Stewart Filmscreen, one of the leading makers of home theater screens for elite and custom theaters, launched two new products sure to please home theater designers and owners. The first is the LuminEsse, a rigid front projection screen (not to be confused with StarGlas, Stewart’s rigid rear projection screen material), which features an edgeless design […]
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Sci-Fi Home Theater Design is Portal to Another World
When Carey Schafer, vice president of Cinema Design Group of Boca Raton, FL meets a new home theater client who wants to go over-the-top with a unique custom home theater design, he always first cautions the owners that they’ll have to live with that design for a long time. If the client passes the test, […]
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A home theater shouldn’t be boring; nor should it always abide by the book. Of any room in your house, it’s the one place where you should feel free to express your creativity, to unleash your imagination, to create something that’s truly one-of-a-kind. Sometimes it’s the stumbling blocks you encounter while installing a certain piece of A/V gear that inspires innovation; other times you simply strike on a really interesting idea that’s a bold departure from the standard theater design. Whatever the impetus, whatever the reasons, the owners of these five theaters have, with the help of a professional home theater designer, created some truly unique, and a few completely unconventional home entertainment spaces.
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Enjoy some of the top stories Electronic House published in 2014.
As I wrote earlier in my Home Tech Year in Review, 2014 was a big year for new tech innovation, especially in the smart home automation category, but also for home theater, television and home audio (especially wireless home speakers). A good way to end one year and begin a new one is to look […]
Get the GuideThe StarGate Home Theater Takes Design Off Planet
Sci-fi fan spends $70,000 on dream StarGate home theater.
(originally published in Electronic House in 2009) A home theater can be a great escape, but how about escaping all the way to the planet Lantea, the fictional home of the TV series Stargate Atlantis? To create a science fiction themed room in your home means more than just buying home theater decor with a […]
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Brighten the season of the home theater enthusiast on your gift list with one of these top ideas.
Brighten the season of the home theater enthusiast on your gift list with one of these top ideas.
Get the GuideDimmable, Controllable Lighting
A theater’s light fixtures will help set the mood for movie nights, and cre- ate some fantastic special effects.
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A quality audio system helps put you in the middle of the on-screen action, so don’t skimp on the speakers.
A quality audio system helps put you in the middle of the on-screen action, so don’t skimp on the speakers.
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Both functional and decorative, acoustical treatments will make your theater sound and look its best.
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The more sophisticated a home theater system is, the more important an intuitive control system becomes; follow our advice to find your ideal controller.
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