[HD] DIY Star Trek Home Theater - Final Project Video

A woodworker scratch built a home theater for his wife (yeah, right!) This four minute video shows the end result of the construction of my home theater upgrade using the Star Trek Enterprise bridge colors (see construction slideshow video link below). Inspired (and copied) from "The Bridge Home Theater" of Gary Reighn. I am using an Optoma TX1080 1080p DLP Projector on a 120" screen. The LCARS displays are running from a Dell laptop. The sound system has 7.1 audio. Lighting is controlled by X-10. Four network connections interface the equipment with my home network. A Sony Blu-ray player is used for media, WDTV Live (Western Digital) is used for connection to 1TB hard disk and 5TB media server, the internet and streaming from the home network. This was a 10 week project completed Thanksgiving 2010. Phase 1 consisted of wall treatments (with star ports). Phase 2 included the projector, screen/ speakers, and Lcars displays. Phase 3 included the turbolift doors, lighting, and final details. This sequence was shot with a Canon HFS-100 and edited in Adobe Premier CS5.

Yes, my wife is happy!

For a detailed construction slideshow please watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kA-kZCgMIw

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[dcartier100]

AGAIN < GREAT JOB. Your workmanship and attention to detail is outstanding. What did you use for the rolling graphic text display?

[davidegg22]

@dcartier100 Thanks for watching and commenting! For the text displays above the stairs and above the TurboLift doors I used the electronics that came out of retail display units that came from Costco about 20 years ago. I re-purposed them for the theater. The LCARS displays up front are driven by a laptop. Not “Enterprise” true but I thought it added to the look/feel. Thanks again for watching!

[jasonaalbert73]

WOW!! How did you do the electrionic screens on the side of the screen? and the one by the entrance. LOVE IT!!

[davidegg22]

@jasonaalbert73 The LCARS screens on each side of the main screen are two 19” LCD monitors connected to a laptop computer running a LCARS video loop that I stitched together. The screen on the switch panel is a picture display frame running a slide show presentation. The construction video is attached to this final project video and will show you more detail. It definitely was a fun project! I am glad you enjoyed the video and commented!

[MikeJ1066]

Khaaaaan!!!

[SCENARIOBABY]

nice theme ish!



[ruredy4me]

A beautifully executed project! Well done!

[bcorr392]

Awesome Captain! Jealous I am!!