The Challenge...

The owners of the property were carrying out a major renovation and extension to their home. As part of the work they wanted a home cinema on the ground floor. The house is late Georgian with very high ceilings. The owners also wanted to maintain the classical feel of the room during the day, and for the entertainment to be invisible when not in use.

HOME CINEMA

A large electric projector screen was concealed in the ceiling which descended when in use. Due the height of the drop the screen was custom made by the manufacturer so that the viewing area was at a comfortable height when in use. The projector itself was mounted on the wall and concealed in cabinetry.

High quality speakers were installed in the ceiling. The speakers can be angled behind the grilles so we can accurately aim the sound towards the listening position. The surround speakers were also mounted in the ceiling. An in-wall sub-woofer was used to avoid the need for an ugly box on the floor. This was installed under the fireplace.

CONTROL

A home cinema needs to be easy to use. We provided a single remote control for Sky, DVD and music. Choosing either Sky or DVD automatically turned on the projector and dropped the screen.

LIGHTING CONTROL

The cinema lighting is controlled via a Clipsal C-Bus lighting control system, the system was also installed in the rest of the home.

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Specification

• Home Cinema Projector
  Sim 2 D80
  www.sim2.co.uk
• Home Cinema Projector Screen
  Beamax tab tensioned
  www.beamax.co.uk
• Speakers
  Speakercraft Aim 8 Five in-ceiling speakers
  www.speakercraft.com
  NHT in-wall subwoofer
  www.nhthifi.com
• Home Cinema Electronics
  Marantz SR7001 Cinema Amp, Marantz DV7001 DVD player
  www.marantz.co.uk
• Interconnects
  Chord HDMI cables
• Lighting Control
  Clipsal with the Saturn range of switches
  www.clipsal.com/cis
• Remote Control
  Universal Remotes MX900
  www.universalremote.com