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High-Style Community Theater Rebecca Day
It’s called an amenity space, and it’s the hot new perk many luxury condominiums are offering to differentiate their residences from the pack. Think of it as home theater for the condo crowd, and this New Jersey highrise on the Hudson, with views of the Manhattan skyline, has a theater that’s sure to wow residents and guests alike. The goals in a community theater aren’t that different from what clients look for in a home theater: impressive sound and picture quality at a reasonable price with bulletproof reliability. EDG selected the Digital Projection D-Vision projector for this installation for its picture quality and reliable dual-lamp design. Projector lamps last 2,000-3,000 hours before they need to be replaced. This projector comes with two lamps so clients always have a backup when one loses its shine. Of course, “simple to operate” is the number one request EDG receives from customers. In a theater that will be shared by a broad swath of users--with varying ages, entertainment tastes and levels of tech comfort--that requirement has to be met even more carefully. Here, residents press TV or DVD on a Crestron touchscreen remote control and the choreography of steps mimics that of a commercial theater but in a much cozier setting: the projector powers on; surround-sound processor, amplifiers and DVD player turn on and switch to the proper settings; and the light dims to a level comfortable for viewing. The only manual labor required of guests is to slip a DVD into the player. Concealing the electronics was essential to match the atmosphere of
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