Home Theater Blog » Home Theater Construction

Financing Home Theaters Part Deux

Bryan Greenway — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:46:11 +0000

Way back in August of 2004 (that seems like an eternity ago) I wrote about financing home theaters, at the time the focus of the post was on rolling home theaters into the mortgage price which if I remember correctly was a pretty fair rate at the time, I’m not sure where they’ll go from here (up would be my first guess) but what I wanted to do today was shift from rolling home theaters into mortgages to some financing offers the rest of us (already in a home) can appreciate.

Financing Home Theaters Part Deux

Drive-In Home Theater

Bryan Greenway — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:59:56 +0000

I ran across this over at The Cool Hunter (yes I hunt for the cool too) and wanted to make sure you saw it. This 5800sf house nestled in the hills of Los Angeles has a rather unique home theater, forget those blow up outdoor home theater blimp-screens, this home has the real thing. Head [...]

Drive-In Home Theater

iSky: A New Twist on Star Field Ceilings

Bryan Greenway — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:34:18 +0000

If you’ve ever researched just what goes into installing a fiber-optic, star field ceiling for your home theater, you’ve likely discovered that while the end result is often spectacular, that result doesn’t come without considerable planning and effort. The guys over at iSky panels want to change that; have changed that would be more accurate. [...]

iSky: A New Twist on Star Field Ceilings

A Home Theater by Any Other Name

Bryan Greenway — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:27:40 +0000

Business Week recently ran an slideshow also features other innovative designs from the likes of ‘Hometronics’, ‘Electronic Systems Consultants’ and other high profile system integrators. The article serves as a good primer for anyone interested in transforming their “TV room” into a full fledged home theater or media room, sound advice indeed. (pun most definitely [...]

A Home Theater by Any Other Name

CEDIA 2006 Electronic Lifestyles Awards

Bryan Greenway — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:27:09 +0000

Bit of a quickie update today but I did want to point out the CEDIA 2006 Electronic Lifestyles Awards, which showcases 19 home theaters submitted at the recent CEDIA Expo in Denver. The winners per usual highlight some of the most elaborate custom home theater installations of the last year. The theaters range from the [...]

CEDIA 2006 Electronic Lifestyles Awards

QuietRock, THX Certified Sheetrock

Bryan Greenway — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 14:36:12 +0000

When I read the tag line “First THX Certified Sheetrock” I have to admit I found it a bit humorous, not the fact that sheetrock can indeed lower the noise floor and provide varying degrees of soundproofing. What I found humorous was envisioning how others would receive THX certification of a building material. Regardless of [...]

QuietRock, THX Certified Sheetrock

RPG Diffusor Systems, Modex Plate

Bryan Greenway — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:43:17 +0000

Poor, low frequency, bass response is more often than not the number one problem we run across in hastily designed dedicated home theaters and the fix is often just as undesirable as the sound. That ‘fix’ is generally freestanding or roughed in after-market, room absorption materials that by and large solve the acoustical problems, but [...]

RPG Diffusor Systems, Modex Plate

Another theater from Doug Charrois, the classic

Bryan Greenway — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:31:52 +0000

Ok more show ‘n tell from Doug Charrois, the same theater guru that brought us the “Indiana Jones” theater. With theme theaters being all the rage it’s nice to see something nostalgic every now and then, I think you’ll agree with me he pulls off the old Hollywood feel here quite nicely. Being a theater [...]

Another theater from Doug Charrois, the classic

Raiders of the lost home theater

Bryan Greenway — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:07:09 +0000

Doug Charrois of IQ Design sent in these pictures of an Indiana Jones themed home theater project which he completed earlier this year. Doug tells me the owner of this home theater obtained some actual props used in the movie, recognize the little gold idol in the last shot? Great work here Doug, I love [...]

Raiders of the lost home theater

Picking the right color scheme, for your dedicated home theater

Bryan Greenway — Tue, 17 May 2005 10:49:22 +0000

In the early days of home theater light output from video projectors was about as precious as a cold Mountain Dew in the Sahara, if you had it you wanted to conserve every precious drop. Today we have video projectors that can almost take out an eye if you errantly look down the lens, but that’s not to say that all modern video projectors are light cannons. To the contrary many of today’s entry level DLP and LCD projectors provide the minimum light output necessary, to faithfully render the directors vision for his/her movie.

Picking the right color scheme, for your dedicated home theater

Death Star Theater

Bryan Greenway — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 22:04:57 +0000

As someone who has daily involvement in the planning and design of high-end custom home theaters, I admit it takes a lot to impress me. When I saw this

Death Star Theater

Financing Home Theaters

Bryan Greenway — Wed, 18 Aug 2004 21:18:12 +0000

Financing Home Theaters