Austin home owners look for home theater systems that will make staying home to watch a movie more enjoyable than going out. Many turn to high-end stores in the hopes that state of the art equipment alone will produce this experience. Getting this equipment to work, however, calls for more than superior design and electronics know-how. It requires an understanding of home architecture and room acoustics, and how these environmental factors play a pivotal role in shaping the sound qualities of the system.
ILD offers the eclectic Austinite more than simple equipment sales. Our audio video services process, partnerships with major US manufacturers, and customized installation services are the things that differentiate us as a one-source sales and service vendor in home theater, home lighting and system control, and home automation technologies.
We begin our process with an on site meeting in the client’s home. There, we examine home’s interior architecture to determine which room in the house offers the best possible location for a home theater system. Most custom homes in Austin range from 10,000 square feet to 25,000 square feet. Each room in such a large house is highly unique and has its own specific acoustical qualities that must be thoroughly understood first. A simple knowledge of home wiring and electronics is not sufficient to pinpoint these dynamics. This is why so many third party installers of home theaters, though highly skilled as electricians, often fail to tune a home theater to its maximum yield potential.
It is not a matter of skill or intelligence; it is simply a matter of separate disciplines. Acoustics is a function of architecture, not electronics, and only a design like ours that has partnered with major custom home builders throughout Texas normally possesses these skills. If Illuminations Lighting Design cannot assess the acoustics through analysis of interior home structure, we will even go so far as to meet with the architect or builder to gather this data. There is no cost for this additional consultation, either.
Once we have located the room and analyzed its acoustics, we then choose the appropriate of projector, screen, audio processor, video processor, amplifier, and speakers for the new home theater system integration. While these components are standard to almost all home entertainment systems and available at a number of retail stores throughout Austin, our components come directly from the manufacturers and are rated at the highest level of specification grade quality. Our expertise in home wiring then allows us to install the equipment ourselves without having to subcontract third party entities. We can even integrate a home theater system into the home’s lighting control system, or go one step further and install it as one of many subsystems on a home automation network.
This level of integration and ultra-modern convenience results in a much better sound quality than retail equipment or even public cinemas normally provide. If you are going to a substantial investment in a home theater, why not do it with a team of specialists who can customize every aspect of the system to your residence and personal lifestyle, and who can also personalize it with controls and automation options that make it intuitive and user friendly for everything from family gatherings to formal parties and special occasions?
Illuminations Lighting Design is a full service design build firm specializing in residential and commercial indoor lighting and outdoor lighting, electrical service and maintenance as well as home automation, home theaters, emergency generators, surge protection systems, phone systems and lighting control systems.
We are located in Houston Texas but provide lighting and design services in Austin TX, El Paso Texas, San Antonio TX, College Station Texas, Beaumont TX, Dallas Texas, Midland Tx and points beyond.
Here is our contact information and we welcome your call:
Illuminations Lighting Design
607 Durham Drive
Houston, Texas 77007-5316
(713) 863-1133 Main Line
(800) 863-1184 Toll Free
(713) 863-0044 FaxLabels: Austin Home Theater Installation, Austin Lighting Control Systems, Home Automation Specialists, Home Theater Design
Truly effective Texas electrical service requires much more than simple wiring and electricity. Today’s houses and buildings are so much more sophisticated than they were in the past; featuring more elaborate floor plans, more space consolidation, automated wiring and more custom interior architecture.
When you find yourself facing a basic or minor electrical problem, more than likely you would want to work with a local company in your area. It is usually more cost effective to go with someone within your own community who can be there on the same day or the day after, and who can show you a great deal of personal attention.
However, more extensive and complex services like whole house surge suppression, power backup, new home wiring and electrical emergency generator installation, often demand that small, local Texas electrical service companies call upon Houston-based Illuminations Lighting and Design to add their expertise, personnel, and training in a team work capacity to deliver a comprehensive solution to the eclectic Texas homeowner.
More advanced electrical service work that may not be available in your area can be obtained for larger projects by contacting ILD directly. The following represents just a few of the major project services we offer to large estates and custom homes throughout the Houston area and Texas Hill Country.
