Residential integrator Home Cinema & Beyond decided that the best way to give potential clients a practical idea of just what can be achieved with a fully integrated home cinema and home automation systems was to create a stunning show facility within its owner’s home.
The entire complex, nicknamed the pod sits unobtrusively in the rear garden of Home Cinema & Beyond’s owner Justin Edwards in the Birmingham suburb of Sutton Coldfield.
“The idea was that when the project was finished, we would be able to sit here in the pod and show clients how we can control the environments in the house and pod – switching lights scenes and controlling all aspects of audio and visual systems right through to opening blinds and turning on sprinkler systems etc.,” commented Edwards.
The pod itself took a little under four months to complete, with a linking ‘umbilical cable’ of various wires integrating control of the home automation and cinema sources with the main house.
The whole space is fully wired for internet connectivity and uses multi-gauge five-core cabling throughout to create the five A/V zones: Garden, Kitchen, Reception Area, Bathroom and Home Cinema.
