The man known as the Father of Information Theory, Claude Shannon, invented the digital circuit – the foundation of the magic that provides us all access to the Internet today – during his master’s degree program, when he was just 21 years old! Without this technology, home automation would not exist as it does today.
Film scores can serve many functions. They can amplify a certain mood or feeling, show foreshadowing, and move us emotionally—and they can do these things even better when they’re played through top rated home theater speaker systems from Southwest Audio Visual! Just one listen to these five classic film scores and you’ll be convinced you have the best home theater systems in San Diego!
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Fewer scores are more iconic than John Williams’s opening theme for the Star Wars saga, but Empire manages to beat the other films due to its introduction of the instantly-memorable “Imperial March.” This is Williams at his best—home theater systems only make that more apparent.
Dr. No (1962)
The best home theater sound systems deserve to be tested to their full potential, and Dr. No provides quite the test. What’s become known as the quintessential “James Bond theme” is among the most replicated (and parodied) pieces of music around. The theme is both seductive and explosive at times—just like the life of the professional spy.
A Summer Place (1959)
It’s likely you’ve heard the theme for A Summer Place even if you’ve never seen the film, and its romantic theme is even more effective on the best home theater sound systems. For an experience that’s just the best, home theater sound system’s speakers should be turned up and the lights turned low.
The Pink Panther (1963)
Henry Mancini’s expertly-crafted theme sneaks along in a jazzy, fun style with just the right mix of mystery and whimsical promise. You’ll feel quite the classy cat when you’re swinging to this theme playing from your top rated home theater system’s speakers.
The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly (1966)
Possibly the most recognizable piece of film music ever created, composer Ennio Morricone perfectly captures the gritty, tension-filled world of The Man with No Name and his best pals. Play it loud and proud—the best Western of all time deserves the best home theater systems.
High-resolution picture quality heightens any custom home theater experience, from the Sunday Chargers game to a concert by the San Diego Symphony. But to truly make the most of your home theater in San Diego, you need to choose which TV works for you: 1080i or 1080p? Southwest Audio Visual has all the home theater questions and answers you need to take your custom home theater to the next level.
“Interlaced” vs. “Progressive”: What’s the difference?
These formats differ in how they display images on home theater systems in San Diego. While both 1080i and 1080p provide HD resolution for your custom home theater, a 1080i TV essentially shows an image twice, flashing once for the even pixels, then again for the odd ones. This process is called “interlacing,” and it occurs so fast you probably won’t detect it—unless you’re watching scenes with lots of motion.
1080p resolution—or “progressive”—shows an image by scanning each row of pixels line by line, providing a smoother, sharper image than 1080i.
Here’s an example: When you’re watching the Big Game on your home theater—San Diego Chargers running a final touchdown, of course—you’ll see a more fluid image on a 1080p TV.
Bottom line: 1080i vs 1080p?
Eventually, you’re going to have to commit to one of these for your custom home theater. If you watch a lot of local sports or action-packed movies, there’s no question that a 1080p TV is the best pick for a home theater installation in San Diego. However, if you favor dramas or other entertainment that doesn’t involve a lot of high-speed action, a 1080i TV can work just fine for your custom home theater.
A 1080p TV can bring out the best in your custom home theatre. San Diego specialists SWAV are here to help you achieve your dream! Contact us today for a consultation for a home theater installation in San Diego!
Aching for a change in your workout routine? A home automation system from Southwest Audio Visual can help! Your home automation system is a great way to jumpstart a healthier living while increasing your home’s comfort and functionality. Here are some of the best home automation features that will help boost your workout routine:
Crank Up the Tunes
A good beat may be all you need to get into the groove of your workout routine, and SWAV’s home automation systems are just the thing to get you pumped. Bust out your personal playlist through your smart home system and feel the burn. One workout and you’ll agree that home automation systems beat the gym any day!
Entertainment & Exertion
“Not having enough time” is a common excuse for putting off the daily workout—especially when you’d rather catch up on your favorite TV shows instead. However, your home automation system lets you watch your shows while you sweat! The best home automation systems will let you watch Burn Notice while burning calories and break a sweat during Breaking Bad. Your custom home theater has all the entertainment you need to keep your mind off the burn.
Cool Down in Comfort
Too little A/C at the gym? A home automation system can make a cool workout environment at the push of a button—straight from the controls of your phone or tablet. You can also load your device with helpful fitness apps for activity-tracking or goal-setting. Plug these devices right into your home theater to create the best home automation workout possible!
If you’re looking for that extra boost to your workout routine, home automation systems from SWAV can be your perfect fitness companion. Contact SWAV today—the best home automation systems in San Diego!