Electrical Home Remodeling
Surge Suppressors, Backup Power, and Electrical Generators
Your electrical service could be interrupted by any number of causes, chief among which are severe weather conditions unique to both Central Texas and the Texas Gulf Coast Region.
All along the Texas Coast, Houston, Beaumont, Galveston County are hit every year by tropical storms. At other times, we are hit by full force hurricanes. Residents of Austin, Texas, San Antonio, Brenham, TX, La Grange, Columbus, and Bastrop, Texas at times get struck by violent thunderstorms and hail, and many times face the threat of tornadoes.
Every house in Texas should be protected by multiple ground fault circuit interrupters (GFCI).
A GFCI is a vital safety component that protects children and pets in much the same way that a circuit breaker or fuse protects the circuit panel. If the wire becomes frayed or gets wet, this can cause the power to suddenly spike. When a spike occurs, the GFCI immediately senses the upsurge and shuts down the circuit, thus minimizing the treat of electrocution.
Any time the power goes out completely in a neighborhood or small town in Texas, electrical service may not be immediately available due to inclement weather. In such an instance, having a commercial grade, dependable generator for emergency power can keep you in touch with the world and maintain the basic power requirements of your home until the power is restored.
Custom homeowners in Texas should strongly consider contacting a specialty electrical service firm like ILD to install a whole house surge suppression system. This will safeguard their investment in their home lighting systems and controls. Extremely remote locations often experience spikes in electrical service that can blow out circuits and electronic equipment in the home.
Again, this service proves to be of immense benefits to both Gulf Coast clients and Hill Country Clients alike. Everything from hurricanes and tropical storms to tornadoes and thunderstorms with hail can strike down power lines and send surges of high voltage straight into homes. By protecting your house with surge suppression, you can weather the storm without having to replace entire systems when the rains clear.
Advanced Electrical Services: Custom Home Wiring, Lighting Control, and Home Automation
Even the best Texas electrical service professionals often require training in skill sets beyond the boundaries of standard electrical work. Today’s home theater systems, whole house audio systems, and advanced home security controls require advanced knowledge of computers, security controls, lighting control software, and home theater components that can only be gained through cross training and partnerships with specialists who are familiar with these disciplines.
This is where Illuminations Lighting outshines its competition in advanced electrical services to Texas homeowners with eclectic tastes and highly customized home architecture. Our electric service professionals cross train and partner with our lighting control and home automation services, combining two divisions into one solid team when exceptional delivery power is required in the field.
Regardless of whether you need a new home theater, a Vantage control software upgrade, Lutron wallbox dimmers, or a Radio RA wireless lighting control system, you can depend Texas electrical service technicians and lighting design experts to lay the strongest possible foundation of service and functionality for any home networking, entertainment, or command control objectives your preference and lifestyle requires.
Illuminations Lighting and Design is a full-service vendor of Texas electrical service work, commercial and home lighting design, fine art lighting and lighting control and automation systems. Most of our electrical service work is concentrated in the area between Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. Occasionally we go as far north as Dallas and Fort Worth for major projects, and we work nationwide as a lighting design and electrical service contractor for high-end lighting projects at resorts, hotels, country clubs, and exclusive restaurants.
Call us today for a free consultation at 1-800-863-1184. Consultants are standing by to assist your with any custom project in Texas.Labels: Austin Texas Lighting, Fine art lighting, Home Automation Specialists, Home Theater Design, Professional Landscape Lighting, Texas Electrical Contractors
Electronic House Magazine features Illuminations Lighting Design home theater in December 2007 issue. The article titled "Playroom Transformed into Home Theater" describes how a simple kid's playroom was converted into a high tech home media room. This home theater system installed by Illuminations Lighting combines the highest professional grade equipment with a custom configuration built according to the specific dynamics of an individual home. While less expensive retail equipment offers a tempting do-it-yourself savings, a home theater from Illuminations Lighting Design represents one domain that requires maximum investment for full enjoyment and satisfaction.
Playroom Transformed into Home Theater
From stuffed animals to subwoofers, with children grown, this family updates a forgotten playroom into a well-used home theater.
