T h i s i s H o m e C i n e m a !

Experience the magic of immersionToday’s ultra-high resolution home entertainment is designed to offer life-like audio and

video accuracy, but it will never look or sound that way if you’re watching on a TV - even a

large one - because what’s really missing is life-like scale. It’s the dimension that brings all

your films, games and channels alive; without it, home entertainment can deliver only a

fraction of its potential.

To enjoy what’s really there, think big. Combine the potency of high definition audio with

the latest 4K pictures on a screen that fills your field of view and immediately you’re part of

the action. This is the uniquely immersive quality of home cinema. Expertly designed

specifically for your home and family, your home cinema will transform everything you

watch into a magical ‘being there’ experience. It’s like turning on a TV, but more absorbing

than you can imagine. When you’re living with real cinema, every night is movie night…

What is home cinema?Think of your new home cinema as an enduring high quality audio and video installation, not the

lightweight speakers you’ll find bundled with a TV screen. Using proven pro-cinema technologies

home cinema transports the excitement of the big screen experience to your home. More than

that, expert installers will work with you to customise the system according to your taste, budget

and environment. In this way the performance of home cinema is more powerfully focussed than

any commercial installation, as unique and personal as your home itself.

The definitive home cinema experience involves a big specialised projection screen and projector,

together with a multi-channel surround sound system, which supplies an enveloping sound stage

from at least five speakers (with subwoofer support) positioned around the room. Your custom

installer may also recommend acoustic treatments to heighten and contain the surround effect,

as well as the comfort of home cinema seating to complete the magical chemistry of home

cinema immersion.

The project can be as wide as your ambition, but the versatility of custom installation means that

you can enjoy immersive room-filling pictures and sound without filling the room with gear. In

living areas such as media room extensions and sitting rooms, a motorised cinema screen and

projector can be specified, together with near-invisible in-wall/ceiling speakers. Even in dedicated

cinema rooms, the most discreet, décor-friendly installation is a luxury custom option.

HDR

Billed as the next big leap in technology beyond 4K, HDR gives the image

more contrast between its lightest and darkest areas, so you see more life-like

detail and texture. The HDR pictures on smartphones will give you some idea

of the effect, but this is produced from combing multiple images rather than

cinema HDR, which is generated using enhanced camera technology.

4K UHD

Immersive picturesNo doubt you’ve heard of 4K resolution. Today’s buzz-word for ultimate picture quality refers to a horizontal resolution of approximately

4,000 pixels. There are two main 4K resolution standards. The DCI 4K standard with a resolution of 4096 × 2160 pixels is used in the video

production industry, while at 3840 x 2160 pixels and four times the resolution of Full HD (1080p), the 4K UHD standard is predominantly

applied to residential display devices such as projectors and TVs. So that you experience the glorious colour and clarity of 4K UHD, your

installer will be recommending the latest 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player, and upgrades to your media box to show 4K UHD content from the

likes of Sky, Netflix and Amazon. Your installer will also ensure that your projector supports 4K UHD and the newest HDMI 2.0 standard,

which offers High Dynamic Range (HDR) capabilities.

1080p

Panamorph Ultrawide lenses fitted to your projector will restore the glory of the original movie on an Ultrawide screen.

Black bars when movies are displayed on a 16:9 screen. Ultrawide on an Ultrawide screen when using an Ultrawide lens.

Ultrawide lenses and screens

The original Ultrawide (2.35:1 or 2.4:1) aspect ratio of at least 70% of all new film releases is much wider

than the standard 16:9 (1.78:1) ratio of 4K/UHDTV and HDTV standards. This means that in order to view

Ultrawide on a 16:9 screen it must be ‘letterboxed’ by two black bars - effectively you’re getting only 3K

performance from a 16:9 4K UHD display. Today every leading projector model can be converted to full cinema

Ultrawide using an Ultrawide lens, which reveals all the authentic colours, tones, detail and drama of the

production picture and maximises light output and definition from the projector. In addition to the obvious performance

advantages, a further benefit of the upgrade from 16:9 to Ultrawide is the enormous practicality of being able to install a wider

screen within the height dimension of a UK room: a 16:9 screen with the same width would be through the ceiling!

The choice of video projection screen is as important as the projector itself. Every screen available has a "gain" factor, which is a

measure of how much light it reflects. A general rule is that brighter environments such as media rooms will need a higher gain

screen; dedicated cinema rooms a lower gain screen. Micro perforated ‘acoustically transparent’ screens allow the positioning of

front speakers behind the screen for the ultimate ‘pro-cinema at home’ look. Your installer will recommend the ideal screen for

your home cinema environment.

HDRSDR

High Dynamic Range

JVC ’s new DLA-Z1 4K laser projector will light up the widest screens with HDR for unmatched realism in picture quality.

ULTRA HD

Master Audio

TM

Glass room boundaries? No problem: angled drivers in the versatile Sonance SUR1S in-ceiling speaker will bounce surround sound towards the listener.

In-wall speakers hidden behind an acoustically transparent screen for the ultimate in discreet cinema design.

Using in-wall speakers the same 7.1.4 system disappears in the room to create a luxury clutter-free look.

