Austin HD Experts - HDTV Calibration and Home Theater Design Services

About Austin HD Experts

Austin HD Experts was founded by Carl, an audio/video guru with many years of experience designing and building home theater systems that range from straightforward living room setups to a dedicated movie theater in his home. Carl has also spent years calibrating TVs ranging from flat panels (plasma, LCD) to high-end projectors. He has extensive knowledge of CRT-based systems as well, including rear projection CRT TVs and CRT projectors.

Carl's theater has the following equipment:

Electrohome Marquee 8500 8"CRT projector with HD144 lenses and other mods
Da-Lite 106" diagonal (16:9) cinema contour with cinema vision screen and pro-trim
Yamaha RX-Z1 receiver
Focus Enhancements CS-HD video processor
Toshiba HD-A35 HD DVD player
Sony DVP-CX985V 400 disc DVD changer
Sony DVP-CX995V 400 disc DVD changer
Xbox 360 with HD DVD drive
Directv HD DVR HR20-700
JVC HR-S9500U S-VHS VCR
Monster HTS 5100 power center
(8) Bass Shaker Pro tactile transducers in seats
Adcom GFA-555II power amplifier for tactile transducers
Velodyne HGS-15x 15" subwoofer
(2) AudioControl Richter Scale bass EQ, one for sub, one for tactile transducers in seats
(2) NHT 2.5 speakers (main left and right)
(4) NHT 1.5 speakers (surround left and right, surround back left and right)
(1) NHT SC2 (front center)

Here is a panoramic picture of Carl's movie theater, stiched together from multiple images.

Here is another panormaic picture of Carl's movie theater after a recent paint job. Now the front wall and ceiling are flat black, while the side and back walls are a very nice, dark blue. The theater has also been converted from a 6.1 setup to a 7.1 setup. The front effects speakers were moved to the surround back speakers. There are also several bass traps in the room now, too.

Here are some pictures from Transformers and Cars on the actual screen which measures 106" diagonally. The movie pictures were taken with a Canon A95 5MP digital camera on a tripod. These images are all scaled down from the originals. The scaling process introduces artifacts in the images that make them look worse than the actual screen images, but they still give you a good idea of how nice a large projected image can be.