Our living room home theater

We're obviously huge fans of:


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Panasonic PT-AE2000U projector
Four SVS MBS bookshelf speakers for rear and side surround
An SVS MCS front center speaker
Front left and right SVS MTSs in front of dual 12.3 upgraded SVS 16-46 PC-Plus subwoofers
Sony STR-DA5300ES receiver
Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray (and everything else except HD-DVDs) player
Toshiba HD-A2 HD-DVD player
3 400-disc changers (just for storage)
Verizon FiOS Motorola 7200 HD DVR
Rega Planar 2 turntable
Toshiba 30HF84 HDTV
APC AV H15 Power Conditioner
Monster HTS-2500 Power Center
Cables from bluejeanscable.com & a2zcables.com
URC RF-20 Remote
URC MRF-100B RF receiver & IR extender
Three sets of black-out shades to cover the front 6' high by 12' wide window:

Black-out shades on the two rear 6' high by 2' wide windows

The rear & surround speakers, and projector:

The front speakers in front of the subs, and the other components:

Da-Lite Model C matte white 54"×96" (110" diagonal) screen:

E.g. 1080p/24fps Iron Man:


Random details of the preparations for the home theater:

Prepping the 45' and 55' 10-gauge Belkin 5T00UP speaker cables and the 35' BJC Series-1 Belden Bonded-Pair HDMI cable (all bluejeanscables.com) in a cable sheath to run under the living room floor (above the basement suspended ceiling):




Attaching the locking banana plugs:


The sheathed cables after being run under the floor:


The speaker cables attached to the receiver:


All of the cables attached to the receiver: