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Home Theater vs Media Room: What's the Difference?

7/14/2017

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Home Theater vs Media Room: What's the Difference?
During the process of designing your custom home, you not only have to make decisions about what kinds of flooring to use, or what shade to paint your walls, but also what forms of home entertainment can be included in the design for you and your family. While considering your options, odds are that you came across this common question: What’s the difference between a home theater and a media room? Although the two concepts seem similar, they vary in a few important ways.
Home Theater
Are you a devoted moviegoer? If so, this form of home entertainment may be best for you. A home theater is an often sound-proofed room equipped with its own projector and giant screen, as well as a high quality visual, audio, and lighting system designed to give you the best cinema experience. Almost every detail of the room is taken into consideration—such as the seating arrangement, type of carpeting, and paint on the walls—in order to emulate the best Hollywood experience for the audience. A home theater is a specialized room dedicated to providing you and your family with the best cinematic experience, so if you find that these qualities best suit your tastes, the home theater could be a good form of entertainment to include in your luxury custom home.

Media Room
Conversely, a media room is a more versatile and adaptable room that is friendly to many different forms of entertainment. A media room is much like a living room in that it is conducive to social interaction with its open and less specialized space, and often includes a TV compatible for gaming, music, Netflix, or even casual TV watching. Because the media room is less dedicated to the one purpose of enhanced cinematic experience, it can be versatile enough to have many different forms of home entertainment media and can also be used and enjoyed by many all at once. If you feel like a more flexible and social space is appropriate for the needs of your family, the media room could be worth considering including in your luxury custom home entertainment design.

When debating over what forms of home entertainment to include in your home, keep in mind the needs and habits of your family. If you appreciate a high-quality theater experience when watching movies, the home theater may be best suited for your tastes. If your family often gathers to watch TV, play games, or listen to music in a common room, the more versatile and social characteristics of the media room may be better tailored to you.

At Empire Custom Builders, including home entertainment unique to you and your family’s tastes is a high priority when helping you design your luxury custom home. Contact us for more advice on the different forms of home entertainment that could be compatible for you and your family.
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