On 20/09/17 16:13, Nige Danton wrote:

I'm thinking that I need to install some heavy floor to ceiling curtains
along both long sides of the room and cover most of the floor with large
rugs.

Sounds fine. Probably worth a look at avsforum.com

I'd need to buy the curtains and rails, but I already have a variety
of large rugs for the floor. I'm considering not having any dedicated
seating (to avoid the expense) but to simply use large cushions instead. If
that proves unsatisfactory then I could buy a couple of day-beds.

My TV is a bit high up on my wall (above the fireplace, if there were
one) and hence seating has a good back for my back & neck. I've got the
rear surrounds exactly mounted _close_ behind and a bit above my ears,
greater than 90 degrees from the front centre. The close thing was
critical - before they were far in the rear corners and I'd miss most of
the surround effects.

The cinema equipment would be a projector mounted either on the ceiling, or
on the end wall. The audio would be provided by a home theatre system that
I already have. I'd need to buy the projector, so I'd grateful for opinions
about projectors and things to look out for.
I don't know. Is the holy grail of bright HD/4K, LED, DLP and no
mechanical color wheel affordable?

What do you think? What have I missed?

Illuminated 'do not disturb' sign on the front door,
Beer kegs, piping and taps,
Fume extraction for the popcorn machine?

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Adrian C