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T h i s i s H o m e C i n e m a !
Experience the magic of immersionToday’s ultra-high resolution home entertainment is designed to offer life-like audio and
video accuracy, but it will never look or sound that way if you’re watching on a TV - even a
large one - because what’s really missing is life-like scale. It’s the dimension that brings all
your films, games and channels alive; without it, home entertainment can deliver only a
fraction of its potential.
To enjoy what’s really there, think big. Combine the potency of high definition audio with
the latest 4K pictures on a screen that fills your field of view and immediately you’re part of
the action. This is the uniquely immersive quality of home cinema. Expertly designed
specifically for your home and family, your home cinema will transform everything you
watch into a magical ‘being there’ experience. It’s like turning on a TV, but more absorbing
than you can imagine. When you’re living with real cinema, every night is movie night…
What is home cinema?Think of your new home cinema as an enduring high quality audio and video installation, not the
lightweight speakers you’ll find bundled with a TV screen. Using proven pro-cinema technologies
home cinema transports the excitement of the big screen experience to your home. More than
that, expert installers will work with you to customise the system according to your taste, budget
and environment. In this way the performance of home cinema is more powerfully focussed than
any commercial installation, as unique and personal as your home itself.
The definitive home cinema experience involves a big specialised projection screen and projector,
together with a multi-channel surround sound system, which supplies an enveloping sound stage
from at least five speakers (with subwoofer support) positioned around the room. Your custom
installer may also recommend acoustic treatments to heighten and contain the surround effect,
as well as the comfort of home cinema seating to complete the magical chemistry of home
cinema immersion.
The project can be as wide as your ambition, but the versatility of custom installation means that
you can enjoy immersive room-filling pictures and sound without filling the room with gear. In
living areas such as media room extensions and sitting rooms, a motorised cinema screen and
projector can be specified, together with near-invisible in-wall/ceiling speakers. Even in dedicated
cinema rooms, the most discreet, décor-friendly installation is a luxury custom option.
HDR
Billed as the next big leap in technology beyond 4K, HDR gives the image
more contrast between its lightest and darkest areas, so you see more life-like
detail and texture. The HDR pictures on smartphones will give you some idea
of the effect, but this is produced from combing multiple images rather than
cinema HDR, which is generated using enhanced camera technology.
4K UHD
Immersive picturesNo doubt you’ve heard of 4K resolution. Today’s buzz-word for ultimate picture quality refers to a horizontal resolution of approximately
4,000 pixels. There are two main 4K resolution standards. The DCI 4K standard with a resolution of 4096 × 2160 pixels is used in the video
production industry, while at 3840 x 2160 pixels and four times the resolution of Full HD (1080p), the 4K UHD standard is predominantly
applied to residential display devices such as projectors and TVs. So that you experience the glorious colour and clarity of 4K UHD, your
installer will be recommending the latest 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player, and upgrades to your media box to show 4K UHD content from the
likes of Sky, Netflix and Amazon. Your installer will also ensure that your projector supports 4K UHD and the newest HDMI 2.0 standard,
which offers High Dynamic Range (HDR) capabilities.
1080p
Panamorph Ultrawide lenses fitted to your projector will restore the glory of the original movie on an Ultrawide screen.
Black bars when movies are displayed on a 16:9 screen. Ultrawide on an Ultrawide screen when using an Ultrawide lens.
Ultrawide lenses and screens
The original Ultrawide (2.35:1 or 2.4:1) aspect ratio of at least 70% of all new film releases is much wider
than the standard 16:9 (1.78:1) ratio of 4K/UHDTV and HDTV standards. This means that in order to view
Ultrawide on a 16:9 screen it must be ‘letterboxed’ by two black bars - effectively you’re getting only 3K
performance from a 16:9 4K UHD display. Today every leading projector model can be converted to full cinema
Ultrawide using an Ultrawide lens, which reveals all the authentic colours, tones, detail and drama of the
production picture and maximises light output and definition from the projector. In addition to the obvious performance
advantages, a further benefit of the upgrade from 16:9 to Ultrawide is the enormous practicality of being able to install a wider
screen within the height dimension of a UK room: a 16:9 screen with the same width would be through the ceiling!
The choice of video projection screen is as important as the projector itself. Every screen available has a "gain" factor, which is a
measure of how much light it reflects. A general rule is that brighter environments such as media rooms will need a higher gain
screen; dedicated cinema rooms a lower gain screen. Micro perforated ‘acoustically transparent’ screens allow the positioning of
front speakers behind the screen for the ultimate ‘pro-cinema at home’ look. Your installer will recommend the ideal screen for
your home cinema environment.
HDRSDR
High Dynamic Range
JVC ’s new DLA-Z1 4K laser projector will light up the widest screens with HDR for unmatched realism in picture quality.
ULTRA HD
Master Audio
TM
Glass room boundaries? No problem: angled drivers in the versatile Sonance SUR1S in-ceiling speaker will bounce surround sound towards the listener.
In-wall speakers hidden behind an acoustically transparent screen for the ultimate in discreet cinema design.
Using in-wall speakers the same 7.1.4 system disappears in the room to create a luxury clutter-free look.
