I went to The University of Tampa. We had two dedicated "screening rooms" which were actually just classrooms with a projector and sound system. When I got there I wound up working in the equipment cage and then took it upon myself to start a film society and screen/discuss films. I found that the projectors sucked, but whoever had built the sound system had actually put some dedicated work into getting some pretty great equipment. It took forever to get everything connected and configured in the menus correctly. (I hate those stupid theater universal touch screen panels!) I then convinced the Department/twisted a lot of arms to change to some better projectors that were actually 16:9.
Here are a few photos I took of one of the screenings and equipment:
Got this room nearly full several times (30-50 people):
This is the mounted main console with all the controls and amps (and an LD player plugged in.)
4 of these JBL Control 28 speakers (L,R, LS, RS)
This JBL Control 25 speaker for Center/Mono
2 of these ceiling mounted JBL speakers for LFE (with two it kinda reminded me of Dolby 70mm-the materials used to make this room didn't stand up to these so the room would shake constantly!)
The screen down with lights on: (This was before it was changed to a 16:9 screen.)
With guide lights only:
One for perspective:
The projector was a nice mid-priced Epson with a 3LCD and some really nice color. The DVD player was an early Sony 1080i upscaling player.
Other equipment:
QSC Professional Amplifier CX168, Crestron C2N-DAP8, Crestron MP2E.
Once I figured out the system, I could turn off the default ProLogic II and Nero defaults. For the PG I threw everything to the front so it would come out in true mono or mono over the L and R channels when it was a packed room. This system always kept those overhead speakers engaged for lower elements and with all of those amps, it got really loud. Room shaking loud. And still mono!
Again, Brilliant work Puggo. You've done a man's job sir.
Also, one of the last things I did while still at that school, since there was such a demand for SW, was an OT.com trilogy: the PG, Ady's ESB Theatrical and Harmy's ROTJ Theatrical. Stunning.