Project requests for home theater installations soared 562% in 2024, Yelp reports, as homeowners splurge on features that rival their local cinema. Why it matters: The summer's hottest movie ...

This home theater was designed with music and AV in mind, as the owner is a self-confessed movie and music fanatic. Situated in a two-floor penthouse suite near Tower Bridge London, the media room ...

When Theater Installations Aim to Make Room for Drama. ... Mundanely expensive shops were juxtaposed with a uniquely surreal visual journey — art placed in a home for consumerism.

Gone are the days of seeing a movie just to feel the leather seats, smell the popcorn, and be with others in the movie theater. Indoor movie theaters are high-risk locations during the ongoing ...

When homeowners choose an existing room to install a home theater, "85% of the time, it's the basement," he said. An unfinished basement is a great canvas when building out a dedicated home ...

This FAQ discusses converting a regular room into a theater room covering such topics as: running dedicated 20A lines for amps and subs, passing cables through walls and passive treatments for bass.

It may well have been the first all-in-one “home theater” meant to go into a room, not be a room. The price was about $3,400—or $10,000 in 2023 dollars. Since the 1970s and 1980s, every bit ...

It wasn't the home theater room that was high spec either, as the entire home had a total of 24 audio zones. These were made up of three Crestron amps, one Sonos amp, two Anthem AV receivers and ...

By Mary G. Pepitone Special to Homes Let a blockbuster theater design entertain you at home. Full-service home theaters include everything from the big-screen TV to a sound system and seating.

For high performance home theater installations and longer runs we typically recommend heavier gauge 12AWG two conductor for each speaker in the system. One alternative to this is to use 14AWG - 4 ...

Even when money is no object, Cerbone suggests setting a budget. "Your budget will depend on if the room will be dedicated to the home theater versus one where it's a shared space with a pool ...