When it comes to home theater, trends can be a bit of a slippery slope. The time period and the technology typically call the shots. However, these things can pass as quickly as the pet rock fad. To keep your home theater from becoming outdated before the end of your coming attractions reel, you should […]
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I won’t say I’m a snob about home theater design or equipment, but I’ve probably been heard to make a comment about friends’speaker systems or a poorly set-up TV now and then. That said, designing a home theater is a hobby based more on guidelines than rules. Often those guidelines are bent to accommodate things […]
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With CEDIA around the corner, manufacturers are beginning to provide sneak peeks at some of the new products that will be at the show. Severtson Screens plans to show one of its older home theater screens—but with a new twist. Severtson Screens announced a new pricing model for its Legacy Series fixed frame home theater […]
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The best way to authenticate the look and feel of a movie theater in your own home is by using a projection screen. A home theater screen, just like the ones used in commercial cinemas, displays images thrown onto it from a video projector that’s placed either in front of it (front projection) or in […]
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Home theater screens are supposed to be white, right? So why are so many of them gray? That’s a common question I hear from people looking into their first home theater screen. The truth is that white, gray and even black home theater screens all have their uses, and which one is right for you […]
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The newest Slate home theater screens are available in sizes ranging from 80 to 250 inches.
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Elite Screens, a popular manufacturer of home theater screens for both custom home theater installations and DIY home theater projects, launched its PowerMax Sonic screen, designed for professionally-installed home theater and multipurpose media rooms. “The new PowerMax Sonic continues in the tradition of our award-winning A4K acoustically transparent materials, which set a new industry benchmark […]
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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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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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