Forget boring color schemes. Embed photos of your trip to Venice or a “Braveheart” poster on acoustically-treated home theater panels.

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We round up our favorite home theaters from the 2010 Home of the Year Awards.

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Family turns water and mold removal into CinemaScope movies and dance floor.

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These theaters have sky’s-the-limit budgets and sky’s-the-limit budget to match.

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As we prepare to roll out our annual Home of the Year Award next week, we’re taking a look back at favorites from 2009.

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As we prepare to roll out our annual Home of the Year Award winners next week, we’re taking a look back at favorites from 2009. Today: Home theaters $25K-$50K.

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As we prepare to roll out our annual Home of the Year Award winners next week, we’re taking a look back at favorites from 2009.

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We’ve shown you this home’s incredibly powerful car barn audio system, but the outdoors area, poolhouse, dedicated home theater and master bedroom have tech tricks, too.

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Energy-efficient homes and a solar-powered home theater highlight these eco-friendly projects.

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A motorized screen and projector setup in this media room is fully viewable though sliding doors that lead to the patio and hot tub.

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The completion of this new-construction home featured installation of robust Control4 automation, hidden TV tricks and a purple media room.

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This retrofit project features a great room 60-inch plasma for high-def viewing and housewide streaming music system.

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