3 Hot Design Trends for Your Next Home Theater
Movies Are Just the Beginning
For many, the vision of a home theater is a dedicated, darkened room with a giant screen and a multi-speaker sound system with ample power to recreate the cinema experience. But that’s not necessarily everyone’s idea of a home theater.
With all the video content available today, feature films are just one of the options for a home theater viewing experience. Sports, binge-worthy Netflix Series, YouTube, HBO, music videos, and more can all be enjoyed even more on the biggest screen in the house. Your home theater doesn’t have to be a recreation of a movie palace; it should be a space to enjoy all your favorite media.
Go beyond the movie for your next home theater in your Richmond, VA home. Here are three excellent ideas to spark your imagination.
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Multiple Screens
Once upon a time, projectors ruled in home theaters. Today, there are multiple options for giant screens in home theaters. While projectors may still provide the best bang for the buck in screen size, you don’t have to settle for one screen in your home theater design. If you love sports, you can combine multiple flat panels on a wall for game day watching, while a drop-down screen for a projector can emerge for movies and shows. The multiple flat-panel TV video wall is an increasingly popular option for keeping up with the latest sports or news from different sources. Think of what you like to watch and how, and your home theater can be designed to enable the possibilities.
Immersive Visuals and Sound
Home theater technology doesn't stand still. Around six years ago, more enveloping sound formats like Dolby Atmos upped the ante in immersive surround sound. It's now mainstream in everything from high-end soundbars to AV receivers and processors. Dolby Atmos – and the similar DTS:X – provide additional sound channels from one or more pairs of height speakers in a theater or media room. But the best part is how these formats allow sound engineers to master movies and content to make the sound more three-dimensional, letting you feel that you are in the scene. Even better, Dolby Atmos and DTS:X can be synthesized from just stereo two-channel and other formats to add an extra level of immersion to any video entertainment.
On the visual side, enhancements in video processing can add extra reality and three-dimensionality to content. One such enhancement is IMAX Enhanced, increasingly available on high-end TVs and projectors to add the type of experience that evokes the excitement of IMAX films in specialized theaters.
Zen Home Theater
One of the latest home technology trends is creating more healthful spaces at home. Home theaters can play a role there too. Imagine your home theater as not just a place for entertainment, but exercise and health too. Your multipurpose space can put your favorite exercise videos on the big screen with studio sound, from heart-pumping cardio to relaxing yoga. Add color-tuned lighting, and your home theater doubles as your private wellness retreat. Design your space around what you want it to be for your lifestyle.
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