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Posted Fri Feb 12, 2010, 2:51 AM ET — By Kim Wilson Photography supplied by by heliostudio.com
You'll never miss an important game, even if they are being broadcast at the exact same time in this cozy entertainment center. With expertise from Arctic Audio, this newly remodeled sports den uses the latest digital display technology, where up to nine programs can be watched simultaneously. Filed Under: Reader Interiors Casual $$
Posted Thu Feb 4, 2010, 12:49 PM ET — By Bill Ramos
Let me start at the end...When you're a A/V enthusiast, you're never really done building a dedicated home theater room. The best you can strive for is, "this is where the room is as of today". Adding and replacing equipment goes hand in hand with the passion of the audiophile. Over the past 24 months, I've built a dedicated home theater/multimedia room in my house that includes a host of components from Sony. Filed Under: Casual $$$ Reader Interiors
Posted Thu Jan 28, 2010, 6:35 PM ET — By Octavio Vallarino Arias
Ever since my college days, where I graduated as a Mechanical Engineer at Texas A&M, I have been a golden ear audiophile with a very sophisticated array of electronics, speakers and turntables with hand-made cartridges. I currently live in Panama City and this self-proclaimed audiophile has turned into a videophone, too. I conduct my own research to find the greatest possible sound and image for a sensible amount of investment. I have read a lot of technical publications and industry dedicated magazines, attended CEDIA and CES shows, thus feeding my knowledge on home theater design and installation. Filed Under: Reader Interiors Casual $$
Posted Tue Aug 4, 2009, 5:11 PM ET — By Erik Pancyck
When constructing a home theater, the first thing I recommend is cooperation from your spouse. She had (and still does) complete veto power over every single decision that went into the development of this theater. I first had to convince her to turn a spare bedroom in our brand new townhouse into a dedicated home theater. However, what probably took more persuasion was convincing her of the importance to paint the room an unusually dark color such as charcoal grey with black trim. Or painting the connecting hallway Hollywood red, or the third bathroom metallic gold. Of course, the idea of having "exit" signs all about and life size busts of pretty ugly Hollywood characters took some hard selling, too. Filed Under: Reader Interiors How To Casual $$
Posted Thu Jul 30, 2009, 5:29 PM ET — By Craig Dickerhoff Photography: Richard Boese
While this theater was my dream, the 7-year project required the support and occasional manual labor from my wife, daughters, son-in-law and a couple of friends. I did consult with Roy Johnson of Green Mountain Audio a few times and want to thank him for his insights. Other than those acknowledgments, the Geek Theater was my baby, costing around $90,000 once it was all said and done. I designed the room, specified and installed all of the equipment and furnishings. I also did all the interior work myself except for laying down the carpet. In the design of the theater, my first objective was to make the room as audio perfect as possible and secondly, make it a “rock and roll” movie theater room. Filed Under: Reader Interiors Casual $$
Posted Thu Apr 16, 2009, 10:47 AM ET — By Jay North
The project to transform my empty basement into The Ultimate Man Cave took about 8-months. The theme is "Transportation" and all of the artwork and décor is based on planes, trains, antique cars, motorcycles, etc. We turned approximately 1400 sq. ft. into a large media room/game room/pool room with a dedicated workout area, home office, wine room and storage/AV Room. There is also a full bath and wet bar. Filed Under: Reader Interiors Casual $$
Posted Thu Feb 12, 2009, 4:13 PM ET — By Doug and Candy Laven
My wife and I own a Queen Ann Victorian home built in 1886 in the Silk Stocking district of Mankato, Minnesota. It’s a large home with each room decorated in period furnishings which isn’t conducive to a large screen TV and visible speakers. This made it hard to watch movies and Monday Night Football, so Doug convinced Candy to build a media room in the basement. The basement, which occupied two cisterns and a steam boiler, had a six foot unfinished ceiling and Kasota stone walls. As we developed our plan for a theater, we felt it was important to incorporate the Kasota stone and leave evidence of the cisterns, which played an important role in the house at the turn of the century. Filed Under: Pro Interiors $$ Casual
Posted Fri Jan 23, 2009, 5:19 PM ET — By Kim Wilson Photography:Dave Rutz
Dealers are often advocates of their favorite products but I have found few dealers as fired up over a product line as Dave Rutz, owner of Dave's Home Entertainment. To say he is a strong supporter of the Bose BUILT-INvisible® product line would be a serious understatement. To hear Dave tell it, this specialty line from Bose is perfect for the next generation of home entertainment enthusiasts due to the brands perceived quality, value, and performance. Filed Under: Reader Interiors Casual
Posted Thu Nov 13, 2008, 4:46 PM ET — By Tim Ending
Back in 2004 when we purchased our current house, we couldn’t have predicted what we were in for. Being previous renters, we had no real experience as to the ins and outs of home ownership. In New England, most houses are old. In our case, the particular house we bought was built in 1901. Granted, the house was well maintained and was, thankfully, structurally sound. We moved in and, with little time and much fanfare, proceeded to brand the house with our own tattoos of individual taste. Unfortunately for my wife, I was not prepared to be an armchair house decorator, so being actively involved meant that we sometimes disagreed on things like design styles, color schemes, or furniture choices. But overall, I have to say we always came to either a compromise or mutual agreement. My pet project was the audio/video system—something I had long ago visualized with pumping bass and a gazillion gadgets—while hers was the kitchen. Filed Under: Casual $$ Reader Interiors
Posted Mon Feb 4, 2008, 5:04 PM ET — By Ray Coronado
