Is that the screen in the second picture? For a theater like that I would want a bigger screen

Sweeeeeet. :-)

Vic

now, the only thing left is to actually convince a human woman to go in there with you...

"now, the only thing left is to actually convince a human woman to go in there with you…"

LMAO!!!!! :-D

I want one of those.... :-(

How much that cost, like a million dollars? With that kind of money I'd buy 3 models to sleep with me every night instead. And if I can blow a million dollars on a home theater system, I'm sure I can buy 6 models per night (or 3 super models per night).
Lame.

awesome, it actually looks really cool.

"“now, the only thing left is to actually convince a human woman to go in there with you…”

LMAO!!!!! :-D"

To boldly go where no woman has gone before....

coolguy, it would cost a lot more than a million dollars to get them to sleep with you.

“now, the only thing left is to actually convince a human woman to go in there with you…”

you're better off waiting for gynoid technology to mature.

That doesn't look real to me. Looks like a computer rendering of a concept, not photos of a real-life home theater...

Are you people kidding? There's nothing better than ridiculous displays of wealth like this to get a women wet. That's all they care about. All the owner has to do is casually drop the price tag into conversation, and those legs are just flying apart at the speed of sound.

"Is that the screen in the second picture? For a theater like that I would want a bigger screen"

I can see it was inspired by the bridge, which had a very much larger screen.

I suspect it was the largest TV he could afford. Of course, he could have used a projector, but replacing the lamps in those is also very expensive (over $100 every 3000 operating hours, last I checked).

$100 ??? for a projector lamp bulb????

TRY
$430 !!! at BestBuy!!!!! for my Optoma H79 !

.. yes , for the same
2000-3000 hrs!

Nice system overall but Kaleidescape?! Guy has more money than brains. We have a 12.2 TB RAID6 chassis which streams to a MythTV setup and our 62" 1080P plasma just fine.

And it plays xvid, divx, x264 in mkv containers, etc. Over 12,000 movies and TV episodes in all. (not that we've watched even 1/5th of that :))

What... NO popcorn replicator!!!

Now, what I find interesting, given today's environment, is that Paramount hasn't sued him into poverty yet... It is a sad statement, though, that this type of action against a fan would be possible, and definately probably, but these are the times we live in...

Now, does he have to have a performance license to take anyone else into the room? (Hey, I'm not joking after a car repair shop was sued for playing their radio loud enough for others to hear, without a performance license...) :(

Cool room, though!

1) These totally look like 3d renderings.
2) The screen in pic 2 is probably larger than it looks because these are fish-eye views.

The fourth pic is not the main screen. Look at the second pic and the beige section just below what looks like a projected image (making the main screen a projector/screen combo) and the one in the fourth pic a secondary screen. It looks like there's a main viewing room with another room off to one side with the bar and lounge with a smaller screen.

"...motion-activated air-lock doors..." umm, that sounds dangerous.

How many Frink/ComicStoreGuy points am I racking up just by commenting on this thread. Feel the quality, it's nebbishtastic.

"Nice system overall but Kaleidescape?! Guy has more money than brains. We have a 12.2 TB RAID6 chassis which streams to a MythTV setup and our 62″ 1080P plasma just fine."

By "We" you mean your Mom and Dad right?

Space pimp.

its not photoshopped, take a LOOK at the pics, not a glance, details like the slight panel fit problems on the cupboard doors in the main room, 1st and 2nd photos, and the too realistic distortion in the carpets on the 3rd and 4th give it away as real, if you were gonna photoshop, youd at least bother to get them right...

Very cool tho..

All I can say is sweet! Ahem...and that coolguy358632 is obviously used to paying a lot of cash (and frequently) for sex, which is not cool at all. Also betrays his inability to swoon geek chicks.

To be honest, I don't want to convince my "wife" to go in here with me, or any woman for that matter. If they enjoy something a little different (the theatre) and if they enjoy a good movie (not the typical female rubbish with no character development, story or wooden acting) then I am sure, no arm twisting will be required.

OK, they guys who are willing to PAY to sit next to a woman are really weird!

News for many of you: there are plenty of female Star Trek fans out here--been one now for many years. Curiosity would compel many of us to check out the above theatre regardless of how rich or geeky the guy was--however, common sense would make us accept--or not accept--any invitations from said male beyond that. In Trek fandom, there are such varying degrees of geekness, nerdiness and other factors that there will be times when a "no" is elicited, and times when a "maybe" will be uttered instead. Trust me--been there, done that. ;-)

Bob said: "By “We” you mean your Mom and Dad right?"

No, my wife, kids and I. (I'm 43 :))

Looks fake.

If it gets any better than this I couldn't stand it.

boys and girls,

hate to burst your geek bubbles: the photographs are not real. computer-generated graphics. look closely at the details. the room does not exist.

get outside. get some sunshine. get a life.

you children kill me. you have no idea what makes a woman happy and/or aroused.

the photographs are not real. thank you, Conned. you are the only one who makes any sense.

i agree with Conned. get lives. do not think you know the first thing about women.