This bonus room functioned admirably for many years as a child’s playroom. Stuffed with games, toys and a 24-inch analog TV, it had everything a kid could want. But that was then. Now that the owners’ kids are 10 and 15, the family craves a space that’s more grown up. Illuminations Lighting Design of Houston, TX, had just the thing. The home theater design and home automation installers would convert this outdated 20' x 24' extra room into an age-appropriate home theater and gaming mecca. The bookcase was reconfigured slightly to make room for an 84-inch-wide Stewart Filmscreen screen, three Vienna Acoustics Grand Series Haydn bookshelf speakers (the two rear surround speakers were placed on stands near the back of the room), and two REL R-Series sub woofers. Also tucked inside were a high-def cable box, Marantz 5.1 surround-sound receiver and DVD player, Sony VCR, APC H-Series power conditioner with surge suppression and battery backup, and PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 gaming consoles. Phantom LED light strips were installed as showcase lighting and to provide a home theater lighting source when watching movies or relaxing in the room.
A specially programmed Universal Remote Control MX350 handheld controller lets the family switch between movies and games with the touch of one button. No matter what digital media the family chooses to watch, the ceiling-mounted Runco CL-420 video projector is up for the challenge. During daytime viewing, the machine receives a helping hand from motorized Lutron blackout shades that lower over the windows on command from the MX350.
For clientele who have an ardent interest in stereo or high fidelity sound reproduction the decision to invest wisely in a media system design are never disappointed when they turn to ILD to make their dreams for a home theater system become a tangible, personalized reality tailor-made for their home and individual lifestyle.
Need help planning a home theater?
Contact us to learn more about our home automation services or by calling 800-863-1184. See what your home can do that no other home—or even public cinema—can even come close to doing when you hire a professional audio/video consultant.
Labels: Home Theater Design, Home Theater Experience, Houston Home Theaters, Lighting and Home Automation
Until recently, public cinema held second place only to concert halls in acoustical depth and variety. Because a cinema’s acoustical media is designed with speakers positioned both above and around the audience, (as well as underneath and on each side of the screen) different sounds emanate from different points in the room. Dialogue flows from the speakers in front of the screen to mimic real life speech. Sounds emanating from the surrounding set come from speakers positioned along walls and ceilings, creating the illusion that audience members are actually within the movie along side of the characters. This is extremely difficult-- if not impossible-- to duplicate with retail equipment and homemade media designs. Effective home theater acoustics require advanced, formal training in architectural theory and the acoustical qualities of specific construction materials. Only through a licensed distributor such as ILD can a homeowner acquire both the level of technical sophistication and the media design skills required to create a truly authentic, life-like surround sound experience.
High-end media design requires equal levels of interdisciplinary skills to truly rival the large screen and advanced color-rendering capabilities of a movie theater screen. No home theater screen equates in physical dimensions to the wall-sized screens in movie houses. As such, even the most sophisticated media design using the most advanced equipment has to compensate for this obvious difference in size with an illusion of vastness and a color rendering index that in many cases has to surpass theater screens to achieve the same optical effect. It takes a designer’s eye for proportion and perspective to know where in the room to position the screen so that the video itself appears to fill an entire wall even though the screen itself may not physically do so. It takes a technical expert in many discipline-- natural lighting, viewing angles, photo metrics, interior lighting and decorating, and advanced media design-- to know which type of projector and screen will work best with a particular home theater system.
As premier consultants serving all of greater Texas and specializing in high-end clientele throughout Houston, the media design services at Illuminations Lighting blend a sophisticated interdisciplinary skill set into a customized, highly individualized home theater experience. Media design entails much more than choosing equipment and self-installing that equipment in a room large enough to entertain family and friends. True media design consists of architectural and acoustical analytics, systematic analysis of natural and indoor lighting levels, and superior interior design skills that maintain aesthetic balance while delivering optimum technical performance. Throughout Houston’s premier neighborhoods, homeowners enjoy professional-grade equipment available only through specialty dealers such as ILD networked into sophisticated home automation controls that make wish command at the push of a button.
Click here to read more about this exciting blend of science, and art in this and many other related articles on our site.
