This home theater-game room combo serves up fun for young and old.

Home theater rooms aren’t always part of a new construction project, so here are some of our favorite before-and-after rooms.

The ability to connect audio/video systems to a Control4 control system helped bring this rec room up to speed.

Craig Eggers of Dolby Laboratories explains the differences between the company’s audio formats and the connection options to facilitate these formats’ playback.

One accommodation that had to be made for this multipurpose media room was including the washer and dryer, but the CE pros managed to tuck even that away.

CE pro designs a space that’ll stand up to the wear and tear of two grade-school boys.

Family and friends can shoot pool, play cards, watch plenty of TV and engage numerous whole-home controls in this decked-out area.

A basement rec room ditches the ping-pong table for widescreen fun.

Touchpanel controls motorized ceiling hatch, disco lights, music and 15,000-gallon aquarium.

These cozy confines are no barrier to home theater fun.

The prized room in this large Dallas residence is full of trophies from the homeowner’s many safari trips.

Swim in the heated pool, watch a movie and enjoy a freshly baked pizza from the confines of this 4,000 sq. ft. party room.