FrontCentre
Subwoofer
FrontLeft
FrontRight
SurroundRight
SurroundLeft
SurroundRear Right
SurroundRear Left
HeightSpeakers
As you can see there are as many
options for sound as there are room shapes
and sizes, but in every environment the sensation
of enveloping audio dynamics is as intrinsic to the
home cinema experience as spectacular image scale and
definition. Your installer will suggest the best audio system for
your room, including a suitably equipped A/V receiver or a
processor/amp combination. And don’t worry about a space full of boxes: the
most advanced in-wall and ceiling speakers can be flush-mounted into room
boundaries for a beautifully discreet result.
FrontCentre
Subwoofer
FrontLeft
FrontRight
SurroundRight
SurroundLeft
SurroundRear Right
SurroundRear Left
HeightSpeakers
Immersive soundJust like the sound systems built into
commercial cinemas, a home cinema audio
sys te m c o m p r i s e s t h re e s p e a ke rs
positioned around or behind the screen and
carrying left, centre and right channel sound
according to the original multi-channel film
mix. These are joined by two surround
speakers providing the surround sound for an
enveloping sound effect, and a subwoofer which
handles the bass or Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel.
This is the 5.1 configuration (five full range channels and a single
bass channel) of sound formats such as Dolby Digital and DTS. Later
versions of these formats - Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio – split the
surround sound into four separate channels, adding side speakers in the process
to create a 7.1 configuration.
Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio are also designed to carry Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, the very latest surround sound
formats, which add overhead sound for the most realistic surround effect. These new formats are created using an “object-
based” technique which allows the studio engineer to place individual effects anywhere in the sound field. Dolby Atmos
requires at least one pair of height speakers (either in-ceiling, or upward-firing Atmos-enabled speakers) for a 7.1.2 channel
set-up, but the format can be extended to include, for instance, a further pair of height speakers for a 7.1.4 channel
configuration. DTS:X on the other hand works with a regular surround sound speaker system and has no specific demand for
dedicated height channels.
A typical Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 system involving in-room front, side, surround and in-ceiling height speakers.
The modular format of the Palladio Firenze range gives you the freedom to specify the perfect bespoke seating design for your room.
Immersive comfort and designThe seating element of every system is where the sensation of home cinema really begins!
Most ranges have a modular format which allows your installer to specify a straight, curved
or tiered arrangement with the style and finish that meets your needs exactly.
And because every home is unique, so is the cinema within it. The design of your bespoke
cinema room is an art form in itself, balancing aesthetics, high performance and environment in a
precision-tuned unity that offers so much more than the sum of its parts. When you’ve made your
choices, the installer will do the physics, calculating the precise location of the loudspeakers, screen and
other elements according to industry standards so that every seat becomes the focus for a compelling chemistry of
audio and video realism, raised to a life-like dimension by the magical experience of genuine home cinema. Far exceeding the largest
TVs in the power to entertain, the immersive scale of home cinema will ensure you’re not just watching the story, you’re taking part…
Home cinema design starts with the space: not the final frontier but the first. Its
bespoke nature means that room geometry in all its infinite variety can be
mapped perfectly by the system design. Here are four examples, rising in scale
from media room to large cinema, complete with a guideline budget for the
recommended equipment involved.
Immersive media roomProjector: JVC DLA-X5000 4K
Speakers: 1 x Sonance B1 Bundle
AV Receiver: Yamaha RX-A860
Screen: Projecta 220 Tab Tensioned
Subwoofers: 1 x Sonance SUB10-150
AV Receiver: Yamaha RX-A1060
Seating: Palladio 6 seats (1 x love seat, 4 x single seat)
Immersive garage conversionProjector: JVC DLA-X5000 4K
Screen: Projecta 280 Tab Tensioned
Front Speakers: 3 x Sonance LCR1
Surround Speakers: 2 x Sonance SUR1
System (excl. design & installation): £10,000 approx (inc. VAT) System (excl. design & installation): £20,000 approx (inc. VAT)
Immersive large cinema roomProjector: JVC DLA-Z1 4K Laser
Ultrawide Lens: Panamorph Paladin XM1
Screen: Projecta 2.35:1 ratio, 4.5m (Cscope) Fixed Frame Acoustically Transparent Multimask
Immersive small cinema roomProjector: JVC DLA-X7000 4K
Ultrawide Lens: Panamorph Phoenix Pro with 4K Support + XM1 Bracket
Screen: Projecta 3m Acoustically Transparent Fixed Frame Screen 2.35:1 ratio (CSCope)
System (excl. design & installation): £30,000 approx (inc. VAT)
Front Speakers: 3 x Sonance LCR2
Surround Speakers: 4 x Sonance SUR2
Subwoofers: 2 x SUB10-150 10"2 x Sonance SUB12-250 12"
Height Speakers: 4 x Sonance SUR.1S
Pre Amplifier: 1 x Yamaha CX-A5100
Power Amplifier: 1 x Yamaha MX-A5100
Seating: Salamader 10 seat Oliver (1 x sofa row, 2 x love seat)
Front Speakers: 3 x Sonance LCR1
Surround Speakers: 2 x Sonance SUR1
Height Speakers: 4 x Sonance SUR.5S
Subwoofers: 2 x Sonance SUB10-150
AV Receiver: Yamaha RX-A3060
Seating: Palladio 6 seats (1 x love seat, 4 x single seat)
System (excl. design & installation): £100,000 approx (inc. VAT)