For a personal consultation with our Director of Home Automation and Theater, call 713-863-1133 and ask to speak with our home automation department to schedule a free appointment.
Labels: Audio Video Consultants, Home Theater Design, low voltage lighting systems, Media Design Company
Illuminations Lighting Design home theater designs offer the astute consumer a truly superior cinematic experience. Home theater designs must reflect, balance, and work in complete harmony with its immediate environment and end-user commands. Audio and video are both directly affected by architectural acoustics, interior lighting, and natural light encroaching into the home, so truly exceptional home theater designs must consist of multiple design layers where key components are balanced and networked together to provide a harmonious audiovisual unity that works in tandem with homeowner controls and automation and lighting programs. Lighting also plays a critical role in home theater design, requiring a tricky balance at all times between functional illumination for comfort and safety and dimmer, specialty light for film viewing and appropriate special effects. Automated, home theater seats are the latest innovation in home theater design, adding physical movement to motion pictures and making home theater a truly moving experience that movie houses still do not offer to this day.
Every home theater design we produce is custom-developed through a series of consultations we conduct at your residence. We use advanced CAD software to designate control locations and wiring designs for automated controls and subsystems, and we build visual models of layered lighting and acoustical affects. The resulting 3-D visual schematic of our proposed home theater design allows you to clearly visualize the outcome and to play an interactive role in the design process. Upon approval of the proposal, our team then conducts a series of highly detailed, systematic tests on room acoustics and lighting levels. We use this data to then select the very best audiovisual equipment for your particular home theater design.
Our certification and extensive experience in electrical design and home automation makes it possible to design a home theater in virtually any size room or custom floor plan, provided the environment offers exceptional acoustic potential. We partner with top architectural firms to learn the nuances of their industry, and then we apply that to your custom project. We analyze acoustical qualities of wood, stone, interior brick, and other composite materials that will function as the physical housing of the new home theater. Systematic analysis of ceiling height and corner angles enable us to precisely anticipate the optimal audio frequency that will deliver the maximum quality of sound in that particular room. This data in turn helps us determine the size, number, manufacture, and placement of forward and surround sound speakers and audio distribution systems.
As distributors of every major television and sound system manufacturer in the world, we have an available inventory that is actually larger than that of any home theater store, and we choose that equipment after we develop the superior acoustics and lighting effects so there is never a conflict between theory and form. It is so much better to hire ILD for your home theater design than to spend gas and travel time going to a home theater store. We not only build the system just for you, but we build it with manufacturer grade lights and theater that only that only authorized distributors such as ILD can legally resell.
As home theater design becomes increasingly popular and sophisticated, more people are calling ILD to give an experience beyond retail that makes staying at home more fun that going to the movies ever was. Why not become a part of that growing group of satisfied clientele?
Call 713-863-1133 today for a free consultation, and line up friends and family at home for a whole new kind of movie adventure.
Labels: Home Theater Design, Home Theater Experience, Houston Home Theaters, Lighting and Home Automation
The main drawback of self-installed home theater systems is the inability of retail grade components to exactly match acoustics with the size and configuration of a room’s interior architecture. Retail components of home theater systems are engineered for mass production and sale, and consequently manufacturers use less expensive materials in building these components. While self-installations can sometimes produce a close equivalent to public theater, sound produced by retail components will never completely eliminate muffling, reverb, and acoustical dead spots that only professionally fine-tuned, manufacturer grade components can accomplish. However, when a multi-specialty distributor such as Illuminations Lighting builds a home theater system with any number and combination of literally thousands of possible professional grade components, it becomes not only possible to equal public entertainment, but to surpass it altogether.
Representing companies such as Sony, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Runco, Sharp, Boston Acoustics, Vienna, and Triad, ILD also provides superior sound, video, and audio distribution equipment for home theater systems. We can select any size and configuration of speaker, front or rear end projector, flat panel television, and surround sound distribution system and literally build a home theater system into the existing floor plan, physical size, interior design, and specific location and architecture of the room. We even install special home theater seats that move with the action of the movie---something public cinema has yet to do.
