12 Amazing Media Rooms
By Steve Crowe
The media room entries for CEDIA's Electronic Lifestyles Designer Awards.

We've already shown you CEDIA's favorite home theaters, now it's time to move into media rooms.

CEDIA has 12 entries in the media room category for its Electronic Lifestyles Designer Awards. For this competition, CEDIA defines a media room as "a multi-purpose area of the home with a 32" diagonal or larger display system and a 5.1 or higher surround sound system."

Each entry is reviewed and judged over a three-month period based on specific criteria put forth by two qualified panels judging on the technical aspect of the project and the design/aesthetics of the project.

The technical panel is made up of five CEDIA residential electronic systems contractor members. The design panel is made up of members from the American Institute of Architects and the American Society of Interior Designers.



Basement Party
This project features a 110” motorized movie screen which tucks neatly inside the ceiling soffit. The projector is mounted at the rear of the space, inside the soffit. In-wall speakers and subwoofers make this media room a very stealth installation.

Daily Viewing
Young empty-nesters were looking for a daily use system that would also deliver a fantastic music and movie experience for themselves and their visiting family. They wanted the display to be viewable in the daytime with the ambient window lighting.

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