Home Theater & Automation

A home theater or a whole-home automation system is a low-voltage project first and a gadget purchase second. The reason one house has a theater that sounds incredible and controls that just work — and the house next door has a rat's nest behind the TV and three remotes nobody understands — is almost never the equipment.


It's the wiring and the planning behind it. We're the same low-voltage crew that wires commercial buildings across New York, and we bring that discipline home: clean, hidden, tested cabling and control that a family can actually use. We install home theater in Rockland County, NY and across Westchester, and we'd rather do it right once than sell you a box of parts.

Designing a Theater Around Your Room

Not a Catalog

A good home theater is designed around the actual room: its size, its shape, where you sit, how much light it fights, and how you'll really use it. A dedicated basement room that can go fully dark is a different design than a bright living room that doubles as a family space.


We plan screen size and seating distance so the picture fills your view without straining your eyes, position speakers for the room's acoustics, and account for light control so a projector isn't washed out. We'll be honest about the tradeoffs — a projector-and-screen setup delivers a true theater feel in a room you can darken, while a large flat panel is the smarter, simpler choice for a bright multi-use room.


We're also honest about where money helps and where it doesn't. Past a point, spending more on speakers you can't hear the difference on, or a resolution your seating distance can't resolve, is money that would do more good on acoustic treatment or comfortable seating. We design to your budget and tell you where the dollars actually change the experience.

Why the Wiring is the Whole Game

Picture and sound are unforgiving about infrastructure. A projector needs a clean HDMI or fiber run pulled through the wall or ceiling to the screen, sized for the resolution you actually want, with a little future headroom so a new player doesn't outrun the cable.


Speakers need wire run in-wall and in-ceiling to the right spots for the room's geometry, not just wherever was easy to reach. Streaming and control need a home network that reaches every corner without dead spots. Get those runs right during the build and everything downstream is easy; skip them and you're forever working around limitations you can't see.


That's why we start with structured cabling — the same tested, labeled wiring we run in commercial jobs. In a home, that means pre-wiring during a renovation when the walls are open (the cheapest time by far to do it), or carefully fishing new runs in a finished house without turning it into a demolition project. Either way, the wiring is planned first, because it's the one part you can't easily change later.

Whole-home Audio, Video and Smart Control

Beyond a single theater, we wire and set up whole-home systems: distributed audio so music follows you room to room, video sources shared to multiple TVs, and control that ties it together.


The goal with automation is simple — one intuitive way to run lighting, audio, video, shades and more, so the technology gets out of the way. We favor systems a family can actually operate: press "movie" and the lights dim, the screen drops, and the right source comes on, without a manual.


Smart lighting, motorized shades, and integrated control all ride on the same principle as everything else we do — reliable infrastructure and a system that's set up to stay working, not a pile of apps that fight each other. We integrate the pieces so they behave as one system, and we set it up so it keeps working after we leave, which is the part cheap installs skip.

What a Home Theater or Automation Install Costs


Home theater and automation cover a huge range, so honest ranges matter. A solid home theater built around a large flat panel, a real surround system and clean wiring often starts in the $5,000–$15,000 range installed.


A dedicated projector theater with in-wall wiring, seating-based design and light control more commonly runs $15,000–$40,000+, depending on the room and the gear. Whole-home audio/video and automation is priced by how many rooms and how deep the integration goes — a few rooms of distributed audio is modest; a fully automated home with lighting, shades, multi-room video and unified control is a larger project.


What moves the price: whether we're pre-wiring open walls or fishing a finished house, projector versus flat panel, how many rooms and zones, the level of automation and control, and the gear tier you choose. The single biggest saver is timing — wiring during a renovation, while the walls are open, costs a fraction of retrofitting later. We'll design to your budget and tell you where spending changes the experience and where it doesn't.

Rockland, Westchester, and Why Local Matters for Home Work


We've done residential low-voltage work in Rockland and Westchester for years — it's where the home side of our business has always been strongest.


That matters more than it sounds. Homes in New City, Nanuet and across Rockland, and throughout Westchester, run a wide range of construction: older houses with plaster walls and no easy chase for new cable, newer homes with open framing during renovation, finished basements that make ideal theater rooms. Knowing how to run clean wire through each without tearing the house apart is the difference between a tidy install and a mess.


Being local also means we're reachable for the part most installers vanish for — the follow-up. Systems need tuning, a control screen needs a tweak, a new streaming device needs adding. We're close enough to come back and take care of it, and residential clients can reach us quickly by text at 914-447-3687.

Your Security Questions Answered

Frequently Asked Questions About Home Theater & Automation

  • Do you design custom home theaters or just install equipment?

    We design, not just install. We plan the theater around your actual room — its size, seating distance, light control and how you'll use it — so the picture and sound suit the space instead of a generic package dropped in. That includes screen or panel sizing, speaker placement for the room's acoustics, and the wiring behind it all. Tell us about your room and we'll design around it — text 914-447-3687.

  • Can you wire whole-home audio and video?

    Yes. We run and set up distributed audio so music follows you room to room, share video sources to multiple TVs, and tie it together with unified control. Because we're a low-voltage shop, the wiring is planned, hidden and tested — the part that makes whole-home systems reliable instead of glitchy. The best time to wire is during a renovation with the walls open, but we can fish runs in a finished home too. Ask us at 914-447-3687.

  • Can you integrate smart-home controls and lighting?

    We can. We integrate lighting, motorized shades, audio, video and more into one intuitive control system, so pressing 'movie' dims the lights, drops the screen and starts the right source. We favor systems a family can actually operate and that keep working after we leave, rather than a pile of apps that fight each other. Tell us what you want automated and we'll scope it — text 914-447-3687.

  • Do you service Rockland and Westchester homes?

    Yes — Rockland and Westchester are the heart of our residential work, from New City and Nanuet across the county and throughout Westchester. Being local means we know the housing stock, we can run clean wire through older and newer homes alike, and we're reachable for the follow-up and tuning most installers skip. Residential clients can reach us fastest by text at 914-447-3687.

  • How much does a home theater installation cost?

    It ranges widely. A theater built around a large flat panel with real surround sound and clean wiring often starts around $5,000–$15,000, while a dedicated projector theater with in-wall wiring and light control more commonly runs $15,000–$40,000 or more. Whole-home audio and automation are priced by rooms and depth of integration. The biggest saver is wiring during a renovation while walls are open — get a design and a range by texting 914-447-3687.

Plan a Home Theater That's Wired Right

Tell us the room and how you want to use it, and we'll design the theater or automation around it — with clean, hidden, tested wiring behind everything. The same low-voltage pros who wire New York's commercial buildings, at home in Rockland and Westchester.

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