Because of their extensive cross training in architecture and interior design, ILD engineers can actually assist a homeowner choose the ideal location to set up the home theater system. Such factors as ceiling height, wall and ceiling material build, and even the angles and positions of corners and large decorations play a major role in how sound travels and reflects in a room. Lighting represents another critical factor that requires a trained, professional eye to design. Few rooms in modern homes are windowless, so limiting natural light and creating special lighting effects require not only commercial grade lighting equipment, but also lighting automation programming that is only available through a team trained in home automation technology. We program hundreds of lighting combinations, colored lighting effects, and dimmable lighting options into your system and bring them directly under your control at the touch of a button.
Clients who make the wise decision to invest in high expectations are never disappointed when they turn to ILD to make their dreams for a home theater system become a tangible, personalized reality. Why not become one of these satisfied clients day by calling 713-863-1133 . See what your home can do that no other home—or even public cinema—can even come close to doing. Labels: Home Theater Design, Home Theater Experience, Houston Home Theaters, Lighting and Home Automation
Home theater design consists of much more than high-powered televisions and surround sound speakers. To be truly competitive with public movie houses, and to offer the eclectic homeowner a truly superior cinematic encounter, home theater design must reflect, balance, and work in complete harmony with its immediate environment and end-user commands. As sound and video are both directly affected by architectural acoustics, interior lighting, and natural light encroaching into the home, exceptional home theater design actually consists of multiple design layers where key components are balanced and networked together to provide a harmonious audiovisual unity that works in tandem with homeowner controls and automation and lighting programs. This requires both a multi-specialty skill set and access to literally thousands of audiovisual devices in order to provide a truly custom home theater design specific to the taste and desires of the individual client.
Our team initiates every home theater design project with a systematic and detailed consultation with the client. We develop a soft copy of the system first, using CAD software to represent individual audio/visual components, map out the automation and networking of controls and subsystems, and build visual models of layered lighting and acoustical affects. The resulting 3-D visual schematic of our proposed home theater design allows the client to clearly visualize the outcome and instantly provide us with feedback or request for changes prior to purchasing equipment of accruing labor costs.
Upon client approval of the proposal, our team then conducts a series of highly detailed, systematic tests on room acoustics and lighting levels. We measure window dimensions and corresponding natural light levels in order to determine which methods of natural light control will work best in that particular home theater design. We draw upon years of cross-training and partnership with major building contractors and architectural firms to carefully assess the acoustical qualities of wood, stone, interior brick, and other composite materials that will function as the physical housing of the new home theater. Systematic analysis of ceiling height and corner angles enables us to precisely anticipate the optimal audio frequency that will deliver the maximum quality of sound in that particular room. This data in turn helps us determine the size, number, manufacture, and placement of forward and surround sound speakers and audio distribution systems. Our certification and extensive experience in electrical design and home automation makes it possible to design a home theater in virtually any size room or custom floor plan, provided the environment offers exceptional acoustic potential.
We rely heavily upon client preference for television and projector selection. Often this is simply a matter of taste. Some clients prefer front-end projection screens that fill an entire wall. Others prefer their home theater designed around smaller, flat screen televisions that sit within the wall or an entertainment system. Regardless of build or model ultimately installed, each television and projection system features professional grade components whose picture quality, anticipated lifespan, and level of customization far surpass retail equivalents that may appear, but by no means function, the same.
Lighting also plays a critical role in home theater design, requiring a tight balance between functional light for comfort and safety and dim and speciality light for film viewing and appropriate special effects. Our relationship with over 20 major lighting manufacturers enables our home theater design team to select energy-saving, high-end lighting equipment that delivers the exact level of control and flexibility necessary to customize lighting to movie genre, historical period, audience, and homeowner preference. Our technicians can turn direct control of these lighting levels over to the host, or we can link multiple lighting levels and effects back to a central home automation control unit, using sensors and timers to automatically dim the lights the moment the host hits “play.”
As ever-growing numbers of people return home for entertainment that offers direct participation and personal control, home theater design becomes increasingly popular and sophisticated. ILD leads the way in this new, exciting, and continuously evolving industry. Contact Us at 713-863-1133 and learn how we can design a home theater for you!
