There is a significant trend in makeovers for aging home cinemas, particularly those over 10 years old or more. Often the old globe projector or a service need becomes the catalyst for a room review before making changes or investments.

If you moved into an existing home, perhaps the original fit out was fine for the previous owner but not to the level of experience you are seeking.

For over 25 years, homes have been widely incorporating home theatres. But content and cinema technologies have radically changed. Even blockbuster TV series come in Dolby Atmos surround sound and AI video enhancement capability that the latest quality projectors take advantage of.

Years ago, THX surround sound was less dynamic compared to today’s content. Sound effects were more like an indistinct ambient curtain of rain wrapping around the audience where today’s Dolby Atmos-based content, rooms need more dynamic power and greater ‘sound localization’ capability. You experience more localized ‘sound object movement’, overhead and throughout the room and fuller soundtrack orchestration embedded in the content that new solutions manage. It’s a totally different experience to be aware of against what was implemented many years ago when considering any makeover.

In today’s video content, there is ‘High Dynamic Range’ and ‘Dolby Vision’ embedded capability in the content which allows some projectors to frame-by-frame, optimize the image to give you much more of the realism and ‘image punch’ experienced in the mastering studio. Quality laser projection innovations can deliver dynamic AI tone mapping where each frame of the movie is optimized to reveal new levels of razor sharp, enhanced colour, and contrast like never before.

In 2023, CEDIA, the world-wide peak body for the custom home cinema industry, released new design benchmarks for system performance to specific seating distances. Developed in conjunction with the content creators, this has introduced the need for professional system modelling to give much more defined outcomes against what modern content creators intend for your specific seating layout.

It would be fair to say that most legacy rooms replaced with the same like-for-like capabilities would greatly miss the creative experience modern content demands particularly in amplification power handling.

That’s where we help. We advise and model potential solutions to your unique room so you can secure the benefits when implementing any change and ensure any investments are well targeted.