Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Finally. LOTR Trilogy Marathon!

that is great Nick, can't wait to hear about the results

By the way, just got done hanging my new DIY screen a few nights ago. It is 120"wide x 51" tall in a 2.35 aspect ratio. My Prismasonic anamorphic lens is in route from Finland and should be here in a couple of days. It will be great making use of the full panels of my Z2 and not having black bars

I would be interested in what you have found to be the best settings on your S97S and/or Z3 for contrast, brightness, etc...

I'm still playing around with the settings. I suppose I should invest in one of those calibration dvd's to adjust my settings.

Randy

Sirquack.... All I can say is....
SHOW ME THE PICTURES!!!

I know I know, I really wanted to take pictures when the basement was not such a mess I'll get to them soon I promise, maybe a few sneak peeks soon..

Less than 9 hours until the marathon starts!!!! Woohoo! I guess I should go to bed since I need to get up in 6 horus to make sure that I have everything ready (breakfast, drinks, and so forth)... I just hope that I don't doze off during the movies. They are awesome, but I am running on low sleep for the past 2 nights, and I should have gone to bed a few hours ago to try to catch up...

Oh I forgot to mention that a bunch of my Star Wars buddies and I are crashing your party, hope you got some hot cakes, sausages, and some ice cold OJ ready

Just kidding, while your having fun, I'll be working in the basement today. It appears it is going to be a nice cool day, maybe I can open the windows and get some more polyurethane on the doors done.

I also have to build a new DIY mount to accomodate the projector and Prismasonic anamorphic lens.


ps: I assume your watching the movies over 720P HDMI? If you get a chance, can you cycle throught the screen settings on the Z3 (Full, Normal, ZOOM) and see if Zoom actual stretches the 2.35 movie to be full height (making the people look skinny). My Z2 will only stretch over 480p component, and anything over HDMI (480, 720 or 1080) will not stretch.

Thanks Man, and I hope you have fun, maybe some time I can join the party

Sirquack, send me a PM on your lens. Cost, setup, etc...

I will test out the zoom settings.

here ya go Nick

http://www.axiomaudio.com/boards/showflat.php?Board=HT&Number=110103

hmm Nick,

So I was looking over the boards and saw this thread and thought hey that would be a great idea. All my friends were at work so at 2pm I started my own little trilogy. First movie done about 5 pm started dinner and put on 2 towers about 6pm. Not 10 minutes into the movie there's a banging at my door. It's my neighbor from accross the hall!

He says" Sorry to bother you but don't you think thats..hey isn't that 2 towers?

I say" Sure is wanta watch it?" He scratches his head and says" I'll be right back!" Lol he comes back with his girl friend and we sit down to watch it from the start.

HMM about 15 minutes in BANG BANG on the door again. It's my neighbor from down strairs with his 5 year old. He's telling me how his wife is at work and he's trying to get the kid in bed ect ect. While he's talkin the kid goes into the living room then comes running out screamin about 2 towers being on. The guy looks at me with a "what am I supposed to do now look" and I say "Come on in".

We start the Movie all over again. The kid has taken my favorite seat. I end up draggin my desk chair into the living room.
Anyway with pausing for bathroom breaks and such we got thru it about time the kids wife came home. She gave me and Dad a dirty look when we started talking about Return of the King.

Had a great time but I wonder if I'll be able to watch a movie in peace ever again Hehehe wonder if I can watch Return when I get home?

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PS Axiom may get some new customers!

Nick I see you on the "Who's Online" list, how are the movies going, you must be taking a break after the first two?

Grilling up some hamburgers on the grill ?

Whew... It is over. That old saying "the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. We planned a 9:00AM start for a 9:30PM finish, well, at 11:25PM the last of the trilogy was complete. The movies themselves went smoothly, but it just took a LOT longer... We didn't get started until 9:30AM, and the guys wanted to get a quick sound demo before we started, so I popped in a demo dvd and played this 8 minute THX "WOW Demo" for them. Then we started the first of the trilogy at 9:40AM. Our plans were to stop between each movie in the trilogy, but the extended editions have the movie on 2 DVDs (plus 2 more with extras each) and we ended up taking a break after each DVD. That meant 5 breaks instead of 2. We played pinball, my arcade, a little air hockey, plus shot a paintball gun in the backyard (one of the guys brought his $750 hopped up paintball gun). Add in time to cook pizzas, buffalo wings, popcorn, etc, and it was easy to see how it could take so long.

In the end it was worth it. I feel exhausted though. I had never seen the extended edition of Return of the King even though I got it for Christmas last year. I didn't want to see it until I had my projector up and going, plus my Axiom speakers. I had to also get the basement done enough to have guest over, then came the hard time of scheduling it with everyone. The system has been ready for months, but getting people available on the same day couldn't happen until today. Anyway, the build up was eating away at me. I had a hard time sleeping last night, and as many of you know, the story of the Lord of the Rings is very good, and very involving. When it was over it was like being at the finish line of a long race. Not physically tiring as in aching muscles, but tiring none-the-less.

During the movies, I kept hearing people say, "Wow. Why would you ever go to a movie theater again?" and "This sounds awesome!" and so forth.

Congratulations and thank you to Axiom, SVS, Sanyo, Pioneer, Panasonic, Carada, and Blue Jeans Cables for making this type of experience possible for an average joe like me.

Oh, and thank you to my wife for letting me do it.