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Star Trek Home Theater

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the money-to-burn dept.

Critical Facilities writes "Someone thought it would be a good idea to model their home theater after the Enterprise NCC-1701D from Star Trek: The Next Generation. The result is super geeky, but actually rather cool. Named the best theme theater installation at CEDIA 2007, this Palm Beach County, FL home features motion-activated air-lock doors with series sound effects, and a "Red Alert" button on the Crestron TPMC-10 controller to turn all of the LEDs bright red and flashing."

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  1. Not realistic by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Thank god this is only a simulation.
    When they finally put this stuff into real space ships, just make sure they don't copy the motion-activated air-lock doors.
    I kinda like breathing, keep the motion activation swooshing to internal doors only please.

    Other than that it looks really really cool and well worth the money they spent on it.

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  2. Just shoot me... by djupedal · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The guy has been trying to sell this house for the last year. I mean, come on - I don't slight the guy for building such a 'tribute' - it had to be fun. But then putting the house on the market and expecting someone to welcome such an addition? That just doesn't make sense.

    1. Re:Just shoot me... by One+Childish+N00b · · Score: 2, Insightful

      But then putting the house on the market and expecting someone to welcome such an addition? That just doesn't make sense.

      The market might be small but the price they'd be willing to pay to get this setup is not. How many Star Trek nerds here would be willing to pay top dollar to buy this guy's house?

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    2. Re:Just shoot me... by morari · · Score: 4, Insightful
      Most people with a sense of humor would welcome it, I suspect. Selling a house is difficult work to begin with, and the real estate market in general has been horrid this year. The real problem usually lies within the buyer. You have a bunch of ignorant people house shopping, though they have no idea what they want or how much they're willing to pay for it. When they see something they like they try to hold up the entire process while they dick around with a bank to get a loan which usually falls through anyway unless it's a generic ranch house or a stuffy condo.

      Yay for our debt-based society!

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    3. Re:Just shoot me... by morari · · Score: 3, Insightful

      It would depend on the rest of the house really. I like watching movies in bed or on a comfortable couch much more than I do sitting in a theater seat... even if it is the Captain's seat. Besides, "top dollar" is really an overblown and inflated idea in the real estate world. Anyway, the place resides in Florida and there's now way in heck I'd ever want to live there. Ohio is humid enough in the summer!

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    4. Re:Just shoot me... by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Yay for our debt-based society!

      It is unfortunate, but I think houses are the one legitimate form of personal debt that I think is acceptable, though only within reason. I mean a regular house that you can pay for right away would be IMO better than getting a loan for a McMansion.

    5. Re:Just shoot me... by FooAtWFU · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Yay for our debt-based society!

      Because it makes so much sense to save up for a house for 30 years before moving into it!

      (Maybe more than 30 years. If you're not living in your own house you're paying rent somewhere.)

      Some of us live in places where a small home can be had from $4,000 or so. Like in rural West Virginia. The rest of us should be glad for at least this aspect of a debt-based society.

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    6. Re:Just shoot me... by Belial6 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I'm guessing not much, since the pictures shows are renderings. Just look at them.

    7. Re:Just shoot me... by FooAtWFU · · Score: 2, Insightful

      If it weren't for debt, you wouldn't need 30 years worth of money to buy a home.
      Right. A rich developer would have bought up the land, built a house or some apartments, and started charging rent for it. Since he's the one with the capital.
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  3. the sellers are the problem by m2943 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You have a bunch of ignorant people house shopping, though they have no idea what they want or how much they're willing to pay for it

    The usual reason why home buying takes so long is that the sellers hide defects and advertise too high a price. That means that both the buyer and the bank need to spend a lot of time on trying to figure out where the problem areas may be and whether the property is really worth it.

    If you want a quick sell, price your property aggressively and don't try to cover up defects with a new coat of paint or other tricks.

    Yay for our debt-based society!

    A home purchase doesn't put you in debt unless you overpay.

  4. No need to shoot you ... by trolltalk.com · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No need to shoot you - DesiLu / Paramount / somebody will be happy to sue you out of existence for infringing on their Start Trek Intellectual Property.

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  5. Re:Trying applying some engineering to the idea by billcopc · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you've ever owned a car in the last two decades, you should know that sensors always fail. Always.

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  6. Re:Trying applying some engineering to the idea by zippthorne · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No need for a sensor. 14.7 psi on a plane the size of a door is a tremendous amount of force. You just set it up so that when the door is bowed due to the pressure difference, the motor is incapable of overcoming friction from the deformation causing the door to be firmly lodged against one side or the other. You want the motor to be weak for other reasons as well. Heroes don't die of "Crushed in the lavatory doorway."

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