How a Projector and Large Screen Bring the Cinema Home

When you first see an 85-inch television on display in a showroom, it looks impressive. Once it hangs on your family room wall, though, the picture fills only a slice of your view, making a film feel more like a background display than an immersive event. Afternoon glare and modest speakers then chip away at the carefully crafted detail a director built into each scene.

Setting up a dedicated home theater with a front projection system creates a completely different environment. A projector sends the image onto a large screen sized specifically for your seating arrangement, inside a room crafted around optimal light and sound. Each piece supports the next, giving you the experience of a commercial cinema just down the hall. Keep reading to see how a dedicated theater comes together for movie night.

Layered Plans and Premium Fixtures Bring Every Room Into Focus 

Walk through many new homes after sunset and you will likely see the exact same layout overhead: neat rows of recessed ceiling lights arranged in a grid. That grid makes a room bright enough to see, yet it treats every space the same way regardless of how you use it. The marble island you spent weeks selecting looks flat, and glare bounces off the television screen at night.

If you invested in high-quality finishes, your lighting should actually bring out the best in them. Professional lighting design starts with how you live in each room, then pairs that plan with fixtures built to show true color and dim smoothly. Keep reading to see what that combination adds to a luxury home.

Make Cooler Evenings More Comfortable Outdoors

As soon as the first cool evening arrives, a lot of homeowners across the Coastal Virginia area start spending more time indoors, even as football season gives the patio plenty of reasons to stay active. Earlier sunsets and cooler temperatures can change how comfortable the space feels, especially when outdoor lighting and entertainment were planned mainly for summer. With integrated lighting and AV, plus heating designed for the space, your patio can remain inviting well into the fall. Here's what a properly designed system from DomesAV brings to your outdoor season. 

Visit Our Showroom to Discover How We Can Redefine Your Home Audio

Finding a speaker brand that matches how you actually listen is harder than it looks on paper. Spec sheets and marketing copy tend to blur together, and too many people end up choosing a name they recognize rather than a sound they love. DomesAV is changing what's on the Virginia Beach showroom floor to make that choice easier: we now carry DALI, a Danish loudspeaker manufacturer with more than four decades of craftsmanship behind every cabinet, in place of our previous Dynaudio lineup. Here's what you can find in DALI speakers in your next visit to our showroom.