We wired the room, installed the equipment, and calibrated the system ourselves—and we couldn't be prouder. My home theater desire started in 1994 when I went to a friend's home theater to watch Jurassic Park on laserdisc. All I could say that day was, "Wow. . .that was amazing." For the next 10 years, my living room was my theater, but my wife suggested that we do a room addition to the house and make it my dedicated home theater. I was all in favor. Filed Under: Reader Interiors $ Casual
Posted Mon Jan 21, 2008, 12:44 PM ET — By Russ Klass
How I got a great basement home theater—without breaking the bank. I love to read about the great, inspirational dedicated theaters in the pages of Audio Video Interiors magazine. However, not everyone, including myself, can afford these sometimes expensive theaters. I thought AVI readers might like to see what a determined homeowner could do on a modest budget. We built our theater for the primary users, our three-person family, but we can add extra seating as needed. Filed Under: $ Reader Interiors Casual
Posted Fri Jan 4, 2008, 11:26 AM ET — By Robert Barbiero
The Robelle: my labor of love. The dream of one day having a movie theater in my home was born in the summer of 1976. I was impressed by my friend Brian's dad's theater. It had a dozen or so of those old wooden seats that you'd find in a school auditorium. It had a separate projection booth for the Bell & Howell 16mm projector, and it had an actual stage, with speakers built into the walls. Filed Under: Casual $$ Pro Interiors
Posted Thu Dec 20, 2007, 12:24 PM ET — By Krissy Rushing
Actor Donnie Wahlberg is not opposed to bringing his work home with him to this sleek, simple, high-performance home theater. If it weren't for Hollywood, we wouldn't have home theater. It is not only the old movie theaters that today's homeowners find inspiration in—it is also the film community that pushes the envelope for high-tech theater at home. In fact, many early home theaters were film theaters, with directors installing full film-projection systems in their homes in order to watch the dailies. Of course, this type of theater usually required a special staff, such as a professional projectionist, to make the image look right. Filed Under: Casual Reader Interiors $
Posted Fri Dec 14, 2007, 12:03 PM ET — By Ron Wiechmann
How to start from scratch and achieve glory. The seeds for our home theater were planted in the mid-1980s, when the sun would shine through the curtains and put an incessant glare on the TV. I said on many occasions, "When I have a home built, I will have a TV room in the basement with no windows." In 1994, the idea of a home theater sprouted after I went to a home show in the Dayton, Ohio, area and saw a home theater with tiered seating, a 104-inch screen, a front projector, and a laserdisc player. As the idea grew, I was able to design the right-size room into the plans for our new home. Filed Under: $$$ Pro Interiors Casual
Posted Mon Dec 10, 2007, 12:08 PM ET — By Krissy Rushing
A theater in Birmingham, Michigan, straddles the line between professional digital cinema and home theater. When we talk about home theater, we normally talk about equipment that is readily available and relatively affordable, as well as brand names that are somewhat recognizable to the mainstream consumer. Bradford Wells, owner of Bradford Wells + Associates in Los Angeles, takes a slightly different approach. Because his business is half home installation and half professional A/V installation, Wells takes some of the best concepts he creates in his professional digital-cinema installations and incorporates them into his home theater business. Filed Under: Casual $$
Posted Wed Nov 21, 2007, 1:48 PM ET — By Krissy Rushing
The breeze off the Pacific brings unparalleled ambiance to this Maui outdoor theater. Outdoor theaters are becoming more and more popular, although what constitutes a theater is up for interpretation. Many magazines today sing the outdoor theater's praises, but that theater might be just a plasma in a cabana or a couple of outdoor speakers. Engineered Environments in Alameda, California, however, has set the bar high for outdoor home theater. Filed Under: Casual $$$ Pro Interiors
Posted Wed Nov 14, 2007, 3:00 AM ET — By Krissy Rushing
Who says a home theater has to be a dungeon? Inspired by the homeowners' backyard, this theater brings the outdoors in. In the quaint town of Danville, Pennsylvania, lies a gem of a home theater owned by Rhonda and Robert Seebold. While their 9,000-square-foot home is located in an exclusive development, they are situated on the top of a hill, which gives them access to several acres of pristine woodlands right in their backyard. It also gave Rhonda a private area in which to develop an award-winning water garden, which includes two streams, a waterfall, and a pond with koi fish. Filed Under: Casual $$ Reader Interiors
Posted Wed Nov 14, 2007, 2:43 AM ET — By Joe Klusnick
For my first true home theater, I didn't mess around. The first two homes my family and I lived in suffered from the shortcoming of not having a dedicated space for our home theater, so the TV-based systems with huge tower speakers dominated the family rooms. When it came time to search for our third home, my wife and I made sure to find one with a space for me to practice my hobby. Filed Under: Casual $$ Reader Interiors
Posted Sun Sep 23, 2007, 3:19 PM ET — By Brad Wescott
Her style, his performance—in a room they can both enjoy. Welcome to the ultimate his-and-her home theater. This home theater and family room was a labor of love that my wife and I designed and constructed. We did all the wiring, electrical setup, lighting, texturing, drywalling, painting, and flooring. The room measures 16 by 23 by 18 feet and is painted a flat latex chamois. The rear of the room opens to the kitchen where my wife can cook, entertain, and watch a movie all at the same time. Filed Under: $$$ Casual Pro Interiors
Posted Tue Sep 11, 2007, 10:20 AM ET — By Gary and Kim Sekulow
This major re-do of a theater features actual props from the Star Trek Series and Movies. Recently featured on VH-1 The Fabulous Life, this home theater is out of this world. We acquired many of the authentic props from the Christie's Star Trek Auction held in New York in October of 2006. My wife and I were two of about 300 who attended this historical auction in person. Our winnings included a coveted Captain Chair, as well as two command consoles, a three-computer panel display and even the walls of the famed Starship USS Enterprise. 1 2 Older Posts >
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