Pro-Install

There are professional installs that bring high-end hardware to dedicated, cavernous cinema rooms, and there are also slick, affordable makeovers of regular living spaces, like this ultra-smart project from UK systems integrator Pure Theatre.

To reimagine a standard-sized living room as a bigscreen theatre with 7.1.4 audio, while retaining the look and feel of a multi-use space, the installer added a 'tray ceiling' that was then used to house four in-ceiling Monitor Audio speakers, plus an Epson EH-TW9400 projector and 104in, 16:9-ratio screen.

Via Amazon Alexa voice control (also used to operate the room's Philips Hue lighting) the beamer descends on a motorised lift when needed, and the screen comes down too.

Four more Monitor Audio speakers are mounted in-wall for rear and surround channels, while the L/C/R units are cleverly incorporated into a low-slung custom-made AV cabinet. This also stores an 11-channel Denon AV receiver, plus sources befitting a forward-thinking family entertainment space: Sky Q, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and an Xbox games console.

Black blanking panels around the AV gear complete a neat installation, just one element of the project that meets the brief of a 'concealed home cinema setup.'

Installer Info

Pure Theatre
www.puretheatre.com

Kit list

Epson: EH-TW9400 4K projector
Pure Theatre: CR240 ceiling-recessed 104in projector screen; CR50 projector lift; custom AV rack unit
Monitor Audio: 7 x W380-IDC in-wall speakers (L/C/R and surround/rear); 4 x C380-IDC in-ceiling speakers (height); 1 x Radius 380 subwoofer
Denon: AVC-X6500H 11-channel AV receiver
Sky: Sky Q
Apple: Apple TV
Microsoft: Xbox One X br /> Amazon: Fire TV 4K
Philips: Hue Lighting