MULTI ROOM VIDEO

Home Theater Magic

It's important to have a great picture, but a movie without good sound is a terrible experience. You must be able to clearly understand dialogue. Great sound immerses you in a film's sound effects. All things being equal, accoustic treatments (these can be carefully done, normal room furnishings) have a larger impact on the sound than almost any component. Another thing to consider is soundproofing. Will late night viewing disturb others? Should you do something about it?

Screen Size And Viewing Distance

The first step is to plan your space. Will you have a dedicated home theater room or will your system be in a multi-purpose media room? Either way can be fantastic. A dedicated home theater is designed specifically for entertainment: enjoying movies, sports, TV, and video gaming. Basements, attics, bonus rooms, or spare rooms are great as dedicated home theater spaces. A media room serves for more than entertaining. A family room or bonus room usually doubles as a media room as well.

This is the fun part for most people. Significant improvements in video technology can give you a great picture for a fraction of the cost only 10 years ago. This allows more room in your budget for great sound. Unlike video, audio pricing has held very steady in its cost to performance ratio. Recent improvements in home theater speakers will make your surround sound experience even more fun. Matching all your equipment is where Legendary Sight & Sound experts and our experience will be a big help.

Media Room or Home Theater

Acoustics and Soundproofing

A dedicated private cinema in a room in which the environment has been precisely designed and engineered to provide maximum movie and music enjoyment in your home. Special acoustic treatments isolate the room from outside noise, and measured speaker placement optimizes the audio. Plush theater seating is carefully positioned to allow for unobstructed viewing of your video content on the big screen. Room lighting is controlled as well, in order to ensure the best picture delivery from a high-definition, properly calibrated projector.​

Distributing video in your home enables a single video source such as a satellite receiver, game console, or Blu-ray player to be shared across multiple TV's via a video matrix switcher. This significantly reduces the amount of sources needed for every TV in your house and hides all the equipment in a storage closet or basement where it can easily be serviced. Instead of watching your Apple TV only in your family room, you can easily watch it on any TV in your home. By integrating the video distribution with a smart home automation system, you can further simplify your control experience.

Choosing The Right Equipment

Sharp, vibrant video. Crisp, booming sound. Designed, calibrated, and flawlessly installed. Legendary Sight & Sound delivers a Home Theater Experience like no other.

HOME THEATER DESIGN & INSTALLATION

HOME MEDIA

In many cases, spending a few extra dollars on a great remote control, lighting control, or a popcorn machine can add wow to your creation. We've got lots of suggestions and advice about how to create your own personal magic. 

Other areas to consider are expert audio and video calibration, electrical and power needs, ventilation and HVAC planning, and integrating video gaming. When your installation is complete, we will instruct you in the best ways to get the most fun from your new installation. 

We hope you have lots of fun with your future home theater or media room!

The next steps are deciding both the location and size for your video display. Both the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) and THX Ltd. (a developer of quality standards founded by Lucasfilm)  have recommendations on this subject. This step is very important to get right, and is probably the most difficult one to fix if you get it wrong.

Home Media systems today include High-Definition flat panels, architectural loudspeakers and streamlined  AV components to give you the best possible sound and video. Even if the room doesn't allow a complete Home Theater setup, we bring together the highest quality Audio/Video equipment to suit your entertainment needs. As part of simplifying your digital lifestyle, media servers stream music, movies, and TV shows anywhere in your home from the internet. From single room, whole home, or outdoors our Home Media systems can be controlled from a remote, touch screen, or entirely from your smartphone or tablet.