Luxury items like control systems and home theaters usually come at a high price. However, it doesn’t have to be that way, claims professional home systems installer Greg Mizerek of Advanced Media Systems of Morristown, NJ. “When you use a combination of the right products, you can enjoy all the functionality of a high-end system but pay half as much,” he says. As proprietors of their own home-building business, these… View this story
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ElectronicHouse.com has featured more than its share of over-the-top theaters and their associated A/V gear, but few rival the “Real Total Horn” listening room of Italian design firm Royal Device, at least not in terms of size (or obsession). True, this story has been around for a while, but it’s surfaced again (thank you MAKE) to the amusement and astonishment of home theater junkies everywhere. It starts with audio designer/owner,… View this story
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That headline is not a typo. Ed Sweeting built a full-fledged theater in his backyard for under $260. While it may not boast a huge stack of expensive, state-of-the-art equipment, it definitely makes us want to bond with Mother Nature a little more. One day while listening to Opie & Anthony on XM Satellite Radio, Ed heard talk show host Anthony Cumia talking about growing up and how his neighbor… View this story
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In our own jaded way, we’ve come to know the type: the multiscreen home theater guy is almost certainly into sports—and lots of it. The multiscreen home office guy is more likely tuned into business channels with crawling stock tickers—and lots of it. Not so fast though. This home office is rigged with five flat-panel TVs, and they’re certainly used for lots of something. But it isn’t just sports or… View this story
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Good theater doesn’t require a massive bankroll. Just ask Marc Wiener. He created his basement home theater for a mere $5,000.  That’s just for the electronics and new furnishings for his basement. “The construction pretty much only cost me the materials, plumbing, and painting, as my father-in-law is an amazing carpenter and did all the work,” Marc says. “I can’t thank him enough!” However, this basement is what Marc calls… View this story
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Anakin Skywalker is in the dune race of his life. His pod is dipping and twisting and when he’s bumped by a Tusken Raider, so am I. The announcer shouts, “Skywalker is spinning out of control,” and I whirl right along with him in front of a 13-foot screen. A shot ricochets off the pod’s windshield, and the headrest of my chair pops. Anakin steers over rocky terrain and my… View this story
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When it comes to one’s love of entertainment, home theater looks good in any language. Norweigian resident Bjorn Kristensen has shown us that there are true A/V enthusiasts all around the world—and we’d be willing to cross continents for a glimpse of his handy work.  Before this breathtaking room was born, Bjorn had a 42-inch plasma in his living room, which was complemented with surround-sound equipment. However, he couldn’t stop… View this story
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That’s right, it’s a black-and-white theater—as in black, and white. No gradients of gray. In fact, the whole house is like this. Just outside the theater is a black-and-white game room, a black-and-white bar area and a black-and-white exercise room. Elsewhere in the house, there’s a zebra suite (enough said), a black-and-white living room complete with a black-and-white globe, and a black-and-white puzzle room. Get the very high-contrast picture? We… View this story
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The first films Jeremy Hummer saw as a child had a huge impact on what he wanted to do with his life. He was obsessed with the idea that multiple images captured on a strip of film could reproduce moving images. In the 1980s he began collecting 8mm and 16mm films and converted his bedroom into a theater, complete with actual film projectors, a screen, and a multi-speaker sound system. … View this story
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The glitz and glamour of Hollywood seem a million miles away the second you step into David McCallen’s recently remodeled hillside home. That’s exactly what he and his partner intended when they set out to refurbish the outdated three-bedroom abode that’s tucked away in a quiet, wooded neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills. “We wanted it to be a place where we could escape the rush of the city and completely… View this story
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