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 […]
Sci-Fi Home Theater is Portal to Another World A couple of sci-fi fans get the ultimate movie room in a new StarGate Home Theater. Grant Clauser • February 2, 2015 Grant Clauser • February 2, 2015 Grant Clauser • February 2, 2015 When Carey Schafer, vice president of Cinema Design Group of Boca Raton, FL meets […]
A Private Entertainment Palace in Malibu June 27, 2014 by Grant Clauser About four years ago, Kyle Steele, president of Global Wave Integration (GWI), West Hills, Calif., was called to a construction site for a new 7,500-square-foot home. He was shown the concrete block basement where the homeowner wanted a theater installed and was […]
November 12, 2013 by Lisa Montgomery 2013 Homes The owner of this home office has the best of both worlds: Seclusion and privacy when he’s hard at work, and the ability to interact with the rest of the family when he’s not. A huge expanse of glass opens up the office to the rest of […]
Krissy rushing This ornate theater harks back to the Golden Age of cinema, but with a healthy infusion of today’s top technologies.Judging from the pictures on these pages, the average Joe might conclude that this elaborate theater is over the top. But he would be forgetting that the traditional Hollywood movie palaces that inspired […]
By Kim Wilson • Posted: Apr 5, 2013 Life is slower and more relaxed in the Keys, and the homeowner of this theater wanted a space to reflect the region’s comfortable sensibilities, including the vibrant colors prevalent in the area such as teal, blue, amber, and especially purple, which was a departure from the […]
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 […]
March 25, 2013 by Lisa Montgomery The well-stocked bookshelves might fool you into thinking this is a room where quiet reading and contemplation takes place … and it does. But there’s much, much more to this newly constructed space than meets the eye. Hidden behind wooden cabinetry at the front is a independently air conditioned […]
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 […]
March 04, 2013 by Lisa Montgomery When designing a home theater, often the surrounding decorative elements are just as important to the overall experience as the electronic gear. In this 19-by-24-foot space, the owners lined the walls with specialty fabric paneling to evoke two very unique environments. Printed on one side of the room’s six […]
February 11, 2013 by Arlen Schweiger Every movie night in this Florida Keys home theater begins with a blazing sunset—even when it’s raining. That’s because the blazing colors adorning this theater come from the real thing, as seen and captured through the Nikon D80 digital camera lens of the homeowner. When the […]
Project: Private Home Theater – Boca Theater & CDGI One of the most hallowed spaces of any luxury dwelling is the home library; a space that provides reflection, relaxation and personal growth. Of equal caliber, albeit typically a completely different space, is the dedicated theater or media room that can bring fantasy, comedy and horror […]
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 […]
CDGi Announces Indie Line Cinema Design Group International (CDGI) has announced the introduction of its new Indie Line of Theater Designs and Seating. The reason for the products’ development, the company said, is to “provide a complete package that allows our dealers to offer their clients great sounding, great looking home theaters complete with all […]
February 22, 2010 by Arlen Schweiger This is no ordinary looking theater room. And that’s probably because it couldn’t be, based on some of the homeowners’ requests. For one thing, the owners wanted a set of glass doors to let light into the room. Not exactly a theater-friendly decision when you want a dark […]
June 16, 2009 by Steven Castle In “Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith,” Chancellor Palpatine invites Jedi warrior Anakin Skywalker into his impressive office overlooking the capital Galactic City (aka Imperial City). It’s a pivotal moment in the film and the saga, for it is there that Palpatine invites the young Jedi to be […]
By Kim Wilson Photography: Andrew Trask • Posted: May 15, 2009 Sometimes it takes the combined talents of two professional organizations to come up with a striking, one-of-a-kind home theater. Such was the case with this Florida home. Cinema Design Group is a leading designer, manufacturer, and installer of home theater seating, acoustic panels, […]
May 04, 2009 by Steven Castle New York Yankees pitcher A.J. Burnett likes things big and powerful. He has a big contract and powerful cars. So a big and powerful home theater was a no-brainer. A Runco 1080p DLP projector and a superwide 104-inch Stewart Filmscreen CinemaScope display, combined with a 7.2-channel surround-sound system consisting […]
September 16, 2008 by Steven Castle It was inevitable that we’d soon see green home theater furniture. Start with new line of totally green Royal home theater recliners from CDGi (Cinema Design Group International). According to Carey Schafer, vice president of engineering, the wood used in the framing is Baltic birch, there are no formaldehydes, […]
Cinema Design Group Focuses on the Art of Home Theater Cinemascapes™ are high-performance acoustic paneling, available in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, that take the home theater atmosphere to a new level of individuality. Cinemascapes™ are high-performance acoustic paneling, available in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, that take the home theater […]
