I don’t have a spare room to make a soundproof “home theater” (and making such a room would require you to be like extremely rich to even fund that renovation) so what’s the cheapest movie viewing experience you can conceivably get at home that’s good enough? (I hate the idea of movie theaters, so please don’t tell me to go to one lol, I hate being around people)

Preferrably no TVs because that would be very hard to take with me if I have to move in the future (its too fragile and too big and a huge hassle to deal with). So I’m thinking like some projectors or something like that.

Because my main viewing screen right now is just my phone and Christopher Nolan would be disappointed if he found out lol. (Don’t judge lol, the last time I actually used an actual PC was like few years ago, I no longer have a functional computer right now, because I haven’t found the need to replace the broken one, since phones do a lot nowadays)

I’m thinking like a budget of $1000 or less (the cheaper the better, but not like too low quality either).

(P.S. I don’t actually have that budget to get that immediately, but I’m just planning for something to look forward to in the future.)

Edit: I mean $1000 in US Dollars

  • MuttMutt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Movie theaters control sound reverberations. A simple sound bar worth a sub will improve audio quite a bit over any output but even a pair of Bluetooth speakers can help, if you want stereo look at the Anker Soundcore series with “TWS.” I use a pair of Soundcore Motion Boom’s for when I am doing stuff and they area amazing, I upgraded from a a pair of Soundcore 2’s that fell off the roof and few times and were not really holding a charge like they should.

    To give you the sound you will want to make some sound deadening panels. Basically get some 1X2 furring strips and build some simple squares, cover them with fabric(something with a soft texture is best) , and insert some cheap convoluted foam then hang them around your viewing space. As time goes by you can add more if you feel the need. Also carpet the room, but at the very least get some throw rugs. You could also hang something like the rugs on the wall, it’s ghetto but as I said the experience is about controlling sound reverberations.

    But being on a phone screen and needing portability honestly I would go buy a tablet (I suggest the Samsung A9+) and a pair of noise canceling earbuds I have a set of Soundcore Space A40’s that I use to listen to music while mowing, in a quieter environment like a store I hear next to nothing. My other half uses the A9+ and she had had no issues I suggest that over the super cheapo ones as they tend to only be decent for a year or two. We bought a pair of them in 2021 and both are nearly worthless for anything outside of a wall tablet for home assistant after 3 years and they are still barely working for that. My stepson’s was swapped for my even older Tab S4 which was an upgrade over the newer cheapo.

    https://amzn.to/47zXmKL Space A40’s are running 45.00 right now https://amzn.to/4mmJ0SH A9+ is 210.00

    That makes your setup a ton better for less than 300 and it will easily last you for a while.