Home Theater Design With Curtains

The design of this dramatic home theater is a winner of Electronic House’s 2010 Home of the Year Awards in the “Home Theaters $25,000-$50,000″ category. The design features a lot of curtains that flow freely on every wall and even on the ceiling. Thanks to deep red color these curtains are in contrast with light woodwork that highly presented in the room. The curtains also very nicely balance reflective woodwork to smooth out the sound. All of the gear resides in a well-ventilated equipment closet just outside of the theater in order to save the clean look of the interior. If you’re interested you cane read more about that gear and other features of the home theater’s design at Electronic House

Opera House

Yes, it's a real home theater that was custom built underground (basement). It comes complete with concession stand, marquee, and box office. Equipment includes three DVD players, a JVC QX-1 projector, and 25hz woofer drivers in Dunlavy SC-IVs. This may be an oldie but it's definitely worth taking another look at. 

 

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Our innovative home theaters are designed adapt to any space in your house. Whether you are building a new home, remodeling a spare room or completing an unfinished basement, we will create the perfectenvironment for enjoying a movie, watching a concert or viewing a sporting event. You will feel like you're in a commercial theater, but in the comfort of your own home

Home Theater Inspiration

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Unfortunately, they don't show any photos of the living room setup, and we are pretty sure just turning around a bunch of theater seats isn't going to cut it when trying to create an inviting space. The room itself looks pretty sterile, which is great when your attention is focused on a screen, but not so much when you're using it for other purposes.

Home Theater Inspiration

Home Theater Inspiration

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                              Home Theater Layout Pictures 

Home theater layout picture View picture gallery home theater system to gather ideas for your home theater. The following are pictures of home theater design that can provide inspiration for those of you who are looking how great position for your home theater for you will feel comfortable

 

Home Theater For The Holidays

Check back for home theater systems that are going to be hot for the holiday this year! Home theater product reviews and online deals!

Outdoor Home Theater

Who says home theater has to be indoors? Home theater company Open Air Cinema has introduced an inflatable home theater system called Cinebox Home designed for outdoor viewing.

Star Wars Home Theater

Found this really cool home theater designed after the Star Wars movies and since I am both a Star Wars fan and a home theater installer, I thought this was cool! Check out the article here:

http://www.electronichouse.com/article/designing_the_death_star_theater/C222

Best Buy Gives Gift Cards To Burned HD DVD Customers

If you bought a HD DVD player for your home theater before February 23 from Best Buy, you can get a $50 gift cards. It is no joke, they are following the lead of Circuit City to console bitter HD DVD player owners! Check out the article here:

http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=6557952&icid=tg6557952?GT1=40000

Blu-ray DVD Is Home Theater Winner

The long standing home theater battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray DVD is over after Toshiba Corp., creator of the HD DVD publicly said it would no longer produce HD DVDs or players.

You can read the article here :
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hfFVgshT7PqGp1otzd4w1kJ_MecQD8UTM37G0

What does this mean for your home theater? With only a million sold worldwide unless you have already bought into HD technology than your home theater will never miss it!

Universal Remote For Your Home Theater

For all of those customers out there who buy a home theater system and are left with literally 6 remotes, I have a solution. Firstly, let me say that my solution is not cheap but it is worth it. My company works with Universal Remote, you should go to www.universalremote.com and check out what they have to offer.

The whole point I am trying to make here is, why have 6 remotes when 1 can do it all. These remote controls are programmed by trained programmers, the regular Joe Shmoe is capable of programming if he/she understands the logic behind it. The capabilities a universal remote has is countless, we can control audio/video products, lighting, and drapes. If the item you want to control has IR (infrared) control then it can be controlled by this remote. Also these remotes can be turned into RF mode (radio frequency) meaning you could be in another room and control your system or lights.

The remotes range from $300 and up depending on what you'd like, the programming ranges from $200 and up. Like I said earlier, its not a cheap solution but it is worth it. This remote control can also be a one touch controller, you can hit the cable button and your TV will turn on, the cable box will turn on, the receiver will turn on and your ready to go. Where as before you'd have to grab the TV remote, then the cable remote and then the AV receiver remote. Sounds like a pain to me. Its a simple solution for your home theater, where there is no confusion.

Home Theater In A Box

Home Theater in a Box: (HTIB)

A lot of companies have what we call HTIB's, Sony, Panasonic and the most common Bose. These are great products if you want sound, cd/dvd and radio in one. One thing we must remember with HTIB's is the actual speakers, which are not the most aesthetic pieces out there.

These HTIB's do hit price points, other than Bose which is price protected so don't look for any discount. If your looking for a real cheap surround sound system HTIB's are great. But one recommendation that I have is look into getting a separate receiver, which has more options than a Home Theater in a Box. For the speakers look into in wall or in ceiling speakers, something to produce great sound that won't take the eye away from the TV like a cube speaker would.

DVD players are extremely cheap and now Blueray is the way of the A/V future. For a little more money I think its worth getting everything separate, rather than in a bundle like the HTIB. Now lets not take this as if I am putting HTIB's down, I'm not. Actually HTIB's are great for apartment and condo situations where there is no attic access, and your not in any position to cut holes in the ceiling or walls for speakers. A Home Theater in a Box will produce a decent sound and are extremely easy to install. Before purchasing your surround sound for your home, look at what you want aesthetically and what you can afford financially.

High Definition Home Theater

With the way the economy is today, the last thing people are thinking about purchasing are Home Theater products. We all understand that this little home project can become very expensive. With all of this being said, let me just give you all a little piece of my mind. No matter what situation your are confronted with you will always get what you pay for. So if by chance its a Saturday or Sunday and we're walking around Walmart or BJ's or Costco and we see these beautiful Plasma and LCD TV's everywhere for so cheap let's step outside of the box and ask ourselves what's the difference between this TV here and a TV at Best Buy or another Home A/V company?

Well most of the time these televisions don't have the FULL HD capabilities such as 1080P or a HDMI port on the back. These are two very important features. 1080P is what true high definition pictures are televised through. A HDMI port is an input for an HDMI cable that passes both audio and video signals. Also the HDMI cable passes 1080P as well as a digital signal for surround sound. So take a step back and think about your next purchase. Don't be afraid to do some research about the High Definition (HD) world.

Home Theater Audio Video Engineer

I'd like to introduce myself as a Home Theater Audio Video Engineer, I've been working with a nationwide company for 2 years as an installer. I work with a vast array of products as well as Universal Remote Controls.

Basically each of my posting will be about my day to day adventures and the obstacles that I overcome. Some of these blogs I will recommend a product or in some cases not. I try not to go into too much A/V detail for those who just like to keep it in Lamens terms. I hope you all enjoy this new website!

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