The best of "intelligent" home theaters, managed with the latest technology

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Materials prepared: Julia Sakharova, Boris Bezel

Magazine: N11 (78) 2003

The modern house is so overgrown with technology that there is a need for a manager who could manage it. The system of "smart home" perfectly copes with this task. We show you the best of "intelligent" home theaters, managed with the latest technology.The most ... Greg Hill and David Harwell, who lead Audio Video Unplugged, created an extremely smart home for their clients, the heart of which is, of course, a movie theater. The host conducts his home as an orchestra, using the CRESTRON panel instead of the conductor’s “magic wand”. This is a portable programmable remote control, in which you can lay all the basic settings that regulate the operation of equipment in one of the premises of the house. Control panels are in every room, including the bathroom. (The server is hidden in the technical room of the house.) The system gives commands to the air conditioner and blinds, turns off the phone and turns off the light, lowers the screen and turns on the projector (and at the same time monitors safety). When the film ends, it will turn on the light and lift the ban on incoming calls ... The owner of the house respects all the “very-most”: if the screen, then let it be the largest, 150-inch, and generally let there be more screens - say, five in different rooms. Leather chairs, eye-catching design, bright colors complement the image of a “smart” and home-cinema who knows his own worth.Installation: "Note +" Design: Angie DiggleReal classic The owner of this home theater, a connoisseur of high-quality sound and images, who has collected a serious audio and video library over the years, wanted to be able to listen to music and watch movies on one system. “Hence the specificity of equipment selection,” say the installers from Nota +. “The THETA DIGITAL Voyager transport, which reads along with CD / DVD also the LD format (laser discs), is used as a disc player. S provides video tapes and television programs -VHS PANASONIC video recorder with a high-quality TV tuner. The BARCO CRT projector with a built-in video processor is responsible for the image. Since it requires a complete darkening of the room, dense automatic curtains are installed on the windows. The image is projected onto the DRAPER automatic screen, providing a panoramic viewing angle and accurate color reproduction. The heart of the system is the THETA DIGITAL audio video processor, which is equipped with various options at the client's request, which allows for a constant upgrade as new home theater standards become available. To speakers, the signal comes from the GRYPHON Tabu 2 and Tabu 3 power amplifiers Columns were picked up by the owner himself specifically for listening to his favorite music. TANNOY Westminster TW is used as front speaker systems, TANNOY Sterling backs are central, TANNOY Definition 750 is central. The set is good both for classical music, jazz, and for modern genres, while in the cinema mode there is a feeling of full involvement in the events on the screen. The REL Stentor III subwoofer is designed as an original glass top cabinet. All equipment is placed on a specially designed rack. The walls and ceiling of the home theater are lined with walnut panels with nubuck inserts, thus improving the acoustic characteristics of the room. Using the CRESTRON handheld LCD panel, you can control audio and video equipment, lights, curtains. "Installation and Design: Media Command SistemsLet the raging weather It happens because of the weather in Texas, USA, there are interruptions in electricity. Therefore, Texas cinema begins with a ... high-quality mains filter and a MONSTER CABLE AVS2000 voltage regulator. And with a CRT ZENITH Pro 900 projector. A CRT projector in a darkened room gives the best picture. Brian Leftin, head of Media Command Sistems, used built-in Sonance Cinema speakers to create a better surround sound experience. Columns he arranged according to the scheme 7.1. Acoustics oriented under the standard surround sound THX, proposed by George Lucas. General operations with AV components, curtains, lights and a 123-inch lowered screen are carried out by the host using the CRESTRON STX-1530 intelligent control system. This "serious" in terms of technology cinema does not impose on its visitors seriousness as the norm of behavior. Frivolous couch confirmation of this.