Though not earth shattering (or all that costly), I’m quite thrilled with my home theater set up but I will be the first to admit that I’ve had dreams of building a state of the art home theater complete with massive screen, state of the art sound, reclining leather chairs, remote controlled lighting, a mini fridge, popcorn popper…the list is endless. Sadly, I don’t have a couple of hundred thousand dollars kicking around but what if you did?
Enter the world of custom designed and built home theater systems. This isn’t for the faint of heart as some of these systems cost upwards of $500,000 dollars (and that’s before the electronic equipment is added into the mix) but hey, when you’re rich, a million bucks in your basement is nothing more than loose change.
Some of these you’ve likely seen in the past (the Batcave Theater and the Indiana Jones Themed Theater) but the most recent list compiled by the folks at Crooked Brains is spectacular and features something for everyone: from the classic Titanic Themed to the sleek lines and cool tones of a Matrix Themed theater. It’s worth taking a browse though their collection of photos, links and descriptions which have me hoping that I win the lotto in the near future.
My personal favourite, which you can peek in the photo above, is the $6 million dollar home theater which was designed and built by Kipnis Studio Standard. Check out the size of those speakers!
Thanks to Colleen for the linkage!
that is sick and pretty unnecessary. although if i had the money i am sure i would do something sick like that too. my favorite has to be the Bat Cave. how cool.
really though, if i had the money, i’d probably just create an actual real theater in my backyard. why not?
If I had the money, I’d go old school and classy. That is just conspicuous consumption.
Some people really do have more money than brains. :S
If I had that kind of cash, I’d go out and travel the world.
Ashley, amen to that. And travel the world is some serious style too.
For those who care, my home theatre:
limited specs:
100″ screen
Sanyo PLV-Z2 720p LCD projector
Cambridge Soundworks 5.1 speakers
Sound proofed walls/celing with anti-echo wall coverings
Windows XP computer in 720p mode with DVD/HDD/Quicktime/Web streaming, etc. playability
Seats 5 comfortably, but has a 12 person capacity if you want to squeeze.
I say if you have the money to spare then why not? You can always travel the world even if you’re not drowning in cash. This makes me wonder why the fuck I haven’t hooked up my equipment yet.