Build a Home Theater on a BUDGET | Retro Repair Guy Episode 8

In this special episode, the retro repair guy showcases a true budget home theater build. Showcasing his real cinema seats, home theater bar, his 80s payphone and more.

The eighth episode of the Retro Repair Guy. A series aimed at retro and vintage electronic repair and restoration.

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120" MOTORIZED PROJECTION SCREEN:

UNIVERSAL PROJECTOR MOUNT:

STEREO AUDIO STAND:

BLUETOOTH FM TRANSMITTER:

KAIWEETS MULTIMETER:

ELECTRIC DESOLDERING PUMP:

AFFORDABLE & GOOD SOLDERING STATION WITH TIPS:

TRANSISTOR / CAPACITOR TESTER:

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒
00:00 Snazzy Intro
00:15 Show Intro
02:46 Home Theater in a nutshell
04:18 Home Theater bar and hall showcase
05:34 Home Theater inside the cinema showcase
08:24 How I bought real cinema seats and advice
13:01 Last look at the man cave being enjoyed
13:43 Credits


Footage, pics and information:
• Pixabay
• Pexels
• Wikipedia & Wikimedia Commons
• The Internet Archive
• Other media featured is either marked as public domain on Google Images, used with permission or shown under fair use law. Every attempt is made to contact others before including content. If something has been forgotten please don't hesitate to let me know and I will fix it.

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[RonD]

Great to see a genuine happy guy who isn't always chasing the next bigger and better setup, Life is short just be happy with what you have right now, Enjoy mate 👍🏻

[markweber]

Brilliant. Anyone not a millionaire who wants a home cinema should watch this!

[johnnyrotit]

I don't know why I hadn't seen this one before. What a sweet setup on a budget and I hope you're still having fun with it.

[MrRobertHarding]

don't need to spend a lot to enjoy oneself. And you can always upgrade, change, add on, later should you want. Well done.

[chrisbullock]

you really went back to the future with those movie theater chairs.

[sharksbean]

Those theater seats look like they belonged to Deadpool. Love it!

[kman]

Congratulations on a very savvy home theater👍👌👏🤘

[northeastcorals]

Nice set up mate & for me the video was much more interesting than just watching a rich guy throwing loads of money at companies to build them a HT that costs as much as an average house.

[alexoliva]

Same here I keep wanting to have the big budget but time goes by fast and it’s not getting done. You have motivated me to get on with my project.
Thanks great presentation.

[raywatts]

Love your video and your attitude. You have achieved a great setup that brings you and your family joy. Can’t ask for more than that. Best wishes to you.

[melcuemba]

Great use of resources! Nice theater!

[sofieweber]

I wish my husband was so handy. I would love a home theatre.

[BabyDiego]

Very interesting! I guess if you're happy with what you built that's all that counts. I just built my first dedicated home theater. Cost me about $15k! I had to knock down a wall first to make the room bigger. Most of the gear I already owned. I did purchase a new Denon receiver, amplifier and Epson 5050 projector. Fortunately I had money to spend on this project. Probably the one and only time I would have the chance to do this. Thanks for sharing!

[bitsinthebasement]

Really nice job. I'll keep the 8" step advice in mind. Stuff like that is always handy to know. Icould build one at home I'm just missing a room to build it in ;)

[FortyTwoAnswerToEverything]

You can find cheap commercial venue projectors on ebay nowadays. I have a Mitsubishi UD8400U DLP WUXGA (1920x1200) projector and bought it from a local school auction for $150. There's also decent 3LCD venue projectors that are about 10 years old too. Everything goes through my Onkyo NR686 and Polk speakers (center is a cs20, tsi300 towers, and the rest are older T15 bookshelfs for surround)

[musicman]

I had that JBL sub, bought it off of a bargain table at Sears, one of the best I've ever had.

[wallyf]

Very nice home theater setup. Looks like a Guzzo cinema theater. Love the footage of Mrs. R.R.G enjoying the Pacman game, i would love to play that arcade style Pacman game. Also your G.I. joe tshirt love it, i also own one.

[GunnyPhillips]

Great work and great video. You are amazingly skilled. Why do you say that the phone is from New York City? BellSouth was an Atlanta based company.

[henryvaiotu]

Like your Home cinema, has that Retro appeal to it...really nice to see the real mCoy cinema seats, sick of seeing those fancy massive recliner seating Video's, ..in the real cinemas the foldback seats is what one would see anyway...

[ElitistReviews]

great job in getting it under that budget but I have few gripes since you're into sound acoustics so I think you can put a little more effort into improving the sound, like I noticed that the left speaker sound path is blocked by those Arcade machines, putting the center speaker in the floor is really bad, you can try keeping at least 2 feet above the ground and most importantly, use REW software and tweak the frequency response to a flat level and that will also take care of those null spots in the room....