Although the World Series isn‘t for another few months, you can start prepping for it right now with home automation products from Southwest Audio Visual! With a fully integrated home automation system, you can throw a World Series party like no other for you and your team of diehard baseball fans. If you’ve been looking for new, cutting-edge ways to enhance the World Series, look no further than home automation electronics from SWAV!
Crisp Sound
High-quality speakers are essential home automation electronics that can greatly enhance your World Series experience. You’ll be able to immerse yourself in your surround sound home automation products and revel in the crack of the bat and the thud of the ball landing in the catcher’s mitt.
It’s never been easier to listen in on dugout banter with these home automation products—our smart home systems sound so crystal clear, you’ll love the extra entertainment between plays.
Cool Atmosphere
Things can really start heating up around the seventh inning, and we mean that literally; October has been a surprisingly hot month in recent years. However, your house’s smart home products can easily regulate and administer much-needed air conditioning to cool off rising tempers and temperatures.
Seamless Screen Swapping
You and your friends can maximize your fun by swapping to a next-gen gaming system during commercial breaks. Home automation products make it a cinch to change from one video and audio output to the next, so you’re always connected to the action—whether you’re watching the game or playing one.
Come October, our home automation products will ensure you won’t miss any of the action. Contact us today to make sure you have everything you need for an unforgettable World Series with SWAV, the leaders in San Diego smart home products!
Holidays are special events that bring families and communities together. We at Southwest Audio Visual invite you to create new holiday memories with the convenient and technological advantages offered by a home automation system! Here are a few upcoming holidays that you and your loved ones can enjoy using a home automation system:
Independence Day
Why not stay home for the fireworks this year? Instead of hunting for the perfect barbecue spot, you can execute flawless hot dog control with convenient smart home system and automated grill settings. Your custom home theater can even stream the local fireworks show on your big screen, so you and your family won’t miss out on the July Fourth fun!
Halloween
Halloween is a time to embrace your inner trickster—and you can do so without having to leave the couch! Create spooky ambiance with your home automation system to scare unsuspecting trick-or-treaters while you and your significant other watch scary movies. Halloween is the time when home automation systems really shine!
Christmas
This Christmas, your favorite holiday tunes are at your fingertips with the best home automation systems from SWAV. Switch on the Yule Log at the touch of a button and let the carols flow to create an enchanting Christmas morning.
New Year’s Eve
A home automation system is perfect thing for a New Year’s Eve party. Gather your loved ones close to watch the ball drop, and ring in the new year with a rousing rendition of “Auld Lang Syne,” amplified by your home automation system’s speakers.
At SWAV, we want you to have all the advantages of the best home automation. Contact us today for a consultation and be on your way to more memorable holidays with SWAV, the best home automation systems providers in San Diego!
These days, the word “epic” is a signifier of larger-than-life, sometimes grandiose forms of media. Despite the term’s oversaturation in popular culture, “epic” is the only way to describe the following five movies when seen on your custom home theater. So sit back, dim the lights with your home automation system, and enjoy this list of epic movies from home theater San Diego specialists Southwest Audio Visual!
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Regarded by many San Diego home theater enthusiasts as one of the best movies you can test on a new home theater, Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece was made with “epic” in mind. It features stunning cinematography as wide and vast as outer space, as well as a massive opening credits sequence that’s just begging to take advantage of your home theater installation. San Diego, trust us when we say you want to see this on your system!
Jurassic Park (1993)
Nothing says “epic” like dinosaurs come to life! This film based on the Michael Crichton novel of the same name captured the imaginations of moviegoers worldwide with its realistic CG effects. These special effects still hold up today, and are the perfect chance to show off the capabilities of your home theater. San Diego even plays a part in the film’s sequel, “The Lost World: Jurassic Park”— a good opportunity for an epic double feature, maybe?
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Many consider LOTR as one of the progenitors of the modern usage of “epic,” and it’s easy to see why. Intense battle scenes, sweeping visuals, and a memorable film score all contribute to a fantastical experience for any home theater in San Diego.
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Another favorite of San Diego home theater enthusiasts, particularly for the opening naval battle, Master and Commander is a great choice for showing off the bombastic qualities of your home theater. Crank those speakers up, and try not to get wet!
Forrest Gump (1994)
You were expecting Saving Private Ryan? While Gump doesn’t quite sit on the same lists as other American war epics, it sets itself apart from the crowd with its heart-wrenching drama. But there’s plenty for home theater San Diego enthusiasts to like: the film features a classic soundtrack that includes tunes by Elvis Presley, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Doors, and many more notable time period specific performers.
For peerless home theater installation, San Diego specialists SWAV can give you what you need for a movie experience that’s truly “epic!” Contact us today!
