The bridge is the focal point of this impressive home theater, which CEDIA named its top theme theater in 2007.
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Source gear as well as the A/V distribution stuff is located in an adjacent room. This is also where you will find what Hoover claims is “one of the largest Kaleidescape hard-drive based storage systems that I’ve ever heard of in a residential installation.” How big exactly? Think big bang, baby—at last count, there were eight servers with 3,816 DVDs.
The equipment list is extremely impressive—and it’s got even got award to prove it. In 2007, CEDIA (the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association) chose this room as its top theme theater. However, they weren’t the only ones that were impressed with the outcome. “The homeowner was, to quote him directly, ‘blown away’,” says Hoover.
The theater experience may be out of this world, but it’s the little slice of sci-fi that gets our pointy ears tingling with delight. “The client has amassed a very large collection of original props, models and drawings from “Star Trek,” TV series and other sci-fi movies,” says Hoover. Highlights include motion-activated air-lock doors with series sound effects. There’s even a “Red Alert” button on the Crestron TPMC-10 controller to turn all of the LEDs bright red and flashing, along with the actual sounds from “Star Trek” blaring. “If you don’t know it’s coming it scares the pants off guests.”
You may argue about our “Next Generation” proclamation, but there’s certainly no denying that this theater is a sci-fi spectacular. Hoover says that the homeowner is already plotting his next project; there are no details, but something tells us it’s going to be out of this world.
CONTACT
System Design & Installation
Audio Advisors
West Palm Beach, FL
www.audioadvisors.com
Design & Fabrication
Acoustic Innovations
Boca Raton, FL
www.acousticinnovations.com
For those who doubted the authenticity of the theater, here’s our new interview with the installer/designer along with pictures proving this theater exists.
http://www.electronichouse.com/article/star_trek_home_theater_is_the_real_deal/
I do 3D graphics professionally and I must say the pictures do look like untextured renders. Contrary to previous comments, it would not take a good 3D artist long at all to model such a room - indeed there are many who do so practising their 3D skills. If this room does indeed exist, it is a shocking and obscene monument to avarice. Something is horribly wrong where riches maty be wasted on this sort of self-aggrandizement while there are homeless and hungry children and ill veterans wandering the streets of our country. Shame on all involved.
I know Jeff Hoover personally and he is a person of great integrity. He is a past president of CEDIA and runs a very well established business in Florida called Audio Advisors. Jeff would not risk his reputation to put forth a scam. As noted in the article this installation won a “Best Themed Theater” in the CEDIA Lifestyle Awards. CEDIA would not allow a fictional installation as an entry. The thing that puzzles me about your question is: Why on earth, or any other planet or galaxy would he arrange a scam in Photoshop? Why would anyone? It would be an awful lot of work for what gain? I don’t know if the photographer did any “smoothing out” in Photoshop, but I can assure you that this room exists. I talked to Jeff about it.
We post these themed home theaters for reader enjoyment. Our readers tell us they like them, so when we see one that we feel is interesting we take the time to research and write about it.
You have given me a thought however. I think it would be great fun to see fantasy home theaters that were put together entirely in Photoshop. Honestly—I think it would be cool to see what people would come up with.
With both feet firmly planted in reality,
Cindy Davis
Editor-in-Chief
Electronic House
Hi PJKIII: Someone else did call that to my attention. That was a quote from the installer. I would definitely go with the readers on this one, though!
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Home theater looks amazing. I wish to have one.