Photos of TechLife Media Systems Projects:

These photos are from a basement dedicated theater room in Miller Place, New York.  This homeowner called us in after the room was constructed to design and install his home theater.   Contacting a qualified and experienced custom installation company like TechLife Media Systems cannot be more important especially when faced with what this homeowner had to deal with.  Unfortunately, the electrician was not knowledgeable in the area of audio and room acoustics.  The speaker wires were run from the middle of the front wall to speaker locations that were not correct.  The quality of the surround sound effects would have been jeopardized, if left.   16 gauge speaker wire was run to the four side speakers.  For the rear speakers, the electrician must have run out of speaker wire so decided to use 14 gauge Romex electrical wire for the rear speakers.  It would work but acoustically NOT a good idea!!  The homeowner wanted a projector system so we also had to run video wire to the projector location.  In order to get all the wires in place we needed to remove floor moldings and make access holes in the sheetrock to route the wire where we needed.  The electrician also didn’t leave enough extra wire for us to put all the equipment in the A/V closet, so wires needed to be spliced to get were we needed them.  Splicing speaker wire is not a good practice, but in this case we had no choice.  It was either that or make more holes in the sheetrock.  Additional costs (labor, sheetrock, spackle, and paint) were incurred by this homeowner and could have been prevented if we contacted sooner.  In the end, the homeowner was quite happy.  The equipment list includes an InFocus high definition projector, Draper 106 inch screen, Marantz A/V receiver and DVD player.  A Panamax power protector and line conditioner protects the system from power surges and “brown-outs”.  It also protects the projector.  A CD changer and multi-room music controller were added later on.  A Polk LSi series 7.2 surround sound system was installed.  A Universal MX-3000 custom programmed color touchscreen remote control easily commands the system to do what the movie watchers want to see (and hear!)

This project was at a 2200 square foot pool house located in the prestigious north shore town of Mill Neck, New York.   It has a bedroom, full kitchen, two bathrooms, sauna, steam room, whirlpool tub and huge great room.  The client wanted us to custom install a 55 inch Fujitsu plasma TV and a 5.1 surround sound system.  The TV was mounted on a particular type of mount that allows it to be pulled from the wall so that it can be directly viewed from the sitting area of the room.  The surround sound system included a Marantz receiver and five in-wall speakers that maintain the clean, classy style of the room.  The client also wanted the system to be used for a multi-room home music system.   We installed volume controls and speakers in the bathroom, sauna, and steam room.  They also wanted to have great quality music outside by the pool and patio.  We installed volume controls and speakers on the pool house and put rock speakers by the pool.  The sound is amazing.  The entire audio/video system is easily controlled via a custom programmed color touchscreen remote control.  It controls the equipment that is kept in the cabinet below the TV.  It can also be brought outside on the patio to control the music CD or radio station.  The pool house was also fully wired for cable, phone and network.  The homeowner also wanted to put a TV in the bathroom.  Here’s how that came out.

These photos are from a den in South Huntington, New York.  The system includes a 50 inch Fujitsu plasma tv and custom installed A/V equipment rack.  The surround sound system is an Atlantic Technology System Twenty 5.1 surround sound speaker system.  In the equipment rack is a Marantz SR8500 receiver, DV6500 DVD player, high definition cable box with built in personal video recorder, Panamax 5300EX power protector and line conditioner.  The rack also has a DVD media storage drawer holding most of the homeowners DVD collection.  The remote control is from Universal Electronics and called NEVO.  It uses the homes wireless network to communicate with and control the components.  A Lutron Radio RA lighting control system is installed in the room and also controlled by the remote.  This system replaces a huge entertainment system that took up lots of space.  So not only did the homeowner increase floor space by three or four feet, but they also said that it’s one less thing to dust!  That makes it all worth it…right??!!!