Even for audiophiles like us, we at Southwest Audio Visual understand that an excessive amount of A/V equipment out in the open can really ruin a room’s décor. But before you resign your house to its fate, there’s hope yet! We’d like to offer the following solutions for seamlessly integrating custom home theater into your home with wireless home automation.
TV and Speaker Wall Mounts
You need a lot of space to get the full experience from your custom home theater. Your TV, speakers, and various devices all require stands that serve no other purpose than to maintain your custom home theater; however, all that leaves less space for room essentials such as furniture. With complete wireless home automation, you can do away with unsightly stands and can begin saving floor space with TV and speaker wall mounts. Your equipment will look like it’s floating in midair, offering a smooth, uncluttered look to your entertainment room. You’ll never go back to a traditional TV stand again!
Sliding A/V Wall Panels
Sliding panels operated by wireless home automation can create a sleek hiding place for your A/V racks when they’re not in use. You can have a home theater installation that integrates your equipment right into the walls and seems to disappear—only reappearing when it’s needed thanks to the convenience of wireless home automation.
Unite Your Entertainment and Your Décor
Even with the previous solutions in mind, you may not want compromise your artistic style. Luckily, SWAV has a wireless home automation solution that’s sure to please both your tech-savvy and your artistically-conscious sides. With our professional home theater install, we can custom integrate your A/V equipment right into your art! You can cover your television screen with your favorite piece of artwork, and enable it to slide in and out of place at the push of a button in a way that won’t break up the room’s feng shui.
We also offer efficient cable management and equipment placement know-how to get you the best home theater installation possible. Seamless home theater solutions are at your disposal with Southwest Audio Visual!
With kids these days, you’re more than likely to see iPhones and tablets alongside pencils and coloring books. More than ever before, modern children are growing up alongside technology and proving themselves just as tech-savvy as their parents—so why not let Junior share in the fun with your home automation system? Southwest Audio Visual offers the following safe, kid-friendly ideas for home entertainment systems in San Diego:
Touch Screens Offer Intuitive Control
Touch screens make a lot of sense to kids. SWAV’s high-quality home automation system software can be integrated into smart phones and tablets with touch screens and can provide your child with an opportunity for intuitive control and operation.
Wireless Lighting Control
It can be frustrating for your children when they want to continue reading but can’t reach a light switch. A home automation system lets them utilize the lighting from any height through wireless light access. Additionally, the wireless capabilities of a home network allow you to let the kids know when it’s “lights out” for the night, so they’re already in bed, teeth brushed, when you come to tuck them in.
Content Restriction
While many of us may want to encourage kids’ use of technology, there may be times when you’ll want to kid-proof your hardware. Luckily, you don’t need to fret about your kids getting rambunctious over the tech—you can set input restrictions over your whole home network so that things don’t get out of hand.
A Wireless Home Automation System Keeps the Kids Untangled
If your kids are the adventuring, horseplaying type, wireless home automation lets them explore the house to their hearts’ content without your worrying of them tripping over wires. What’s more, you can also have integrated TV risers and revolving doors installed to hide A/V racks and other expensive equipment when they’re not in use.
SWAV wants you to have the best home entertainment systems in San Diego. With these kid-friendly ideas, your home automation system can be fun for the whole family!
Wouldn’t it be great to have your own concert hall? You don’t need a grand concert hall—a dedicated music-listening space is available to you with peerless wireless home automation and home automation products from Southwest Audio Visual! Whether you’re planning for intimate acoustic performances or just a place to kick back with your favorite tunes, SWAV recommends these essential elements for creating a custom concert hall:
Surround Sound Speakers
Obviously, the most important home automation products are going to be great speakers. Hardware that gives full sound and projects even the subtlest musical elements will change the way you experience music. With wireless home automation, your speakers can be both effective and non-obtrusive, adding to the stylish décor of your concert hall instead of hampering it.
With a home automation system from SWAV, you won’t even have to leave your seat to change volume or control the performance—all that and more home automation products are at your very fingertips. With your personal concert hall, YOU’RE in control!
High-Definition TVs
While sound is of course the main focus, your custom concert hall can also benefit from visual elements. Hi-def televisions are just perfect for accompanying great tunes with engaging graphics, or for reining in wandering eyes. A home automation system that makes use of both sight and sound makes your concert hall even more effective and unforgettable.
Plush Seating
Everyone would agree that it’s important to have somewhere to sit during the listening session—but plush seats can also give the concert room some much-needed acoustic dampening. Soft seats are not only comfortable—they will also enhance the already impressive sound quality to sound richer and lusher than ever before.
SWAV wants your home automation system and home automation products to provide the most incredible audio visual experience possible. Contact us to learn how we can add seamless wireless home automation to your home today!