Game Room Update

Pictured is the Game Room Theater with the roll-down video screen in the "movie" position.

Game Room

This incredible game room features a classic stand up video game console, shuffle board, foosball, darts, and, of course, a large screen TV.  Completed in 2007 by Posada Custom Homes, Storch Entertainment designed and installed this unique system that features a small (61 inch) TV for casual viewing with an electric roll down screen (120 inch) for movies.

The velvet drapes, selected by Michael Duval at Michael Duval Interiors, automatically close when the "PROJECTOR" button is pushed on the handheld remote control.  This allows complete darkness even on a sunny day for optimum video performance.  In addition to the drapes, the room lighting is also controlled by the remote and will automatically dim all of the lights when in the projection mode.

As fun as movies are in this room, the kids use XBOX and Wii more than the other video sources.  Rock Band, bowling and Halo are just a few games that are simply awesome on this system.  Just imagine a big-as-life Master Chief on the video screen with 6 speakers, 2 subwoofers and 6000 watts of audio power to bring the music and sound effects to life.

The family room of the house, pictured at right, features a 70 inch HDTV.  Storch Entertainment coordinated with Millwork International to design the cabinet and hide the chassis of the TV.  After Storch installed the set, Millwork took all of the critical measurements and custom built a removable fascia that hides the plastic box surrounding the TV picture.

TV Frame

The photo above shows a 42 inch plasma TV with a custom picture frame. Storch Entertainment teamed with All About You Decorating in this bedroom remodel. After we mounted the TV to the wall, Ann and Angelo Cane from All About You designed and commissioned the custom picture frame.  In addition to the frame, Storch enabled the TV to show family photo slideshows as well as HD cable television and DVD.  

Retrofit Over Fireplace

This house, designed by Mark Rash Interiors, originally had  an old style 27 inch tube TV installed in an armoire with freestanding speakers and electronics located within a set of bookshelves.  The system was in a sunroom attached to the living room pictured here.

Working in concert with Mark and the client, Storch Entertainment designed the system shown.  We installed a 58 inch high-definition plasma monitor over the fireplace with custom made Triad speakers mounted on the wall left and right of the TV with flush mount surround speakers in the rear of the room.

Instead of taking up valuable bookshelf space with the electronics, we mounted the components in a roll-out rack and installed in a hall closet nearby.  This was a win-win for everyone, the house was less cluttered with electronics, the interior designer did not have to find an attractive (and expensive) cabinet to hide the gear and Storch now has easy access to the rear wiring for service, upgrades, etc.

Photos by Umbris Photography.

Family Room Retrofit

"We have lived in and remodeled 16 houses in the course of our marriage, and this entertainment system is the best and easiest to use we've ever had,"  Mary Beth, Winter Park.  Wow, thanks!

For the project shown above, Storch Entertainment Systems was contacted to retrofit the equipment rack, speakers and plasma monitor with the existing cabinetry.  We had a few challenges including a cabinet that was only 17 inches deep:  We scoured equipment depths before finding high quality components that were no more than 15" deep and then custom cut the equipment rack to fit. We also had to provide airflow in the cabinet to remove the heat from the components:  We installed a ingress fan on the right side of the cabinet and drilled airflow holes through the upright pieces with an exhaust fan on the left side.

The main remote control operates the family room, but can also direct different music to the other rooms of the house and outside.  This is especially useful when adults want to enjoy the pool and lanai while the kids are inside watching TV.

Home Recording Studio

These photos show a recording studio we installed above a garage in this Winter Park home.  This was really a fun project for us.  More to follow...

Winter Park Home-the photos you didn't see

This home was recently featured in Winter Park Home magazine.  There were lots of great shots but none of the entertainment systems.  it was a great article and showed a lot of the fantastic detail work performed by many of the team at Phil Kean Designs.  Part of our contribution was the home theater shown above.

In the Vias

This home, located in the Winter Park Vias, features an interior designed by Rob Turner at CRT Studio.  Storch Entertainment installed systems in both the family and master bedrooms.

The family room photo shows a 46 inch 1080P LCD TV with custom made speakers that match the height and finish of the monitor.   The equipment and subwoofer are hidden in the custom built cabinet below the wall mounted TV.

In addition to HDTV cable service and DVD, we installed and networked an Apple TV unit that allows the owners to view their entire music AND photo collection on the family room TV.  Very fun (especially the photos)! 

Cocoa Beach Retreat

When Phil Kean Designs needed a system designed for this beach house remodel, Storch Entertainment Systems was called in to create a simple AV system that could be used not only by the owners but any guest they may lend the house to for a weekend retreat.

We created a reliable system with high quality components that are hidden in the bar cabinetry and operated from a simple hand held remote that operates on radio frequency, eliminating the need to aim or point the remote at an "eye" or "receiver."  One touch of the "MUSIC" button, turns on the system, sets the surround sound mode, turns on the plasma, and selects the Jazz station.  All with only a single touch.  

  

The 50 inch plasma monitor pictured "floats" in front of the sheer drapes and can be angled such that it can be viewed from the living room or dining area.  

   

This project won the October 2008 Merit Award from Remodeling Magazine.

Parade of Homes 2008 Award Winner

Congratulations to Jonathan McGrath Construction, winner of the Parade of Homes 2008 Grand Award, First Place Renovation with Addition and Award for Excellence.

Storch Entertainment was happy to be involved with this beautiful renovation.  We installed a 32 inch LCD TV centered above the wine refrigerator to bring entertainment into this new family space.

Karaoke Theater Gets an Update

This theater was originally designed about 16 years ago.  At the time it was state-of-the-art and featured a laser disc player (12 inch-remember those?) with a wired microphone for karoake. It also had a large CRT video projector hanging from the ceiling.

It fell into disuse by the owners because of multiple equipment failures and by the fact that the remote controls were as numerous as they were hard to use.

Storch Entertainment was called in to update the equipment and to provide an easy to use remote control.  We replaced the laser disc with a BluRay DVD player, changed the projector to a high resolution (1920x1080 - 2 million pixel) video projector, replaced the wired karaoke microphones with wireless units, and added inceiling rear surround speakers.

Lastly, we programmed a remote control to allow one-touch control of all of the electronics and the lighting (including the disco lights on rear of projector box).  The transformation took about 30 hours and made this room fun for the owners once again.

Safari Theater Trim Stage

Pictured is the Safari Theater at "trim" stage. This is the phase of the project when we install all of the inwall devices including built in speakers, cable TV and network jacks.  

This theater will feature three rows of seating:  Rows 1 and 2 will contain 3 incliner seats for adults while the smaller, rear row will have 4 smaller fixed chairs for kids or overflow guests.  The equipment rack will be located in the closet behind a pocket door.