The screen is retractable, which helps a lot.
I was trying to figure out how to get the 2-ch and 5-ch together in one - in fact, that was my original intent. But tube gear generally is not good with remote controls, and useability of the 5-ch stuff is CRUCIAL as my wife is simply not going to fiddle with more than one remote. In fact, at the moment there are three buttons to push and this is nearly ruining it! If I separate things, then I have an easy-to-use solid state system for movies and an old, muzzle-loading analog tube system for music. The common components are the room and the subwoofer. I was astonished to find that the Descent has provisions for this sort of thing!
Anyway, I'm asking now because the room isn't built yet and I'm more than a little suspicious that my current temporary room won't let me evaluate this. (It's 13x14x7 - can you imagine that with 7 speakers in it? Especially with the Odysseys 4+ feet from the 14' wall?!?!) I should post a picture of it - it's a riot, but all I have until the addition gets built.
I was trying to figure out how to get the 2-ch and 5-ch together in one - in fact, that was my original intent. But tube gear generally is not good with remote controls, and useability of the 5-ch stuff is CRUCIAL as my wife is simply not going to fiddle with more than one remote. In fact, at the moment there are three buttons to push and this is nearly ruining it! If I separate things, then I have an easy-to-use solid state system for movies and an old, muzzle-loading analog tube system for music. The common components are the room and the subwoofer. I was astonished to find that the Descent has provisions for this sort of thing!
Anyway, I'm asking now because the room isn't built yet and I'm more than a little suspicious that my current temporary room won't let me evaluate this. (It's 13x14x7 - can you imagine that with 7 speakers in it? Especially with the Odysseys 4+ feet from the 14' wall?!?!) I should post a picture of it - it's a riot, but all I have until the addition gets built.