Tronix411.com – YAMAHA RX-Z11 Home Theater Receiver

Posted by admin on July 28th, 2010 and filed under home theater | 25 Comments »

http://my411family.com/
11.2-Channel Digital Home Theater Receiver Yamaha introduces a new benchmark for home theater receiver performance: the RX-Z11. The new flagship takes high end receiver evolution to another level with an enormous range of exciting features, capabilities and cutting edge technologies. The RX-Z11 performance sets a new standard in home theater experience.

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Bravia Home Theater

Posted by admin on July 24th, 2010 and filed under home theater | 25 Comments »

This is my Sony Bravia set up. For the TV KDL-52XBR4, BDP-S500 Blu-ray Player, STR-DA4300ES for the receiver, SA-W3800 for the Sub-Woofer, SS-F7000 front speaker, SS-CN5000 center ch, SS-F5000 for the sorround. The front little ones are the SS-B1000, just for fun. The PC is HP Pavilion m7750n , Sony VaiVGN-FW250J and Acer Asphire One ZG5. Mp3 player is Zune 120. Cameras are Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W300 and DSC-W1.

Duration : 0:3:20

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Guest Speaker

Posted by admin on July 20th, 2010 and filed under speaker | 25 Comments »

Thanks to Colbert Heights High School for allowing me to be a guest speaker. =D

Website

http://www.swiftkaratechop.com

Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/mattbrown88

Duration : 0:2:55

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Plasma Speaker / Tweeter – Completed Working Setup

Posted by admin on June 18th, 2010 and filed under speaker | 25 Comments »

Hello ;) Please rate this video if you like it – comments are always welcome – Following on from my other designs & videos, this is the fully completed prototype, all built on a single PCB – the song used in the demonstration is ‘Hold Me Now’ from the Thompson Twins – chosen purely for it’s superb dynamic range, vocals & clever percussion – remember to SUBSCRIBE for future updates & videos coming soon – thank you !

Duration : 0:7:38

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Goofy – How To Hook Up Your Home Theater, 2007 (HQ)

Posted by admin on May 19th, 2010 and filed under home theatre | 25 Comments »

Goofy – How to hook up your home theater (2007)

Goofy tries to set up his new home theater in time for the big game, with disastrous results.

Directed by: Kevin Deters, Stevie Wermers

Produced by: Tamara Boutcher, Chuck Williams, John Lasseter
Story by: Kevin Deters, Wilbert Plijnaar, Stevie Wermers, Dan Abraham

Voices by: Corey Burton, Bill Farmer

Music by: Michael Giacchino

Animation by: Andreas Deja, Mark Henn, Eric Goldberg, Dale Baer

Studio: Walt Disney Animation Studios

Distributed by: Walt Disney Pictures

Release date(s): December 21, 2007 (The US)

Color process: Color

Running time: 6 min

Language: English

–DISCLAIMER–

I do not own the copyright to this clip, nor do I claim to. The original copyright belongs to the Walt Disney Company, all rights reserved.

Duration : 0:6:22

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Plasma Speaker / Singing Arc – Early Modulated Prototype

Posted by admin on May 14th, 2010 and filed under speaker | 25 Comments »

Please watch my other videos of this…
Here is an early crude prototype of a powerful plasma arc speaker / tweeter. This has now been superseeded by an efficient microcontroller based system.
Supply voltage in this design is 50V DC – HV output is approx 60KV – Be sure to subscribe, to receive future video updates on this project & others :)

Duration : 0:3:23

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Basement Home Theater in HD

Posted by admin on May 14th, 2010 and filed under home theatre | 25 Comments »

Basement Home Theater in HD

Equipment List:
-AVR-4306: 7.1 CH Home Theater/MultiMedia A/V
Receiver

http://www.usa.denon.com/ProductDetails/2243.asp

-PANASONIC PT-AE2000U HD Home Cinema 1080p LCD Projector

http://www.projectorcentral.com/Panasonic_Home-PT-AE2000U.htm

-110″ Diagonal DIY screen with screen material
from http://www.smxscreen.com
-OPPO DV-981HD 1080p High Definition Up-Converting DVD Player

http://www.oppodigital.com/dv981hd/dv981hd_index.html

-8 Berkline 090 Theater Seats with Buttkickers
and motorized reclining

http://www.rtheaters.com

-1 Polk CSi5 center speaker
-2 Polk RTi10 left and right front speakers
-4 Polk FXi3 surround speakers
-1 Polk PSW12 subwoofer

http://www.polkaudio.com/

-Xbox 360 Elite, great HD content and games

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/

-Xbox 360 HD DVD Player
-PS3, great Blu-ray player

http://www.us.playstation.com/PS3

-DirecTV HR20, a wonderful HD DVR

http://www.dbstalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=112

-2 Buttkicker BKA-1000-4A Amplifiers

http://www.thebuttkicker.com/home_theater/products/bka1000-4a.htm

-Middle Atlantic 60-Inch Slide-Out Rotating Rack

http://www.smarthome.com/8742a60.html

- 1 INSTEON 8 Button Keypad and 2 INSTEON Dimmer Switches

http://www.smarthome.com/_/INSTEON/_/23b/land.aspx

-Biometric Figerprint Door Lock is the
Shepherd DL 210 and I found it on eBay.

I did the majority of the work myself. The Theater is double drywalled with two sheets of 5/8″ drywall with Green Glue http://www.greengluecompany.com between each sheet of drywall and insulation stuffed in all the walls and ceiling. All the walls and the ceiling are isolated using products from http://www.pac-intl.com The front stage is completely filled with sand and I use a Biometric Fingerprint Door Lock for access to the Theater.

AVSForum Thread:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=838663

Construction Photos:

http://scale.smugmug.com/gallery/882081#39911578

If you have any questions or suggestions for this list just post a comment at the bottom.

Thanks for viewing!

The song is ‘The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning’ by The Smashing Pumpkins.

If you like it go buy it!!

Amazon MP3, no DRM: http://tinyurl.com/56mwb3

It is the same song used in the Watchmen trailer but not the same version, the song was originally on the soundtrack for Batman and Robin.

Duration : 0:2:22

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How to Create a High-Def speaker for under a buck.

Posted by admin on May 5th, 2010 and filed under speaker | 25 Comments »

http://www.householdhacker.com
A big thank you to everyone who voted to get the Mythbusters to have Household Hacker on their show! Their “video response” was the best one we have received yet, and we even got some nifty Mythbuster T-shirts! Hooray!

We would like to thank you guys for checking out our stuff and we’ve come along way in a little over than a year on this site. Be sure to check out some of our more recent videos which you may find are slightly more helpful!

Shirts: http://tinyurl.com/hhhshirts
Website: http://www.householdhacker.com
Live + Chat: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/household-hacker-live

Disclaimer:
As with this experiment and all other HouseHold Hacker videos. We cannot be held responsible for damage or mistakes made if attempting the experiments. These projects are for demonstration purposes only and should not be attempted at home.

Duration : 0:2:46

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