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Electronics Design Group
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Garage Hangout
Rebecca Day
Some of the most creative work comes out of the least likely
places. Take this garage multiplex in New Jersey. The owners
wanted a place where they could spend time with their teenage
twins and where the kids could entertain friends apart from
the other living spaces in the home. So they gutted the bulky
space above the garage, dressed it in New York Yankees blue, and
Electronics Design Group set about designing a multimedia, multiscreen system that could satisfy the family’s varied entertainment
needs.
Flexibility was a key component of the room. It had to be a
home theater at times, a social networking hotspot at others and a
den to play video games -- with room to move around. Sometimes
it’s all those things at once. The 106-inch motorized Da-Lite
projector screen drops from the ceiling when it’s time for movie
night or a Bronx Bombers game and then motors back into its
housing in the molding above the front wall when the projector
turns off. Sitcoms and reality TV fare show on the 52-inch Sharp
LCD TV that’s permanently mounted to the front wall. The 32-
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Specifications
Technology
Budget
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$84,000
*Excludes; Architect, Interior Designer, Carpenter &
Furnishings.
Equipment List
Trade Partners
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Decoration
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(1) Crestron CP2E
(1) Integra DTC-9.8
(1) Rotel RMB-1085
(1) Sony BDPS500
(1) Audio Authority AVX-1166
(1) Audio Authority AVX-1176
(4) Audio Authority 9879
(1) Xantech AV61
(1) Crestron CEN-IDOCK
(1) Gefen EXT-HDMI1.3-144
(1) Extron P/2 DA 2xi
(1) Richard Gray 600 RM Pro
(1) D-Link DWL-2200AP
(1) Crestron CNRFGWA-418
(1) Sony VPLVW60
(2) Monster MP HTFS 500
(1) Da-Lite Tensioned
Advantage Electrol 106”
(1) Sharp LC52D82U
(1) Chief PLPU
(3) Triad InCeiling Bronze/8
LCR
(2) Triad InWall Bronze/4
Surround
(1) Triad InRoom Silver
PowerSub
(1) Crestron TPMC-8X
(1) Crestron TPMC-8X-DS
(1) Crestron ML-600
(2) Sharp LC32D64U
(6) Crestron CLW-DIM
(6) Oasis Quinta Loungers
(6) Oasis Quinta HT Rockers
(2) Oasis Quinta Bar Stool
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inch Sharp LCD TVs on either side are dedicated for close-up
viewing, serving as oversized game displays, computer monitors or
video chat screens.
You need flexible seating in a multi-purpose room, so EDG
came up with a combo solution that combines moveable recliners
in front that roll on casters to other locations in the room. Stools
positioned at the side walls allow players to belly up with a laptop
that can rest on shelves extending from the wall. The seats in the
last row are fixed, theater-style, and on a riser to provide a clear
shot to the larger screens from all eight locations in the row -- a
generous number of seats afforded by the supersized dimensions
of the room.
Left, center and right speakers for the 5.1-channel surroundsound system are positioned in the ceiling at the front of the
room. The Triad speakers’ midrange-tweeter module is angled
toward the seating area to ensure clarity of dialogue and correct
positioning of effects. Surround speakers were mounted in the
angled portion of the wall connecting the side wall and ceiling.
The Triad powered subwoofer, which provides the deep bass and
rumbles, is hidden in the cabinet beneath the 32-inch TV on the
right side of the room. A cabinet on the left, concealing all the
electronic gear, completes the visual symmetry.
It takes a lot of technical wizardry to handle all the complex
video switching required to enable the wide assortment of video
sources used in this theater -- and to make it simple to use for
the clients. A video matrix switcher is the traffic cop that directs
signals in the room and enables any video source to display on
any TV. Programmers at EDG translated the switching language
into a simple graphic-based interface that the homeowners could
easily understand. Using the Crestron touchscreen controller,
users tap on the picture of a TV on the touchscreen and that
display powers on. It’s a simple pressing process that allows
family members to flip programs from one screen to another or
to direct a source to any TV.
Getting teenagers to remember to turn off lights can be a
challenge. To help in this household, EDG placed a keypad
controller on the wall outside of the theater. One button press
powers off the projector and AV gear, returns the screen to its
housing and fades the room to dark.
© 2011 Electronics Design Group, Inc.
www.EDGonline.com
About EDG
For more than 20 years, EDG has been an award
winning technology solutions provider of audio/
video, conferencing systems, integrated multimedia
presentation, luxury amenity space entertainment,
cardio theater, screening rooms, home theater,
lighting, shade, and automation control solutions;
additionally, we offer maintenance and service.
We operate in three specific channels: feebased consulting and engineering, project sales
and implementation, and Client Care service,
monitoring and maintenance to business and
affluent residential channels. Our company was
founded in 1987 and has a strong management
team in all operating areas of our business.
© 2011 Electronics Design Group
60 Ethel Road STE 5
Piscataway, NJ 08854
732.650.9800
www.EDGonline.com
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© 2011 Electronics Design Group, Inc.
www.EDGonline.com
732.650.9800