Home Theater
Survival of the Finest
Is the upscale home theater fated to go the way of the wild salmon?
Sam Cavitt
Home Theater
Where Do We Go from Here?
Why we need to focus on the high-performance and luxury aspects of our industry.
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Creating Sonic Connoisseurs
Making the Appreciation of ‘Sound’ a Passion for Our Clients to Pursue
Theater Design
Piecing Together the Elephant
Great Theater Design Requires the Contribution and Coordination of Many Trades
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Giving Theaters Luxury Cred
Private theater professionals share a singular goal: To have the opportunity to provide our best efforts to as many appreciative clients as possible.
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The Need for Transparency
Most of us understand that it is easy to overwhelm clients with too much information. But how do our clients know that we are...
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How Flooring Affects Acoustics in Home Theaters
Sam Cavitt breaks down the significant influence that flooring can have on the performance of a private theater.
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Buy in by Architects for Home Theaters
The following is a recommendation of how to influence architects to consider a dedicated theater room early in the design phase.
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Design to Preserve Your Theater’s Image
Aside from the obvious goal of creating an environment that provides entertainment, excitement, and fun, the objective of designing a private theater should be...
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Educating Clientele on Investing in a Great Theater
In the design and engineering of a private theater, when is it appropriate to take it “to the Nth degree?” This is the question...
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Designing Professional Screening Rooms for Private Homes
Designing private theaters is a great business.
Theater Design
Avoiding Oversights in Private Theater Lighting Designs
We often hear comments like, “What’s the big deal, it is supposed to be a dark room anyway” or “The lighting design has already...
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Teaching Clients that a High-End Private Theater Requires the Expertise of Many Trades
Our industry is wrought with buzzwords and acronyms, and “turnkey” is a term that has been thrown about for a long time.
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Auro 3D and Dolby Atmos Compete for 3D Audio Format Supremacy
You may not remember Beta versus VHS, but we were all here for Blu-ray versus HD DVD, and now we have Dolby Atmos versus...
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Dividing Private Theater Budgets into Five Sellable Categories
In a recent workshop on selling high-performance solutions, the question was asked, “What is the first piece of information that you provide to your...
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Bad Habits to Avoid While Selling Private Theaters
People have been selling home theaters for more than 20 years–certainly long enough to have gotten it right.
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Selling the Wrong Chair Can Negate Careful AV Engineering
The audience experience is the most important element in a private theater design, from the accuracy of the audio system to the stunning visual...
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Choosing a Ceiling Design That Doesn’t Destroy a Theater’s Acoustics
When creating private theater rooms, many designers and architects now understand the need for acoustical treatments in walls and that we don’t want large...
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A Bad Environment for Audio Fails Our Clients
Most professional integrators would never consider installing a high-performance video projection system in a white room with windows and high levels of ambient light,...
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‘We Don’t Need a Home Theater’
I participated in a panel discussion at CEDIA EXPO where the subject was the trend away from “dedicated theaters” toward “mixed-use rooms.”
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Luxury Markets Take Discipline
Several years ago we were invited to deliver a talk to the senior class at a local interior design school.
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Selling High Performance
Recently, I attended a webinar about building sales techniques and strategies for selling high-performance video solutions for home theater projects.
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Correctly Matching a Projector and Screen
When determining the right size screen and a projector for a private theater, basic client preference information is needed first.
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How Big to Build It
A key principle of good private theater design is that function comes first but must be integrated with form.
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Theater Design Team Dynamics
The creation of a great private theater is similar to team sports in that it takes a collective effort to succeed, and each member...
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Pleasing the AV Palate
Like a recipe for a favorite culinary delight, a properly designed home theater requires an artful blend of ingredients.
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Tools of the Trade
We may be unable to launch a massive public relations campaign to raise the world’s or even the industry’s perception of our specialty, but...
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Effective Selling
Paradise Theater has had the privilege to work with integrators from many regions, who have provided lot of diverse feedback.
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Cool Homes For Projectors
The home theater projector is one of the most difficult components to integrate into a private theater room design.
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Confusion or Fusion
Private theaters boasting stunning interiors and exceptional performance can be realized with planning, cooperation, and collaboration. Unfortunately this does not always come easily...
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Setting an Accurate Budget
What To Ask Your Client To Help Establish Your Project’s Price ...
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A Room With Many Views
I have never really liked the term, “dedicated theater,” because it does not really project the image of an entertaining environment. It reminds...
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Working Closer Together
Collaborating On A Theater Design Adds Profit Opportunities One of the greatest missed opportunities of home theater design...
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The New Theater Aesthetic
How To Artfully Blend Your Room’s Form And Function Together A professional theater designer will work out the details in every application, from millwork,...
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The Home Theater’s Engine
Steps That Will Give Your Client A Theater They Really Want A great home theater is no accident. Designers cannot merely show up with...
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Balancing Form and Function
Home Theater Design Benchmarks For Successful Installations The home theater is experiential in nature, and there are fundamental elements and attributes required to deliver...