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CASE
STUDY LONDON
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Overview
Featuring in the television
program “Britain’s Best Homes” this
ultra modern flat in London was an empty shell when
we were first called in to provide a simple but high
quality cinema for the lounge.
The brief
The client is an architect
and as such demanded a home cinema system that could
be completely integrated into the living space.
Budget
Approximately £10,000
to £15,000.
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Source
Equipment and Amplification
A bespoke media centre PC
was built by Finite Solutions to provide true 1080i image
up scaling from all DVDs and to store the clients 100+ DVDs
and CDs which can then be browsed through on the projector
screen.
The cinema audio is provided
by a Denon 3805 amplifier which is hidden away with the
rest of the source equipment completely out of sight.
The beauty of this type of system is that access is only
required to the equipment when loading on new media as all
existing DVDs and CDs can be accessed through the media
centre via remote control.
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Cinema
Screen and Lighting
The centre piece of the flat is the lowered lounge area
which is divided from the reception area by a large glass
panel opposite the main seating, which acts as the projection
screen.
Two 6 zone Luton Grafik eyes provide
lighting control over the lounge, reception area and kitchen.
The lighting system consists of over 40 light fittings including
spots, lamps, sconces, ambient floor lighting and picture
lights.
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Projector
To achieve the high quality image the glass was coated in
a specialist frosting which provides a superb reflective
surface which meant a crisp bright picture could be achieved
from the Mitsubishi HC2000 projector, mounted on the ceiling
at the rear of the room.
In order to keep the projector as discreet as possible,
a false ceiling was built down from the existing ceiling.
This allowed all the cables to be completely hidden, but
also ensured that the projector was positioned for an optimum
throw angle.
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Loudspeakers
Again, because discreetness was very important
for the client, the best option was in ceiling speakers.
In wall speakers were not an option because of the construction
of the property.
In order to create true front and rear sound from the in
ceiling speakers we used THX directional in ceiling speakers.
Whilst these are hidden in the ceiling, the directional
cones and tweeters give the illusion that the sound is coming
from directly in front of and behind the listener.
The system was then completed with an MJ acoustics reference
1 subwoofer for a floor shaking cinema experience.
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Control
The control method chosen was a Nevo SL multi remote control
with wireless connectivity. This allows the remote to work
from anywhere in the room and does not need to be in direct
line of sight with any of the equipment.
This allowed all the equipment to be housed discreetly in
a dedicated comms cupboard which only needs to be accessed
when adding new DVDs or CDs to the media centre.
Macros were programmed so that with a single button press,
the lights dim, all the equipment is switched on, set to the
correct inputs, and the projector turns on. |
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The
specification
- Custom Built Media Centre
- Sky+ tuner
- Denon 3805 Amplifier
- 5 x Sonance Directional THX in ceiling speakers
- MJ Acoustics Reference 1 sub woofer
- Mitsubishi HC2000 projector
- Custom built frosted screen
- Netgear wireless router
- Nevo SL multi remote
- Lutron Grafik Eye 6 zone lighting control
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