These photos are from a house in Massapequa, NY.  It is from a 17x25 renovated home theater/family room.  The TV is a 37-inch Sharp Aquos high definition LCD monitor.  It is mounted on an articulating wall mount.  This type of mount allows the TV to be pulled away from the wall for either a better viewing angle from the other side of the room, or for rear accessibility.  The mount is recessed in the wall so that the TV sits as close to the wall as possible. This minimizes the total projection of the TV and gives it that framed artwork appeal.  You’ll also notice the ceiling speaker.  Five of these Polk LC80i 8-inch in-ceiling speakers plus a Polk PSW505 subwoofer make up the 5.1 surround sound theater system.  All wiring for the TV and speakers are discretely hidden behind the walls.  All the audio and video equipment are neatly rack mounted in a custom made enclosed cabinet.  This keeps the equipment  hidden from view.  A handheld touch screen remote control allows very simple complete control of the equipment from the TV to the multi-room music system.  The easy to use remote was custom programmed for all of the homeowner’s equipment.   We also installed a multi-room music system that provides the homeowner with music in their living room, outdoor deck, patio and pool.  Providing music in the living room was tricky.  The homeowner did not want to have floor standing speakers, nor did they want us to cut into the recently replaced sheetrock.  There were several pillars that separated the living room and dining room.  We inconspicuously mounted a pair of Polk TC65i in-wall speakers in the pillars. The picture on the left shows the result.  Volume levels as well as control of the equipment are done through the same touch screen remote control.  It allows the homeowner to control the equipment wherever they may be in the house, even outside on the deck.

These photos are from a newly constructed home in Huntington, NY.  The whole house was outfitted with structured wiring for phone, network, internet and cable TV access in each room.  All the wires are installed in flexible flame retardant conduit.  The conduit provides protection for the wires within it as well as prepares the house for the future.  As technology changes and additional wires are needed, the conduit provides a means of getting wires through the wall without having to open them up again.  As you can see in the photos on the right and left, the orange conduit is run from the basement up into the attic.  This provides us with an easy way to get any additional wiring up to the second floor when needed.  All the wiring for the phone, internet, home network and cable TV are terminated in a structured wiring panel (see picture below).  Neatness and organization are key when installing this type of wiring.  All wires are also labeled for easy identification.  We installed a 5.1 surround sound home theater system in the Media Room.  The focal point of the room is the fireplace and the 55-inch Fujitsu plasma high definition TV mounted above it.  Five in-ceiling speakers maintain the clean lines of the room while providing great sound when watching a movie.  All of the audio and video equipment is installed on an A/V equipment shelf behind the seating area of the room.  A custom programmed remote control was configured for all the equipment installed.  The remote can be brought throughout the house as well as outdoors and can be used to control all the functions of the equipment.  A multi-room, whole house music system provides high quality sound to the dining room, kitchen and outdoor zones.  Each zone has a keypad like the one to the left.  Each keypad has the ability to select music from either the CD, cable, cassette, or the radio.  It also controls the volume in each room.  The house was equipped with a Lutron RadioRA lighting control system.  The lighting controls provide the house with energy savings as well as a form of security.  The homeowners have a master keypad that provides them with a status of what lights are on in the house.  It also provides the ability to easily press one button to turn all the lights off in the house before retiring for the night.   Different lighting scenes were programmed into the controls that matched the homeowner’s lifestyle when entertaining, relaxing, and movie watching.  Car visor transmitters were programmed to not only give the homeowners the ability to open and close their garage door from their car, but to also turn the lights off in the house while backing out of the driveway and turning them on to welcome you home.  No more walking into a dark house.  A smaller 5.1 surround sound system was installed in the den.  The master bedroom got a 32-inch flat panel LCD HDTV mounted on the wall while a 13-inch LCD flat screen TV was mounted under the cabinet downstairs in the kitchen.  A door bell intercom system was installed that is integrated with the telephone system.  A unique ring informs the homeowners of a visitor and provides the homeowners with ability to speak through the phone with whoever is at the door without actually having to open it.