Room For Improvement: Home theater

Take a look at this South Shore family room. You might not even realize there's a TV in here.

Eileen, homeowner
"It was in a cabinet and on a shelf with the components underneath."

That's all about to change.

Here comes Bill Gerber of Advanced Communication Technologies to help our homeowner, Eileen, pick the best home theater, complete with surround sound.

Bill Gerber, Advanced Communication Technologies
"Well, a family room like this is great for both movies and regular TV, because it's right off of the kitchen area and the dining area."

Bill says before you start a project like this, make sure you know what you're looking for.

Bill Gerber, Advanced Communication Technologies
"Do you want a surround sound? Are you gonna watch this for movies? Are you just watching this for regular TV? Are you gonna use it to listen to music? Because each one of these has a different approach."

First, holes are cut for the speakers.

Wires are run through the walls and the basement, so you can't see them.

Bill Gerber, Advanced Communication Technologies
"There are five speakers -- the front left, center, right and the rear left and rear right speakers and the one is the subwoofer, which creates all the boom."

Want to hide the speakers? Well, these are painted to blend into the wall.

Here comes the star of this room. Check it out. A 52-inch LCD TV is placed in a new media armoire. And there's room for the cable box, DVD player and a new receiver right there on the shelves.

Will this new home theater wow our homeowner?

Eileen, homeowner
"Look Brianne. Isn't that awesome? That's huge. Sounds awesome."

Putting in a home theater system is not easy. In fact, even for the experts, set up can take a few days. And it is not cheap. This system, with the new media armoire, costs a little under $15,000.

But the homeowners say grab some popcorn, pop in a movie and you will see and hear it's well worth it.

HOME TECHNOLOGY COMPANY:
Advanced Communication Technologies LLC
34 Whiting St.
Hingham, MA 02043
781-741-5959

ACCESSORIES & SUPPLIES:
Samsung LNS5296 52" 1080P HD LCD Display - $4,299.00
Yamaha DVDS657 DVD Player - $179.99
SpeakerCraft Aim7 MT Two In Wall Speaker (3) - $600.00
SpeakerCraft Aim7 Two In Ceiling Speaker (2) - $400.00
NAD T754 AV Reciever -$999.00
URC MX900 Universal Remote Control - $399.95
URC MRF 250 RF Base with remote Antenna - $99.95
Panamax M8C Surge Protector with Power Conditioning -$129.95
Sunfire True Subwooofer SuperJunior - $995.00
Panamax Max 2 Sub - $49.95
IXOS 14/2 Oxygen free copper speaker wire - $144.00
IXOS Quad Shield RG6 Coax Cable - $33.00
Belden RCA Connectors for Mini High Res - $45.00
IXOS Interconnect Cable Bundle - $300.00
Misc. Consumables (face plates, hardware, romex, etc.) - $75.00
Hooker Furniture Media Armoire

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