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Plasma Speaker / Tweeter – Completed Working Setup

admin — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:47:18 +0000

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)

admin — Wed, 19 May 2010 07:38:15 +0000

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–

Duration : 0:6:22

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Plasma Speaker / Singing Arc – Early Modulated Prototype

admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 20:03:19 +0000

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

admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 20:03:12 +0000

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.

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:18:15 +0000

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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