Hands-on with the THX-certified QuietHome door
By Darren Murph 
posted Sep 4th 2008 5:46PM
posted Sep 4th 2008 5:46PM
posted Sep 4th 2008 5:46PM
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This is useless without THX certified carpet.
Needs THX certified walls, door frame, and hinges.
THX - the T-shirt, THX - the Coloring Book, THX - the Lunch box, THX - the Breakfast Cereal, THX - the Flame Thrower!!! (WOOOOOOSH).
The kids love this one.
Wouldnt the booth people kick your ass if you put your hand on and fingerprints all over this 2500 dollar door?
THX certified toilet FTW!!
That's what I'm talking about! Nobody has to be embarrassed by flatulent sounds any longer!
True, but from where you're sitting they sound oh so much better.
Now all you need are Pear Anjou cables and Freewheel speakers and you are done!!! :)
Easily, the most boring product photos of a gadget :)
More to the point... how do we know this picture IS the THX door and not some random wooden plank in engadget's breakroom?
Where are the unboxing pics/video?
How do you hear when someone knocks?
A THX certified hammer of course!
maybe the company figured anyone that pays that much for a door is going to have a door bell, and if not it's the buyers fault for being such an idiot.
would that be a 22.1 surround sound thx certified doorbell?
needs more doorbell
A story as pointless as this must have something to do with the iPhone.
A comment as pointless as yours must have something to do with stupidity.
THX has officially jumped the shark.
Amen.
WHOA! It looks like a door!
THX-certified door + (iPod + Fridge) = EPIC WIN
unless this thing can get me wood i aint getting it
1. Trip to Home Depot to buy a bunch of doors.
2. add THX label
3. ???
4. Profit!
This is not 4chan.
@waiownsyou
dude, shove it up your sphincter already, seriously.
phanbuoy, stop trolling around Engadget 24/7 commenting unfunny remarks about everything.
Go outside, please.
hypocrisy much, fucking killjoy unfunny crybaby dickless douchebag pantywaste?
I have to defend phanbouy's sense of humor, if for no other reason than his "more doorbell" comment... I have never (ever) laughed so hard at an internet comment, and I do not say that lightly.
I would have to be so wasted...
Anybody have any idea how much a sound proof door normally costs?
I bough a 2" thick, solid core, soundproof door sized to custom measurements in my home theater for $200
i don't know buy go to http://www.soundprooffoam.com/door-soundproofing.html and you'll see how to soundproof a door for $368.14! it's not THX certified, but i'm pretty sure it gets the job done.
Is it all about soundproof though? How about reflection of sound into the room? Doors actually play an important role because they are of a different material than walls and significantly alter a room's acoustics I once read, and it makes sense to me that to have a flat reflective surface like that has some effect.
More sense than $485 wooden volume knobs at least. (google it)
"What happened to your face?"
"I... uh.. ran into a door."
"It looks like you got in a fight!"
"The door was.. um... THX certified."
first time a picture of wood got its own blog entry
oh wait...
I so want a door that's solid depleted uranium. With a steel door frame in a reinforced concrete wall. I can just hear it now....
"Police! Search warrant!"
CLANGGGGGGGGGG!
"Ahhh! My hands!!!"
"Ow, my balls!"
"A THX certified door is not just any door. A THX certified door is fused together using alien technology and the combination of space dust and fresh scented mahogany. If you can hear more than 50 decibels of sound emitting through the door due from a blasted movie and massive orgy, let us know and we will give you a full refund."
What's next? THX certified car, walls, windows, ceilings, bed, etc...?
I thought it was a surface conduction speaker, that would at least functional as something other than a noise stopper. Guess you only need this if you actually have a home theater with dyno-matting on all four walls. Now if they put an lcd and wifi on it we'd be headed somewhere: http://bit.ly/4fRQ4V
THX is such a scam. what next? THX certified popcorn so the sound of the crunching doesn't cancel out the sound of the movie? THX certified boxers and panties to make sure that during your movie you don't chafe?
THX bonus points with each purchase, where 1,000,000 points allows you to meet George Lucas for 5 seconds while he tells his skywalker ranch security: "get this prick outta my sight!"
the ceo of THX is going to read this thread and will probably make the THX certified popcorn real. the title will go something like.
New Genuine THX Certified Popcorn. Equipped with Bose noise canceling headphone technology so you will not hear the popcorn crunching. Warning, you may not be able to hear anything else either.
Or the cops can beat you after you beat your wife, and the neighbors won't even hear it.
Photoshopped
http://www.imagepoop.com/image/1556/Yep-It-s-Wood.html
can't wait till THX-certified wife Version 1.0!!
Mmm; THX certified home. Just build it with this stuff!
This company has had THX Certified drywall for a few years now. Its works great. But it is expensive. It cost about $200 for a 4x8 sheet. And they weigh around 200 lbs. And they are super thick. It works so much better that the older sound board they had.