Labels: Home Theater Design, Home Theater Lighting, Houston Home Theaters, Lighting and Home Automation
As a Houston based company, Illuminations Lighting and Design services a broad segment of the Houston homeowner community. We routinely encounter extremely large and custom homes and unique architecture throughout the many neighborhoods we service. As such, home automation for Houston clientele has to be a custom science congruent to the diversity of the marketplace. As an unzoned city, the diversity of floor plans we frequently find even in smaller neighborhoods such as the Upper Kirby district requires further innovation in home automation design and installation. As a vendor of cutting edge technology from every major manufacturer, and with a trained staff certified in both residential and electrical contracting, we specialize in a level of home automation consulting, creative solutions, and equipment installation unparalleled in the Houston marketplace and quite possibly any marketplace throughout the Lone Star State.
Spanning a geographic area second only in size to Los Angeles, Houston requires a significant commute to work from almost any location on the city map. As such, Houstonians fight traffic delays and road construction daily both to and from the pressure cooker workplace of the world's energy capital. When they return home, they want stress relief, convenience, and entertainment on demand. The home automation systems we install for these individuals must reflect both downtime and unique personal lifestyle to truly accommodate client needs. Setting the right mood after returning home from an exhausting day in the office requires one-touch control of one's automated home lighting system. With Vantage lighting products, ILD clients can choose between keypads or touch panels and give themselves control of both brightness levels that set mood and lighting scenes that reflect activities, function, decorative themes, and private events.
Many residents of large and custom homes especially like the interactive home automation available through AMX, Vantage and Lutron controls, where a central processor ties together a series of touch pad or key panel controls, giving one the ability to manipulate light in individual rooms or select whole house lighting scenes. Another popular option for Houston homeowners is wireless home automation systems that require no rewiring within the existing architecture. For smaller homes we normally install a Lutron RadioRA system, and for larger or custom homes we utilize the Lutron RF system. Both home automation options utilize a special radio frequency to communicate between controls and devices, and their ability to adapt to existing wiring eliminates damages that can result from cheaper materials and generic installs.
Once the lighting sets the mood, it is time to truly unwind to some music or watch a movie favorite in the comfort and privacy of the home. For family members that want to watch the same movie from the privacy of separate rooms, we can install a home automation system with multiple TV's, DVD players, and media rooms throughout the house. We can then configure the very same home automation system to simultaneously manage musical selections, distributing both control of music sources and volume levels to LCD keypads placed in as many rooms of the house the owner desires. For this level of sophisticated entertainment, we often recommend that the overworked Houston homeowner invest a bit more in quality downtime by upgrading to a custom designed and installed ILD home automation theatre system replete with options ranging from multi-screen output, high definition projectors, shades automatically responsive to movie start times, and theatre screens that cover entire walls and output surround sound quality equivalent to the best movie houses in town.
As Houston continues to grow and its international business community continues to diversify into new industries and marketplaces, increasing numbers of Houstonians will come to value the uniqueness of a home automation system custom built from the ground up by Illuminations Lighting and Design. After fighting the detours, the heat and humidity, and the traffic jams, don't you deserve the best we have to offer? Contact us today at 713-863-1133 and let us assure you that you do.
Labels: Home Lighting Controls, Home Theater Design, Houston Home Theaters, Lighting and Home Automation, Lutron Homeworks Lighting Controls
News Flash -
Home Automation delegation from Illuminations Lighting Design has just returned from Denver Colorado where they attended the annual CEDIA convention. You might be asking yourself, what is CEDIA?
CEDIA is an international trade association of companies that specialize in designing and installing electronic systems for the home. The association was founded in September 1989 and has more than 3,500 member companies worldwide. CEDIA Members are established and insured businesses with bona fide qualifications and experience in this specialized field. CEDIA Members include residential electronic systems contractors who have emerged as the "fourth contractor" in the building and remodeling industries alongside electrical, plumbing, and HVAC professionals. For more information on CEDIA, visit the association's Web site at
http://www.cedia.org/.
