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Man Builds $1.5 Million Star Trek-Themed Home Theater (cepro.com)
CIStud writes: This $1.5 million "Star Trek" home theater is the envy of every geek on the planet. The theater is a reconstruction of the bridge of the Starship Enterprise from "Star Trek: Next Generation" and also includes $1 million worth of memorabilia from the classic sci-fi TV show. The home theater was created by financier Marc Bell with the help from Jay Miller of Boca Raton-based Acoustic Innovations. The two started working on the home cinema in 2002 -- before construction of Bell's house even began -- and it took them four years to complete. CEPro reports: "A D-Box controller manipulates hydraulics installed beneath the floorboards, meaning the entire room shakes when anything loud happens on screen. The room also includes a JBL Synthesis sound system, which at the time of installation was only used in commercial theaters. The audio system is currently being upgraded to Dolby Atmos specifications and Bell plans to install a 4K projector. A big movie fan, Bell has had over 3,500 films digitized, which are stored and streamed through a Kaleidescape server. He also spent approximately $35,000 on a Prima Cinema system, allowing him and his family to watch films at home the day they are released in commercial cinemas. A wraparound control center surrounds the 11 custom leather chairs in the theater, eight of which recline into beds, while the doors that open into the theater are exact replicas of the Turbolift doors as seen on the TV show. When someone steps on the circular "transporter," the doors open with that familiar "whoosh" sound." Bell apparently likes to spend his money on others too. He has rented a local movie theater for every Star Trek film released in the past 25 years and has taken all of his employees, friends and their children along on opening night. The Wall Street Journal posted a video on YouTube of the home theater.
Mom? Look what I made!
a lot of over priced electronics, custom furnishings, wood work, etc.. the essential (albeit high end) components to view hdtv/dvd/bd probably cost 75-100k, tops. not that impressive, just some rich fuck with money to burn. sorry.
I'm sorry but this barely looks similar to this.
They order the house to be demolished.
“He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
Is it really that black and white? Spending money on toys means a bunch of people have a job creating, installing or servicing those products. I work in the videogame industry, and I have a good job because people spend money on themselves (or their kids) buying videogames. In turn, I spend my own money on lots of different things, which in turn help other people out. That's how economies function. Does it really matter what the products are?
Moreover, charity can be money down a black hole if you're not extremely careful. The *real* Bill Gates has learned that it's not always easy to ensure charity goes to worthwhile causes or produces any sort of measurable results, improving peoples' lives, even if you're giving away billions.
Irony: Agile development has too much intertia to be abandoned now.
I wish a bunch of people like this would come together, and see how much of their money it would take to free the rights to Star Trek once and for all. The simple fact that "fan films" are approaching such a level that the studios are now reacting negatively to them, is proof positive that those studios can no longer be trusted to carry on the franchise.
Man builds 1.5 Million Dollar Star Trek Bridge home theater.
"It's a great place to watch Game of Thrones."
AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!
Because some people have interesting hobbies, and other people have bitching about everything and everyone on Slashdot.
Quite frankly the internet is full of a lot of useless trolls and articles like this have a tendency to bring them out of the woodworks.
Are we recycling old stories now? This has appeared on Slashdot no less than 6 times by now.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Appropriate light levels for viewing aren't appropriate light levels for film/video production. Unless, of course you want to see shadows moving in a mostly-gray environment that doesn't show any detail. . .
The 80s called. They want their trickle-down economics back.
Trickle-down works when rich people spend money. It doesn't work when they don't. Rich people should be encouraged to spend their money as much as possible. If we take away tax havens and tax capital gains the same as any other income we can encourage them to spend money through investment instead of sitting on it to avoid taxes. It's totally worthwhile to give tax breaks to the rich, but only as an inducement to spending. Any other kind harms everyone, even them in the long term.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Wow, why all the hate? This dude has a sweet home theatre room complete with a pile of Tribbles in the corner. Be happy for the guy!
Mod this up! Why the hate? Just because I probably wouldn't take his theater for free (not my design ethic at all), I don't begrudge him his fun.
And another poster nails it with recognizing that the money spent on it benefits other people directly.
"Why couldn't he just give that money to poor people?" The 2016 US budget just for Pensions, Health Care, Education and Welfare comes to around 2 1/2 trillion. His theater money ain't gonna help.
Peace is easy to achieve, just surrender. Liberty is much harder get/keep.
Is this what progressives have devolved to? We point out the FACT that when a rich person-- any person-- buys something, it is a voluntary transaction that benefits both parties. Your response is, "HAH REGAN WAS TEH SEENILE TRICKLE DOWN ARGLEBARGLE". If a rich person saves the money, you complain "SCROOGE MACDUCK TAX WEALTH PUT IT BACK IN TEH ECONOMEE ARGLEBARGLE". Basically, rich people are supposed to put every dollar they earn into "charity" (read: taxes for government social programs that have about a 10% return) and then magically do it again next year, even though they have no capital or liquidity to put at risk anymore.
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The point is entirely valid. Rather than just giving the money away to be wasted by some NGO or spent on bribes or stolen or maybe maybe reach someone actually in need. He spent the money which went to employ people in order to build the room and equip and decorate it. Giving a man a job is far better than giving a man a bowl of soup.
I'm too lazy to compose a creative sig.
Not at all. It's far better to give a man a job than a hand out.
I have zero class envy or class hatred over this guy. The money he spent building this thing went back into the economy. It wasn't hoarded in some offshore tax haven.
If you want the world changed, there's nothing stopping you.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
People should be able to feed themselves. If they are unable to do this, then this is the real problem. Giving people handouts may make make you feel superior, but they don't deal with the underlying problem.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.