H3 Digital Cinema

Featured Technology

This home cinema features the following installed equipment:

  • BenQ TK700STi 4K HDR Projection

  • GrandView 120inch Acoustically Transparent Cinema Screen

  • Yamaha RX-A4A AV Receiver

  • Apple TV 4K

  • Paradigm Cl-ELITE-E80 In Wall Front LCR Speakers

  • Nuvo 6.5inch ATMOS Height & Rear Surround Speakers

  • Klipsch SPL-120 12inch Subwoofer

  • Control4 EA3 Controller

  • Neeo remote control

  • Custom made solid wood quadratic and skyline acoustic diffusors and acoustic foam absorption panels

  • 3x Motorized Leather Recliners

  • Somfy Motorized Curtains

Project Brief

This home cinema is based in H3 Digitals shipping container office and is used as our demo cinema room.

The acoustics were to be an important part of the design with the home cinema being built within a shipping container. There is a huge 3D wooden skyline diffusor on the rear wall and the side wall features a number of quadratic diffusors..

This home cinema is completely controlled via Control4, one button press on the Neo Remote turns it all on, sets the lighting level, chooses the right sources and HDMI channel another can shut it all down..

The room features 3 motorised leather recliners finished in Italian Leather. These ultra-comfy seats allow the viewers a comfortable seating position and they look awesome.

Challenges

This Cinema is built into a shipping container building, in a small tight space made out of thin metal. The acoustics were a really important part of the build.

The acoustics design consideration for this room, because of small dimensions and being located within shipping containers we really had to control how the sound worked and flowed within the room.

A custom built wood Skyline 3D diffuser was configured for the rear. This is to break and diffuse soundwaves and works with the two different types of quadratic diffuser and absorbers for the side.

The rear diffuser weighs over 120kg and is a 2x1 metre skyline diffuser, it's big.

Diffusers help to break up the sound in a room and can help make the soundtrack sound awesome. The ceiling also features a cloud of acoustic wedges to help control the sound reflecting from above.

Summary

Lighting and automation is all controlled with Control4 and a Control4 Neeo remote. Getting a right ‘fit’ was very important, the cinema and the surroundings had to fit into the building (both physically and aesthetically). Its a 3 seat cinema with a 120” acoustically transparent screen projecting via a 4K Projector.

Paradigm In-Wall and In-Ceiling Speakers are mounted behind the screen, behind the seats and in the ceiling for Dolby Atmos. It looks and sounds awesome! Come and See.