CEDIA EXPO 2006 was a huge educational experience for the ILD staff as they met with over 600 exhibitors displaying the latest technologies in
home automation,
lighting controls and
audio video systems. They attended seminars, classes, and private training to learn about technological advances in the home automation industry.
Illuminations Lighting Design is a member in good standing with CEDIA and employees both CEDIA certified installers as well as CEDIA certified system designers.
If you would like more information on the latest and greatest in home automation, contact one of our
friendly sales staff in your area. Visit them online at
http://www.illuminationslighting.com/ or toll free at 800-863-1184.
Labels: Cedia Certified Designers, Energy Saving Lighting Control, Home Theater Design, home theaters, Lighting Controls
Runco's award-winning home theater and home cinema products are now availalble at Illuminations Lighting Design.
As one of
Texas fastest growing custom home theater and home automation companies we are proud to add Runco home theater and home cinema products to our list of
credentials . Runco equipment easily integrates with any decor or lifestyle. If you are looking for the highest quality large screen viewing experience, Runco from Illuminations Lighting Design is the answer!
The Runco CL-610 (pictured above) and CL-610LT offer 1280 x 720 native resolution DLP light engines featuring Runco's powerful SuperOnyx technology for bright, pristine, high definition images. Black levels, brightness and contrast exceed anything previously available in this projector class.
Key features of the Runco CL-610 DLP projector:
1280 x 720 (16:9), high-definition native resolution
Selectable Lamp Intensity Control (SLIC) provides two lamp intensity levels for varied lighting conditions
Internal aspect ratio control with 5 available settings
Creates bold pictures on screens up to 96 inches wide
Since 1986, Runco has been a leader in the large screen projection industry through its commitment to research and development toward cultivating the latest refinements in video display technology.
Runco offers other home theater products such as:
DLP Projectors
Plasma Display Monitors
LCD Display Monitors
Video Processors
Video Signal Enhancers
Product Archive Products
Illuminations is a full service design build firm specializing in residential and commercial indoor lighting and
outdoor lighting installation, service and maintenance as well as
home automation, home theaters and lighting control systems. They are a member of
CEDIA -
Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association. can visit them online at
http://www.illuminationslighting.com/ or give them a call toll free at 800-863-1184 for more information on home theaters or Runco products.
Like Music.... Lighting Sets The Mood!
SuperOnyx, Imagng Science Foundation, Vivix are registered trademarks of Runco International.Labels: Home Theater Design, Home Theater Experience, Home Theater Lighting, home theaters, Houston Theater Deigners
Stewart Film Screen and Lutron team up for seamless integration of retractable projection screens.
Home cinema has never been this elegant or dramatic, because Stewart Filmscreen believes screens should be seen and not heard. In an exclusive collaboration, Stewart Film Screens has joined forces with Lutron Electronics Co. Inc., the world leader in lighting control, to bring to market the very first completely silent retractable projection screen. These home automation products and others are avaialble from Illuminations Lighting Design.
All electric screens descend or ascend from their encasements with some degree of noise-until now. Lutron pioneered the Sivoia QED (Quiet Electronic Drive) technology to reduce the amount of noise associated with motorized window treatments. This technology applied exclusively to Stewart Filmscreen products will allow motorized screens to be operated in complete silence. The Sivoia QED is available on Stewart Filmscreen's notable Luxus Model A Electriscreen and Visionary Screen (right)-making these models the quietest screens on the market. (They can also be used commercial applications, such as in a boardroom or house of worship.)
These projection screens feature:
- Silent OperationStewart Electriscreens with Lutron Sivoia Quiet Electronic Drive are distinguished by their quiet operation.
- Available on Luxus Model A and Visionary Electriscreens, allows Stewart screens to operate in relative silence.
- Operation will not exceed 44dBA measured three feet from the Electronic Drive Unit.
Smooth, Silent Stops and Starts Impressively smooth and silent stops and starts enhance the viewing experience.
- Motor noise is virtually nonexistent. Compatible Integrates with Lutron control systems and many outside systems such as home security or time clocks, without the use of external group controls or relay systems.
- 24 VAC low-voltage power allows Lutron Sivoia QED to be installed by low-voltage contractors.