FrontCentre

Subwoofer

FrontLeft

FrontRight

SurroundRight

SurroundLeft

SurroundRear Right

SurroundRear Left

HeightSpeakers

As you can see there are as many

options for sound as there are room shapes

and sizes, but in every environment the sensation

of enveloping audio dynamics is as intrinsic to the

home cinema experience as spectacular image scale and

definition. Your installer will suggest the best audio system for

your room, including a suitably equipped A/V receiver or a

processor/amp combination. And don’t worry about a space full of boxes: the

most advanced in-wall and ceiling speakers can be flush-mounted into room

boundaries for a beautifully discreet result.

FrontCentre

Subwoofer

FrontLeft

FrontRight

SurroundRight

SurroundLeft

SurroundRear Right

SurroundRear Left

HeightSpeakers

Immersive soundJust like the sound systems built into

commercial cinemas, a home cinema audio

sys te m c o m p r i s e s t h re e s p e a ke rs

positioned around or behind the screen and

carrying left, centre and right channel sound

according to the original multi-channel film

mix. These are joined by two surround

speakers providing the surround sound for an

enveloping sound effect, and a subwoofer which

handles the bass or Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel.

This is the 5.1 configuration (five full range channels and a single

bass channel) of sound formats such as Dolby Digital and DTS. Later

versions of these formats - Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio – split the

surround sound into four separate channels, adding side speakers in the process

to create a 7.1 configuration.

Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio are also designed to carry Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, the very latest surround sound

formats, which add overhead sound for the most realistic surround effect. These new formats are created using an “object-

based” technique which allows the studio engineer to place individual effects anywhere in the sound field. Dolby Atmos

requires at least one pair of height speakers (either in-ceiling, or upward-firing Atmos-enabled speakers) for a 7.1.2 channel

set-up, but the format can be extended to include, for instance, a further pair of height speakers for a 7.1.4 channel

configuration. DTS:X on the other hand works with a regular surround sound speaker system and has no specific demand for

dedicated height channels.

A typical Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 system involving in-room front, side, surround and in-ceiling height speakers.

The modular format of the Palladio Firenze range gives you the freedom to specify the perfect bespoke seating design for your room.

Immersive comfort and designThe seating element of every system is where the sensation of home cinema really begins!

Most ranges have a modular format which allows your installer to specify a straight, curved

or tiered arrangement with the style and finish that meets your needs exactly.

And because every home is unique, so is the cinema within it. The design of your bespoke

cinema room is an art form in itself, balancing aesthetics, high performance and environment in a

precision-tuned unity that offers so much more than the sum of its parts. When you’ve made your

choices, the installer will do the physics, calculating the precise location of the loudspeakers, screen and

other elements according to industry standards so that every seat becomes the focus for a compelling chemistry of

audio and video realism, raised to a life-like dimension by the magical experience of genuine home cinema. Far exceeding the largest

TVs in the power to entertain, the immersive scale of home cinema will ensure you’re not just watching the story, you’re taking part…

Home cinema design starts with the space: not the final frontier but the first. Its

bespoke nature means that room geometry in all its infinite variety can be

mapped perfectly by the system design. Here are four examples, rising in scale

from media room to large cinema, complete with a guideline budget for the

recommended equipment involved.

Immersive media roomProjector: JVC DLA-X5000 4K

Speakers: 1 x Sonance B1 Bundle

AV Receiver: Yamaha RX-A860

Screen: Projecta 220 Tab Tensioned

Subwoofers: 1 x Sonance SUB10-150

AV Receiver: Yamaha RX-A1060

Seating: Palladio 6 seats (1 x love seat, 4 x single seat)

Immersive garage conversionProjector: JVC DLA-X5000 4K

Screen: Projecta 280 Tab Tensioned

Front Speakers: 3 x Sonance LCR1

Surround Speakers: 2 x Sonance SUR1

System (excl. design & installation): £10,000 approx (inc. VAT) System (excl. design & installation): £20,000 approx (inc. VAT)

Immersive large cinema roomProjector: JVC DLA-Z1 4K Laser

Ultrawide Lens: Panamorph Paladin XM1

Screen: Projecta 2.35:1 ratio, 4.5m (Cscope) Fixed Frame Acoustically Transparent Multimask

Immersive small cinema roomProjector: JVC DLA-X7000 4K

Ultrawide Lens: Panamorph Phoenix Pro with 4K Support + XM1 Bracket

Screen: Projecta 3m Acoustically Transparent Fixed Frame Screen 2.35:1 ratio (CSCope)

System (excl. design & installation): £30,000 approx (inc. VAT)

Front Speakers: 3 x Sonance LCR2

Surround Speakers: 4 x Sonance SUR2

Subwoofers: 2 x SUB10-150 10"2 x Sonance SUB12-250 12"

Height Speakers: 4 x Sonance SUR.1S

Pre Amplifier: 1 x Yamaha CX-A5100

Power Amplifier: 1 x Yamaha MX-A5100

Seating: Salamader 10 seat Oliver (1 x sofa row, 2 x love seat)

Front Speakers: 3 x Sonance LCR1

Surround Speakers: 2 x Sonance SUR1

Height Speakers: 4 x Sonance SUR.5S

Subwoofers: 2 x Sonance SUB10-150

AV Receiver: Yamaha RX-A3060

Seating: Palladio 6 seats (1 x love seat, 4 x single seat)

System (excl. design & installation): £100,000 approx (inc. VAT)