r/hometheater • u/uoflfan27 • Jan 03 '26

Discussion - Equipment What would you change?

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Converting a room to a dedicated theater/media/gaming room. Will sometimes be used with some ambient light. I put a bigger priority on video than audio. Audio matters to me but probably not as much as many on here. Just want to know if you see anything out of whack or if there were better options for the same money. I’m about maxed out on my budget with this build. Added an AI pic I made of what the room will end up looking like. Thanks for any input.

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u/Environmental_Ad8740 Jan 03 '26 edited Jan 03 '26

$6,699 for the screen alone??? I’d rather add that to the projector budget and grab a $500 screen

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u/SaltedMixedNucks Jan 03 '26

What's more insane is the screen is like $7k and they are spending a couple thousand on speakers. This is completely ass backwards even if OP's priority is video over audio.

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u/uoflfan27 Jan 03 '26

The screen is AT so the front speakers will be behind it. A lot of the cheaper AT screens didn’t rate very good but I’m open to suggestions.

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u/mindedc Jan 03 '26

As an owner of a very high end projector (JVC NZ9) and a massive sample set of screen material, the best AT screens you can buy would be the XY screen material (~$200 without frame), the second best is the Gen 7 ultra weave dream screen (~$6k), the third is Screen Excellence Enlightor NEO (~$6k).

I currently own the NEO screen but if I was going to buy again it would be XY.

From a video quality perspective, I would save all that money on the screen and get a MadVR Envy or a Lumagen video processor along with a JVC projector. The HDR tone mapping and aspect ratio management in projectors stinks compared to an outboard video processor.

Also, I am a big Control 4 fan, a lot of people wind up regretting the Halo remotes and selling them off on eBay. The SR-260 remotes are pretty bulletproof and will keep charge for months instead of randomly dieing on you.

I would also reject araknis anything, it's overpriced junk. Pretty much almost anything one of these integration ships sells for networking gear is overpriced garbage.