The genesis of this project, executed by the Clearwater, Fla.-based integration team at Easy Living with Technology, was a custom integration in a new home in the Georgia golf community of Reynolds Lake Oconee, east of Atlanta and west of Augusta (of Masters Tournament fame), for an existing client who had been over the moon about the integrator’s earlier work…
A beautiful home being built piece by piece will always present obstacles, but the success of the project is highlighted by which component of the industry tandem takes care of the challenges efficiently. And although the sprawling California home with panoramic views of Lake Sherwood and Italian inspired themes might seem like an effortless picture, it was up to Mike…
Woodbury, Tenn.-based integrator Cobb Home Innovations was called upon by a client who was looking to convert the third story of his Greensboro, N.C. home into both a haven for two-channel audio listening as well as a top-of-the-line home theater where listeners and viewers could share the entertainment experience in comfort. Only the ultimate would satisfy this tech-savvy aficionado, said…
LG reveals details of 5,400-square-foot InfoComm booth including preview of technologies and seven distinct zones to showcase specific products.
The most important aspect of this budget-minded theater, executed by Canadian integrator Acoustic Interiors, is what you can’t see in the finished product. A great deal of work went into keeping sound inside this room. The client felt it was key to spend a fair portion of an admittedly modest product on sound isolation, so the team at Acoustic Interiors,…
By Randy Blanchard, Director of Audio Products, Vanco No matter how lush the seating, how enveloping the screen, how beautiful the LED stars twinkling in the ceiling are, though, you’re only seeing a small fraction of the experience. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but when it comes to home theaters, audio is more important than video. Are…
Nationwide Marketing Group brought together members for education, networking with manufacturers, and fun at the annual HTSN (Home Technology Specialists Nationwide) CI Summit in Dallas. Education was center stage at the HTSN CI Summit in Dallas this month. HTSN members were kept busy with one-on-one meetings with manufacturers, education breakout rooms and presentations from key vendors as well. Networking is…
A home theater is like a massive math problem. There are multiple routes to reach a client’s desired outcome, but if one small step is missed, the entire project can fail. “In my mind there is only an A or F grade and nothing in between,” said designer Lisa Slayman, ASID, IIDA of Slayman Design Assoc. Inc. and Slayman Cinema…
ProjectorScreen.com and AVS Forum assembled a collection of 4K ultra short throw projectors at ProjectorScreen.com’s N.J. showroom for their first annual UST Projector Showcase. The showcase consisted of 17 projectors on six different ultra-short throw projector screens for attendees to review. The day was divided into two parts starting with the single laser category, with the second half dedicated to…
McIntosh is proud to announce its MX180 A/V Processor, which delivers exceptional performance for the home theater of today and tomorrow. With an increasing number of movies being released direct to home streaming, a state-of-the-art – and future ready – home theater processor is needed so viewers can be fully immersed in the movie experience. Thanks to its advanced customization…