to the movie theater, it's expensive, and I don't like crowds of idiots, usually playing with their cell phones instead of being quiet and watching the film. Plus the local cineplex has about the worst projectors and image quality, let alone sound, I've ever seen.

Still, the total immersion of a 100 inch screen would be fun. So, when this TV eventually dies, I can see a 77 inch in my future.

Jeff wrote:

I don't like going out to the movie theater, it's expensive, and I don't like crowds of idiots, usually playing with their cell phones instead of being quiet and watching the film. Plus the local cineplex has about the worst projectors and image quality, let alone sound, I've ever seen.

Jeff

I'm afraid I'm recovering from the BeoVirus.

@Jeff

If ‘my’ local cinama was as you have described, I would sure not go there either.

Luckily it is different :-)

But spending £100k on a (cinema) room, that you just use once in a while, hmmmm!

Just imagine, what else, you could do/make/experience with that kind of money.

Like you I like to be in the livingroom with my people, when watching, listening....or at least knowing that they are nearby - a man’s cave (for 100k) is nothing for me.

MM

Quite frankly I have no use for a cinema room at home as the cinema is within walking distance of my home. Last time I went is probably five years ago 😎

Hi All 

Just to make the point that a Home Cinema from Bang & Olufsen of Wilmslow doesn't have to cost £100K.

When planning the conversion of this room we decided what specification we wanted to showcase so that potential customers can experience what is available. The level of equipment can be scaled to meet individual requirements in terms of available space and budget.

The comparison Steve made in his video came about as the price point of this particular specification of cinema was very close to our Eclipse 65", Lab 90, Lab 50 set up. Of course this can also be scaled up or down depending on size of screen and choice of speakers.

Opman

Well, I'm a grumpy old misanthropic curmudgeon, and damned proud of it! 😁

Since we moved to this town a little over 6 years ago, the local theater has deteriorated a lot. When we got here, it was a pretty decent theater, 10 screens, lots of staff, clean, etc. Now they don't even man the front ticket windows, only a quarter of the snack stand has stuff in it, it's manned by usually one guy who sells you your ticket and points you to the hallway with the theaters. No ticket takers. Last time I saw a movie there on first week of a first run movie (Blade Runner 2049) there were 5 people in the theater, counting the three of us.

So, it's dying. Honestly, what do young people do for dates anymore?

My wife, who grew up here when it was a really small town, talks about one summer when she was of dating age in early high school. There was one theater, one screen, and it showed "When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth" for over 3 months. Imagine being a young person dating and the only thing to do was go see that awful piece of dreck over and over. I think it scarred her for life.

Back to the subject, I still wouldn't mind a theater room, I think. I'd love the opportunity to decorate one, probably in the style of the old Fox Theater in Atlanta which is very Egyptian deco, But I also think I'd usually wind up watching things on the living room system and seldom go in. Hard to say, maybe the experience of a huge screen would hook me, but I tend to decide to watch something ad hoc, sitting there doing something else and decide to turn the TV on and see what I want to watch (my Netflix and Amazon queues are so full it will take me until the sun explodes to finish them).

I remember seeing one very cool home theater done up like the inside of a Star Wars Imperial Star Destroyer.

But I've not got the proper space nor am I likely to ever renovate the house to get such a space, lot of money for something I doubt I'd use much. But as I said, a 77 inch OLED would not be bad.

In my case since I do go to the theatre for new releases my ultimate ‘home cinema’ would not try to recreate a movie theatre. My current dream set up would be :

1. Sony 77 inch OLED (currently have the 65 inch version)

2. Beolab 50 upfront (I have not heard the BL 90 but the 50 sound great) - so would be nice upgrade from my current BL 8000 + BL 2 (In the mean time I am adding a 2nd BL 2 to the mix and just ordered the trigger cable from Steve).

3. I am currently using the Sony’s Acoustic Mass speaker as center channel. Sony basically combines all 5 speakers built into the screen as a center channel. The effect is that the sound comes from the speaker. So, likely won’t change that.

4. I use BL 6000 for rear channels. They look great and sound perfect for rears. My ultimate would be to upgrade to Atmos and upgrade the 2 BL 6000 with BL 18 and add two more BL 18 for 7.2.

5. My my room the BL 2 look and sound great, so I am fine with my subwoofer. I don’t like it when the bass is overpowering. 

6. Apple TV 4K -  already there.

7. Need an Atmos receiver. TBD

8. I already have BO Concept sectional and ottoman in my viewing room...

That would  be my main improvements. The BL 50 probably the main upgrade and 77 inch screen from 65.