Appliance Trends
Home Cinema
Speakers fit into ceilings in a family room. The TV is actually behind the picture and automatically opens up when you press "Watch TV" on your remote.
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the building process and pre-wiring accordingly is ideal. “I think the trend for people to buy a home now is that they’re staying in their homes longer. So the pre-wire stage of a home for technology is fundamental. As long as you’ve had the fore- thought to pre-wire and set the home up for the future, you may add things to the home as you are financially free to do so,” he says. “So pre-wiring for more speakers through- out the house, pre-wiring for an automation system, pre-wiring for that theatre or that media room — it’s worth putting more forethought into what you’re going to do right now when you’re building that home. Don’t think about just what you’re going to put today. Try to think of down the road.” For people who want to upgrade their media in an existing space, Woycenko suggests start- ing with the budget and working from there. “You’re going to want to look at the room and decide how you want to lay it out so that it sounds the best within that environment,” he says. As for visuals in media rooms, Woycenko says most people are leaning toward televisions in the 65-inch to 83-inch range. However, a growing trend in higher-end home theatre rooms has been micro LED video walls, which are made up of micro LED video panels that fit together to create a video wall cus- tomized to the exact size you need. Depending on the space, Woycenko has started to see these being installed in media rooms as well.
They want the technology, but they just don’t want it right in plain view. We’re seeing the integration of media, technology and sound really wrap around the look and feel of the home.”
- MARVIN WOYCENKO, ASSOCIATE, THE ACCURATE TECHNOLOGY GROUP
This way, homeowners can have a great entertainment experience without the room looking like a traditional theatre. “Esthetic is very important within the home — everyone is looking for a cleaner look,” says Marvin Woycenko, an associate with ATG. “They want the technology, but they just don’t want it right in plain view. We’re seeing the integration of media, technology and sound really wrap around the look and feel of the home.” This is equally important — or maybe even more important — to the homeowners who are still building dedicated theatre rooms, Woycenko adds. “The homeowners who are still building dedicated theatres tend to be investing in much more elaborate higher-performance spaces, with better acoustics, larger screens and more sophisticated audio systems,” Rosenberg says. Whether you’re putting in a dedicated the- atre room or decide to elevate your family space, Woycenko says deciding what you want early in
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