BOY !!! I would love to just know what the pricetag on this little corner of the universe costs ????

To 'coolguy358632' when you turn sixteen please come back here and post about your first sexual experience. Until then, go back to your crayons. Simpletons do not interest any woman.

I call BS, like many before me. Those are pretty obviously CGI. If they're not, then about twelve people each photoshopped the hell out of them. It's a cool idea, but thise arn't photos, they're screenshots of The Sims. :P

This room is an awesome display of creativity, money, and love for sci fi. If you throw in Warf, this female would get "wet".

Got Ghargh???

Now if only the outside looks like the Enterprise too... how crazy would that be?

I've seen people turn large plane into houses, so who knows, might actually be possible. If it was donef - the press attention would be staggering.

"now, the only thing left is to actually convince a human woman to go in there with you…"

Would you settle for a green chick? Oh, sorry, thats TOS.

Does it really matter if it's real or not? The article implies it's real or was presented as real at an exhibition show. Anything is possible with enough money or enough determination.

Bill Shatner was ahead of some of you: he told fans to "get a life" over twenty-odd years ago: most of the fans I've known are married now with kids of their own, are engineers, computer experts, or otherwise involved with many different careers, including several professional artists, writers, and more. There is no need to "get a life" as fans are probably a lot happier in their own lives than many non-fans out there.

That is just outrageously cool looking. Nice job in designing and building!

That is really neat. Perhaps not what I'd do if I were making a home theater, but if one of my friends had one you better believe movie night would be at their house.

So... (1) almost everyone on here professionally vets photos. And, (2), the second most popular comment is that the mainscreen is too small. Try to see the irony here:

Consider the perspective of the first and second photos. In picture 1 we see there are FOUR seats there that came out of some 80's conversion van with leather seats. Then by standing waaay at the other end of the room in picture 2 you see the backs of the same four chairs. Although the picture has an odd perspective, i'm guessing those seats aren't 4 feet from the screen. If that is the case, then we're looking at a MASSIVE screen. 72+ inches or whatever a great DLP is these days.

If it won a prize, i'm pretty sure the originals are higher detail than this web format. Not saying i would put money on it, but i'm skeptical of anyone who would miss that the screen is friggin enormous. At the very least the people that say it looks small have never seen a huge DLP from across a long room like this one.

If you do a bit more research, you'll find it is a real installation.
Designed, built, photographed. Not a render.

see:
http://www.electronichouse.com/article/next_gen...

An impressive list of gear used, not exactly what I'd use for a serious room, it's a big system nonetheless.

Screen is 135" for those too lazy to bother finding out.

Just the facts, ma'am, not slander.

"And it plays xvid, divx, x264 in mkv containers, etc. Over 12,000 movies and TV episodes in all. (not that we’ve watched even 1/5th of that :))"

So you argue he has more money than brains, yet you claim to have 12,000 movies/TV shows. Wouldn't BUYING that many movies cost as much as 3-4 Kaleidescapes? (by my calculations that would be well over $100k to own that many DVDs...) Or did you not legally purchase that content?

In fact I am not really calling you out on that by itself, just thinking maybe it's more a matter of money vs conscience, than money vs brains, so who are you to judge him?

Come on now, that's not even a real picture, it's photoshop. If this was released on April 1 you guys would see, but when it's released in November you believe anything. LOL.

Jealousy is a terrible thing and my jealousy sense is in overdrive. What an awesome piece of setwork - imagine inviting people to your 'home cinema' knowing that behind those pneumatic doors (with authentic ST noise) lies what can only be described as a near perfect replication of the Enterprise's bridge.

Now if only I could afford this!!!

"Now, what I find interesting, given today’s environment, is that Paramount hasn’t sued him into poverty yet… "

Actualy, Paramount is one of the most open, advanced, and fan supportive rights holders they are.

Are you not aware of the vaste numbers of star trek fan films?
Hidden Frontier has 9 seasons, New Voyages has had much of the original cast guest star in eppisodes.

Both have had support by the Roddenbury Family. (in HF's case Ron supported the fact it had gay charecters...something the networks never allowed dispite Roddenbury wanting every gender, race and preferance represented).

While you are right in general we live in times were people are sued over everything. (Like a non-profit Buffy-musical being organised by some students got sued).

However, Paramount deserves great priase for supporting they wonderfull, insane, yet very dedicated fanbase.

(that said, of course, if he started saleing star-trek conversions....)

Oh come on. You recreate/emulate an Enterprise bridge, and there's no big swively Captain's chair for the owner?

Such a waste :(

hyphenate, you said it! I've been a star trek fan since the 80's and I don't get it how this stereotype still exists that women aren't that interested in the show. If something is good, it interests people of all walks of life. I would be curious to see this theater if it was actually real.

That's an actual real version of when someone thinks to themselves, "what would I do if I became rich?".

Glad he modelled it after the Enterprise D and not on the subsequent knockoffs.

I hate to say it but he should have modelled the bar and loungeroom on Ten-forward (there appears to be enough space to give the same effect).