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Some popular questions
on custom home cinema installationWhat is custom home cinema installation?
A custom home cinema installation involves physically integrating
the equipment with your home. So a custom install could be simply
a projector, screen and speakers with hidden cabling or it could
be multiple components around the whole house for a completely
integrated home entertainment, lighting and automation system.
Clients may choose to have a discreet install, or a fully dedicated
home theatre room. It’s a bespoke home entertainment solution
just for you. Usually we will specify and supply the equipment,
but the client may have home cinema installation preferences which
are, of course, part of the equation.
Who should have a custom home cinema installation?
Everyone who would rather not specify and/or install the home
theatre themselves. Choosing which equipment is best for your
circumstances can be a time consuming process. Finite Solutions
as custom installers have the experience to make that decision
for you. Performing even the simplest home cinema installation
of a wall-mounted plasma screen and speakers may require tricky
routing of cables in the wall. If the home cinema installation
is to be seamless and ‘family-friendly’ then maybe
it’s best to let the professionals take charge.
What are the benefits of a custom home
cinema installation?
Aside from the obvious benefit of having a hassle-free
home cinema installation, we as custom installers can also optimise
the home theatre system for you. Since no display is correctly
calibrated out of the box and every sound system needs adjusting
to your room, this will ensure that you are getting the best performance
from your equipment by having a professional set it up for you.
What are the costs of a custom home cinema
installation?
The cost of home cinema installation varies with
the amount of work involved. But what you have to ask yourself
is whether the outlay is worth the peace of mind of knowing that
you have got the very best home cinema installation for your money.
If you have already decided to invest in a home cinema installation,
then investing further to ensure you get the right equipment installed
and calibrated properly is just a logical extension of the home
cinema installation process.
What is the difference between home cinema
installation and home theatre installation?
Nothing at all, the term home theatre installation
is more commonly used in the States. It is exactly the same as
home cinema installation. Finite Solutions as home cinema installers
will also perform plasma and projector home cinema installation.
What do we mean by future proofing
a home cinema installation?
Future proofing a home
cinema installation means designing the system to take into consideration
the possible upgrades that the client my want to add in the future
to their smart home. Future proofing a home cinema installation
can be complex and exhaustive to cover all upgrade possibilities
or it can be as simple as running all of the necessary audio and
video cables in a room to allow audio or video systems to be installed
at a later date. To effectively future proof a home cinema installation
you first need to know what other types of technologies are currently
in development. This ensures that you provide the means so that
future technologies can integrated into the current home cinema
installation at a later date. The key to good future proofing
of a home cinema installation is installing all of the relevant
cabling and hardware during renovation so that any future addition
can be made to the system without the need for further disruption
to the home.
Plasma, LCD for a home cinema installation?
For your home cinema installation, plasma screens
are the most cost effective way of achieving a very good quality
42” picture from a display you can mount on the wall. They
provide superbly rich and vibrant colours and smooth motion combined
with good depth of field when used with high quality sources and
are appropriate for home cinema installation. However the cheap
screens costing under a £ 1,800.00 are generally worth avoiding
as serious compromises to their picture quality have been made
to make them that price. We would not recommend these for home
cinema installation. Ultimately LCD technology will overtake plasma
for home cinema installation as it has numerous advantages. They
last approximately one third longer than plasmas, are lighter,
produce less heat and they do not suffer from screen burn, so
long term are better for home cinema installation.
What home theatre products do Finite Solutions
recommend for home cinema installation?
Home Theatre products that we recommend and regularly
install for home cinema installation include Pioneer, Fujitsu,
Denon, B&W, Marantz, AMX, Anthony Gallo, MJ Acoustics, Rotel,
Myryad and Linn.
Where does Finite Solutions perform
home cinema installations?
Finite Solutions Ltd is a Leeds (West Yorkshire,
North of England) based digital consultancy performing custom
installs throughout the UK. Recent home cinema installations have
been completed in York, Manchester, Blackburn, Sheffield, Wakefield,
Halifax, Harrogate and London. Depending on the type of consultancy
required, home cinema installation services can be offered internationally. |
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