- Infrared system provides easy, convenient control from anywhere in the room.
- Accurate and Reliable, The Lutron Sivoia QED has a 10-year power failure memory.
- The screen will stop in exact alignment within 1/16" accuracy.
Illuminations Lighting Design is your Texas source for Lutron, Stewart Filmscreen and any home theater product. Our 25 years in the business is testiment to our commitment to home automation and home audio systems.
For more information on home automation please Contact Us at 800-863-1184 or visit us online at www.illuminationslighting.com.
Like music, lighting sets the mood!Labels: Austin Home Theaters, Beaumont Home Theaters, Home Theater Design, Houston Theater Deigners, Lutron Homeworks Lighting Controls
Ever found yourself in a retail store with rows and rows of televisions, showing the same video and each looks better than the other? Well you are not alone. With the mix of new technologies and standard technologies, today's television market is rapidly changing, and can get confusing. It's important, as a consumer purchasing a new television, to understand the differences, pros and cons in the varied offerings.
Basically, there are 4 types of televisions in the market, not to be confused with type of signal (SDTV, EDTV or HDTV).
Tube TV
Tube televisions are the old stand-bys. Also known as direct view, these are the bulky, big, heavy television with the CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) technology, which is a specialized vacuum tube. Newer models can display HDTV video signal. These televisions are less expensive compared to their counterparts and have a very long lifespan.
DLP TV
DLP televisions are based on a technology invented by Texas Instruments back in 1987 called Digital Light Processing. The technology is based on an optical semiconductor called DMD (Digital Micromirror Device) chip. The chip consists of over one million mirrors to process light. They come in either single chip or 3 chip configurations. One-chip DLP systems use a projection lamp to pass white light through a color wheel that sends red-green-blue colors to the DMD chip in a sequential order to create an image on-screen. Only one DMD chip is used to process the primary RGB colors. Three-chip DLP systems use a projection lamp to send white light through a prism, which creates separate red, green, and blue light beams. Each beam is sent to their respective red, green, and blue DMD chip to process the image for display on-screen. One-chip models are said to produce a display of over 16-million colors. Three-chip models can produce a display of over 35-trillion colors.They are not susceptible to burn-ins however; they do require a lamp replacement every 1000 hours to 2000 hours, depending on the manufacturer. DLP do not come in flat panel configuration. The advantages of DLP are cost and picture quality. To see a demo of DLP technology visit the DLP technology website.
LCD TV
LCD stands for Liquid Crystal Display. The Display comes either in flat panel or rear projection configuration. These panels are popular due to their light weight, thin construction, vivid colors and ability to be used as computer monitors. LCD tends to show a ghosting effect if the refresh rate is too slow while others tend to show a screen door effect, which nothing more than a pixilation effect or in other words gaps between mirrors. The best criteria to select and LCD is actually to view it, checking for those to effects before buying. LCD panels are not susceptible to burn-ins.
Plasma TV
PlasmaTV'ss or PDP (Plasma Display Panel) are considered to be top of the line in picture quality and because of this are also considered to be the first choice for high end home electronics. All plasmas come in flat panel configurations, which make them ideal when space is limited or where the aesthetics of the TV body are important. The panels consist of gases which emit colors under different temperatures. It is a common misconception that Plasmas leak gases and can be refilled. Plasmas cannot be refilled. Plasma panels are susceptible to burn-ins.Ann average life span of 6 to 8 years is typical for these panels.
As with any home theater decisions, the best choice is to have a professional guide you through the many options out there. The professional home automation specialists at Illuminations can guide you through the process to ensure that you select the right products for your space, needs, wants, and budget.
For more information about televisions and the Home Theater and HOME AUTOMATION SERVICES at Illuminations call 800-863-1184. One of our CEDIA CERTIFIED DESIGNERS will be glad to answer any questions you have or schedule a time to meet and discuss your home automation and lighting control needs.
Illuminations Lighting Design is a full service design build firm specializing in residential and commercial indoor lighting and outdoor lighting installation, service and maintenance as well as home automation, home theaters and lighting control systems.
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