Our customers love home theaters and the convenience and accessibility they bring to family entertainment. We often get asked how someone could make their home theater setup even more engaging and fun. Our answer: we love dramatic lighting elements to enhance the atmosphere in a home cinema.

Should a movie be watched in the dark? According to vision professionals, the answer is no. Watching a film in complete darkness can cause a strain on your eyes. Therefore, having a certain amount of light in your home theater is much better. 

Let's explore lighting options available for your Eden Prairie, Minnesota, home cinema. 

A home theater is a truly special place. It allows movie lovers of all ages to experience movies how they were intended to be seen, with crisp images and booming audio. However, to truly capture the magic of the movies, you’ll need to ensure your home theater setup comprises some of the best technology to create a truly theatrical theater setup. Here are five technologies you should incorporate into your Eden Prairie, MN custom home theater.

The home theater experience is as much about the sound as it is about the picture.  If you’re watching an action flick, you want to almost feel the crash of cars, or want to duck as bullets fly overhead.  Recent movies like “Gravity” feature sound to great effect, like the low bass background rumble from machinery running in the space station.  Older classics like “Saving Private Ryan” display the frightening full fury of war as shells explode and machine guns spray on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day.

Your home theater setup may have a traditional 5.1 surround sound speaker system or a full Dolby Atmos complement with 11 speakers, but one thing is certain: An expertly calibrated system can make even a modest setup sound better than a more expensive one.

How? Read on to learn more about the importance of sound system calibration for your Eden Prairie media room or theater.