Basement Home Theater rooms are in great demand and making sure your whole family is satisfied with the outcome is our first priority. Converting unfinished basement space into your own home theater room is a tricky task so lets explain what needs to be done to get it right.
Since most basements have concrete walls, which are not very noise friendly, it is sometimes necessary to raise the floor. Also, two layers of drywall and extra insulation will keep the noise levels low in the basement and rest of the house.
Next step is to figure out where to locate the big screen in the basement home theater. Rear entrance to the basement home theater will not interfere with projected images.
A very important point to be mentioned is not to build your home theater room in even dimension (10X10), so the sound resistance in your basement and rest of the house is better.
Next step in the basement theater room installation is to figure out best placement for chairs. Divide the room by three. Where the lines cross each other is the best placement for chairs.
Positioning the screen in your basement theater room plays an important role. Center of the screen should be no more than 15 degrees higher than the viewer.
There are three locations you can choose to mount your projector in your basement theater. First, ceiling-mount projector. Second, install the projector in another room in your basement by using special lenses (costly!). Lastly, set the projector on or in a cabinet or table inside the basement theater room.
Next step in your basement home theater installation process is sound setup. The most important speaker in your basement theater room is in the center speaker, which should be located below or above the screen. If using subwoofer it is best to experiment in order to find the best sound quality. Installing them away from each other will create wider sound.