Welcome to my home theatre Upgrade 2.0 / living room entertainment upgrade for mid 2024 onwards

This upgrade is a Major overhaul I’m upgrading everything I have already started ill add pics below but I have sold old tv unit I did have the Eden large entertainment unit

The dimensions would not accommodate my new setup Dimensions were Width: 2200mm Depth: 420mm Height: 500mm.

We started Rearranging my living room on May 5 2024. I ended up buying the Esperance coffee table (price $399) (Ordered June 5 2024 Arrived June 19 2024) I’ll add pics below, Dimensions: Width 1200mm. Depth 600mm, Height 400mm

This unit is the right size to accommodate my new set up,

I also have rearranged my living room again I’ll add pics below I have flipped it around it works. So much better this way I have much more space to move around in my wheelchair.

Here is a list of items I have purchased so far I still have a few more items to get but this is a great start, I’ll update this list as I purchase more items.

X6 Pine 90x90mm 1.8m long STD+B Bought Wednesday May 29 (Price $66 each Total $396 for along rear wall) (Painted and Installed May 31 2024)
MakeMKV Ripping software (bought July 13 2024 price $88.76 AUD and $55.76 EUR)
DVDFAB hole bundle Ripping software (bought July 7 2024 on sale price $393.98)
Verbatim 43888 Ultra HD 4K External Slimline Blu‑ray Writer (Amazon Price $183.53 Ordered July 5 2024)
Tv unit needs to come out from wall (6cm)
Tv unit: Esperance coffee table (price $399 on sale normally $599) (Ordered June 5 2024 Arrived June 19 2024) Dimensions: Width 1200mm, Depth 600mm. Height 400mm
Zidoo uhd5500 media player (price $1799) (Ordered July 10 2024 Arrived July 12)
x2 Seagate IronWolf Pro NAS 20TB 3.5" SATA HDD, ST20000NT001 (price $779 each on sale normally $799) ((Ordered July 10 2024 Arrived July 11 2024)
Synology DiskStation DS1522+ Tower 5 Bay NAS, Ryzen R1600, 8GB RAM (price $1248 on sale normally $1399 (Ordered July 10 2024 Arrived July 11 2024)
XCD Full Motion TV Wall Mount Large (32" to 65”) Price including delivery $218.99
X8 by 5m Selby HDMI 2.1 Cable 8K 4K UHD Ultra High Speed 48Gbps (price $552 Ordered July 15 2024)

Room Dimensions Measurements of home theatre open concept connects to kitchen as of (October 4 2024)

From top of tv unit to bottom of tv is. 37cm
From tv wall to MLP is 3.3m or 10.8ft
Back wall to front tv wall is: 3.9 or 13.1ft
Floor to ceiling height is: 2.45m or 8.03ft

Something interesting I just found out August 7 2024 about audio witch I did not now about is Dolby Digital TrueHD 7.1.

Dolby TrueHD is an surround sound audio format that delivers high-quality, lossless audio, while Dolby Atmos is an object-based surround sound technology that adds height and dimension to the audio experience. Dolby Atmos can be delivered over Dolby TrueHD with compatible hardware.

Wednesday August 7 2024 I ran into small issue with my NAS while playing back the movie Dune Part 2 in 4k, during play back in certain sport it would stutter at 1st both my mate and I thought my 4k rip was bad, However while I was playing the movies I went into my office and looked at the resource monitor on my DSM the CPU was at 2% and the RAM was at 15% and network useage was only 10MB/s so hardly being touched.

I then sent a screenshot to my mate and he said “.In your nas go to advances settings change your file protocol from SMB2 to SMB3 and disable encryption” so I did that and now she plays beautifully I will put pic to show u all.

Heres a list of all my movies i have on my NAS ill be constantly updating this list as i get new movies (updated April 10 2025)

Movie List

Here’s a screenshot of my NAS Advanced Setting I use for Optimum playback

November 1 2024 i did a test with the movie Prey opening sceen using my 4k UHD rip playing from my Zidoo uhd5000 nad play Prey opening sceen via Disney streaming 4k / Dolby Atoms. Still using the same sound setting below.

OMG there was a MASSIVE difference me and my mate could notice the picture quality and sound quality pritty much strat away. the picture much clearer and more detailed the sound was on anouther level playing the the movie form my Zidoo uhd5000. I played the opening sceen the highs were more pronounced and the bass much clearer on the 4k rip playing from my Zidoo uhd5000.

We then played Prey opening seen via Disney+ streaming 4k / Dolby Atoms the picture quality and sound quality was a lot worse picture quality was less defined and the sound come across muddy and quieter. It was like watching 2 completely different movies from now going faword ill be buying 4K physical media. It craps all over streaming services

Here are some current screen shots of my Sonos setting i use for movies as of November 2 2024