Speaker and Projector set up?

Question

Hey guys. Need some help with the positioning of my home theatre. Here it goes,

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z22/akataylor/setup.jpg

The carpet in the middle could hide some of the cabling, but don't know where to place speakers without the cables being seen too much. Projector ontop of my cabinet (which projects slightly too big, no zoom on my projector either). Where can I put my projector so that it fits the 100" screen properly (it's about 20 cms too big on each side, the projected image), and where can I place my speakers without cables being seen?

I have 5.1 Htx250 Samsungs for the record. I've also got the swa3000 wireless part too to make the rear speakers wireless, but since the reciever is at the back, I need the FRONT speakers to be wireless, not the back.

I'm thinking speaker stands for starters as well.

Thankyou for you help!

Note: the "floor to ceiling" on the side indicates a window, sorry about that.

Answer 1

Your first problem is the projector and screen. Wiring flows from that.

Since the projector doesn't have a zoom and the image is too big, you need to move the projector closer ... that means either table mounting or -- more likely -- ceiling mounting (you need a suitable mounting bracket ... ca $100) ... and that means you are going to have to run the wires to the projector through the ceiling to hide them.

If you have a basement or crawl space below the room it would be easy to run the wires under the floor. The alternative is to "fish" the wires through the walls or surface mount and run them in Wiremold or similar wiring channels (plastic conduit that sticks to baseboard or wherever and hides the wires).

My suggestion is to sort out positioning of the screen and projector (also consider moving the screen to the long wall to the left and mounting the projector on a shelf on a (new) bookcase parallel to the floor to ceiling window), then set up the speakers to match and then worry about wiring.

Hope that helps a bit.

Answer 2

Fishing them all up through the wall and into the ceiling then back down the wall with the screen would be best. Depending on where this is in the house, you may be able to fish the wires down into the room below and over (if there's an unfinished room below, then this is by far the easiest method). Assuming you don't want to do that, I'd give some thought to increasing the rug area. This will do 2 things: 1. help hide the wires and 2. provide sound dampening. You don't say what the rest of the floor is so I'm assuming a hard surface. If so, your going to have some sound problems and will need to absorb it somehow. Looks like a great setup, good luck with it.