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HOilE CtltEtAS 139
he home cinemo is os much of o musthove in todoy's big-budget projects os the
home office wos o decode ogo, ond even
modest fomily homes con incorporote on oreo
thot con be turned ot the touch of q button
from o snug into o cinemo experience.
But the kit required to tronsform o
basement or box room into the flicks or o
Deon Street-style rushes theotre is complex
stuff ond it's not just obout the technology.
Decor ond layout hos o big impoct too. Which
is where speciolist componies con help. idFX
osked o ronge of instollers ond retoilers of
home cinemo equipment to give their top
recommendotions for what you need in o
voriety of price ronges. Roll credits.
or Steve Mortin, moncging director of
Mortin Kleiser: f, roo,ooo-f, r4,o,ooo budget
'With this budget you con creote o high-end,
dedicoted home cinemo with oll the lotest
goodies,' soys Mortin, who olso chqirs CEDIA,
the trode body thot represents leoding
componies in this field. For such o budget he
would choose o Koleidescope medio server,
controlled by o Crestron touch pod. For the
projector, he would opt for Sim, o compony
which he soys offers 'ultimote performonce',
in conjunction with on onomorphic lens ond
o projection screen by Screen Reseorch. The
onomorphic lens elimotes the block strips
seen when o movie shot in ultro-wide
CinemoScope formqt is shown on on ordinory
wide screen (for o full description of how it
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For the oudio he would choose Linn.'These
products will give you o reol cinemo
experience ond my clients soy thot the picture
ond sound quolity is better thon going to the
movies,' he soys. wvv.martin-hleiser.net
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Home cinema'sappecilisjust as great for wannabe ftlm
producercas it is for movie and sports fans.Wehavethe
technology but, as we shall see,there'smore to it than that
WORDSKAY HILL
oz Ioin Browrr, director of Kensington Home
Technology: f, rzo,ooo budget
For o big-budget, dedicoted home cinemo
room, Brown would stort with o projector by
Digitol Projection.'They hove very bright
projectors thot ore eosily configuroble. It's not
o thing of beouty, but gives cinemo quolity
imogery'he soys. For the screen he would
recommend o slightly curved version by
Supernovo, which ensures there is no
distortion in the viewoble oreo, used in
conjunction with on onomorphic lens. He
would build the screen into o stond-olone
speoker system, Aeriol Acoustics System r,
which conceals the speakers behind fobric
thot con be chosen to motch the decor. A
Koleidescope medio server, Denon Blu-Roy
ployer, ADA video processing ond
omplificotion system ond q Crestron touchpod
controller complete the job. ruurw.k-ht.couk
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':)j Mott Pulloro, shop monoger ot Loservision:
f,8o,ooo budget
Pulloro would stort with on Infocus IN83
projector.'It's o reolly good projector ond
good volue for money,'he soys. He would go to
Lexicon for its RT-zo DVD ployer, MC-rzB HD
EQ processor ond ZX-7 power omplifier, ond
would select the CleorPix z THX Certified
screen from Screen Reseorch.He would opt for
o 5.r speoker pottern using Revel Ultimo
speokers ond Revel Performo sub-woofer. He
doesn't feel the need for o medio server. 'I like
putting my disks on,'he soys, but he would
definitely find room for o PloyStotion 3 ond
Denon Blu-Roy ployer.A Philips Pronto remote
control, Roko lighting control, CinemoTech
Equinox seoting ond Middle Atlontic rock
complete the set-up. www.loseruision.co.uk
,; Froser Stride, morketing director of
Finite Solutions: €6o,ooo-f,7o,o(x) budget
Stride would opt for o lorge fixed screen by
Screen Reseorch,set onto the woll with the
speakers behind it. His choice of speokers
would be Signoture 7NT from Bowers ond
Wilkins (B&W) with two Rotel Power Amp
ro95 amplifiers and o MC-rz Lexicon processor.
For the projector he would select the Runco
RSgoo. To complete the project, he would
specifiy o Koleidescopemedio server, Pioneer
Blu-Roy ond o TPMC rz Crestron controller.
'It's obout giving people the moximum omount
of functionolity but moking it very eosy for
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them to use,' he soys, wruw.finites
ci; Andy Jock, director of Isis Integroted
Systems: f,6o,ooo budget
Jock would choose o tob-tensioned GroyHowk
screen mode by Stewort Filmscreen, powered
with o silent Lutron motor to bring it down
from the ceiling. For the projector, he would
selectthe Runco RSrroo.'The picture quolity is
up there with the best there is, ond the
compony hos been oround the longest ond
offers reolly good reliobility ond customer
service,'he soys.It's o lorge projector,so he
would built it into the bose of o custom-mqde
sofo. For sound, he would choose Triod Bronze
ond Silver speokers to recessinto the ceiling,
ond o Sunfire omplifier designed to keep heot to
o minimum. Finolly he would odd in on Imerge
medio server,Ponosonic Blu-Roy ond an
AMX Modero touch ponel controller.
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