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  • "Back to normal" might not include movie theaters

    As the pandemic calms down and we move back into the world, some things about our daily lives are forever changed. More people will probably continue working from home, in one way or another. We might decide we like to cook and entertain more at home. 

    One thing that’s definitely here to stay: the home theater.

    Even if we can go back to the movie theater, a lot of us have found that the comforts and options of high-end home theaters far outweigh standing in line for popcorn and sitting scrunched beside teenagers on their cell phones. At home, we choose what we want to watch, when we want to watch, and how we want to watch. And with the incredible audio video technology available today on the residential market, there’s no need to ever go back to sharing a theater with a hundred other strangers.

    Home theater technology was great before the pandemic. Now, it’s amazing. Especially when the options for your outdoor home theater are as good as the inside.

    Stewart Filmscreen is one of our favorite building blocks for the ultimate home theater. Probably because they offer the exact same quality projection screens for private residences as you would find in the movie theater. Their Director's Choice, VistaScope, CineCurve, Cine-V were designed and created for cinema professionals as they work – and available to you. We can offer our clients the Stewart Filmscreen SnoMatte 100, StudioTek 100, StudioTek 130, and UltraMatte 130, the exact same high-quality fabrics the filmmakers use. We also install the masking systems that can roll your projection screen right up into the ceiling of your home theater.

    For the gamers, Stewart Filmscreen makes it possible to play games in full life size on a 1:1 scale. A 16K+ projection screen makes any game that much more thrilling for the player, and for everyone watching.

    Pro Audio Technology sound takes the audio of your home theater to an unbelievable quality, whether inside or outside. As an industry leader in the design and creation of speakers for many environments, they set the bar for home theaters with their network of devices that can give you a home theater sound experience even better than the movie theater.

    We install a whole home theater sound system that includes front channel audio devices and surround speakers so that the audio travels three-dimensionally in the space, moving with the images on the screen. (Imagine thunder coming from a far corner and traveling through the room.)

    Besides the quality of sound, the design and appearance of the speakers we install is sleek and modern, blending in with your personal high quality aesthetic.

    Lighting is another key feature of a home theater. Lutron offers top of the line lighting solutions, plus window and shading applications, to feature the best of your home theater space at all times of day or night.

    To learn more about how you can have your ultimate dream home theater, call us at Jackson Hole AV. We’d love to discuss the possibilities.