Florida Integrator Converts Bank Vault into Home Theater Showroom Boca Theater and Automation and CDGi convert old 8,600-square-foot Wells Fargo Bank into new Technology Experience Center showroom, complete with an acoustical masterpiece ‘Vault Theater’ with 36 speakers inside 18-inch concrete walls and facial recognition entry. By Jason Knott, November 23, 2015 Boca Theater and Automation […]
By Lisa Montgomery, March 26, 2013 The well-stocked bookshelves might fool you into thinking this is a room where quiet reading and contemplation takes place. It does, but there’s much more to this newly constructed space than meets the eye. Hidden behind wooden cabinetry at the front is a independently air conditioned area teeming with […]
By Lisa Montgomery, March 20, 2013 When designing a home theater, often the surrounding decorative elements are just as important as the electronic gear.In this 19-by-24-foot space, the owners lined the walls with specialty fabric paneling to evoke two unique environments. Printed on one side of the room’s six panels are images of the Chicago […]
By Jason Knott, October 15, 2012 It’s not the White House, but it might be better.Boca Theater & Automation recently completed a massive fully integrated installation at a 12,000-square-foot “White House” (you will see why it has that name when you check out the photo gallery). The job, which was a finalist in the Lutron […]
By CE Pro Editors, March 28, 2012 Buying group Azione Unlimited has added Cinema Design Group International (CDGi) and Seura as vendor members. CDGi designs, manufactures and installs luxury home theaters. CDGi markets its interiors through established audio-visual retailers and custom home integrators. “We are excited to be members of the new group and want […]
By Jason Knott, July 29, 2010 With all the hoopla out there about 3D and its ability to immerse viewers in the movie or game, it will be challenging for integrators to properly demo it. In the case of 3D and other immersive technologies, an “in-your-face” demo it is not necessarily wise. For example, I […]
By Richard Frank, March 11, 2010 While custom-built home entertainment products have been around for decades, the custom installation industry helped sprout the build-to-order (BTO) business model for certain manufacturers. For integrators, the ability to spec one-off products offers: Extreme flexibility when designing a system Greater customer satisfaction by giving them exactly what they want […]
By Tom LeBlanc, February 26, 2010 A really good sounding, acoustically-treated home theater with first-rate seating costs over $100,000. That’s the popular perception anyway, according to Cinema Design Group International(CDGi), which hopes to change that with its Indi Line of Theater Designs and Seating. CDGi says the line allows dealers to offer a complete home […]
