Media Centre Features

One at a time

Ventilated equipment bays

Receivers and consoles put out real heat and shorten their own lives in a sealed box. Equipment bays get a vented back panel and clearance above each shelf, so the cabinet moves air rather than trapping it. This is the detail most often missed and the most expensive to fix afterwards.

Glass-insert doors

Doors with glass inserts keep the boxes behind a front while letting a remote through. Where a client wants solid doors we specify an IR repeater instead, because a media cabinet you have to open to change the channel does not stay closed.

Cable management

A chase behind the run from the screen down to the equipment bay, grommets through every shelf the cables cross, and a powered section inside one cabinet. Done at build time it is invisible; done afterwards it is a hole saw and an apology.

Drawers and cubbies

Deep drawers for controllers, headsets and the boxes of cables everyone keeps, and open cubbies at low level for what children reach for themselves. Below the screen is the most-used storage in a family room and it is usually wasted.

A floating console

The lower run cantilevered off the wall with clear floor beneath it. It makes a small room read as larger, it lets a robot vacuum underneath, and it keeps the cabinetry visually light under a large screen.

Deco doors and open shelving together

Solid or glass doors over the equipment, open shelving beside it for books and objects. A wall of closed doors around a television reads as a fitted kitchen; the mix is what keeps it reading as a living room.

Lighting behind the screen

A concealed strip washing the wall behind the television reduces the contrast between a bright screen and a dark room, which is easier to watch for long periods. It is a small line and it is the one people notice at night.

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