A big-screen home theater makes for wonderful movie-watching experiences, but what if you want to invite a lot of friends over to share the movie? Few people have the room in their home theater to seat a crowd, but a backyard outdoor home theater is a different story. This article in the new issue of […]
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The new Short Throw home theater screens are designed for bottom-throw, ultra-short throw projectors.
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The ArtScreen Systems, Theater Art Systems, and Cinescape home theater screens have a motor that is less than 45dB(A).
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A home media room may have a big TV and a soundbar, but a home theater, a real home theater, has a projector and projection screen. Home theater projectors can be based on one of several different technologies (DLP, LCoS, SXRD, LCD) and used different light technologies or lamps. When selecting the best home theater […]
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Dolby Digital (as well as DTS) 5.1 surround sound was one of the best things ever to come to the home theater world. A surround sound system, combined with an impressively large high definition display (preferably a home theater screen and projector) turns movie watching into a total sensory experience. That experience is getting an […]
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A primer on smart lighting and why you want it in your home.
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On its own, a home automation system has the dexterity to juggle a variety of different tasks. Meticulously engineered and designed by the manufacturer and installed by a home systems integrator, it’s able to dim and brighten light fixtures, adjust the settings of thermostats, provide status reports of household electricity usage, and choreograph the operation of complex home entertainment systems. These, and a wide assortment of other tasks completed by controllable devices, are what the home automation industry refers to as “subsystems.” Without subsystems, a home automation processor’s many talents can go sorely underutilized.
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The upcoming home theater projector uses the Android OS to turn any flat surface into a big screen.
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A new masking system can protect these curved home theater screens from dust, debris and damage.
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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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