Private cinemas for New England homes
Boston Home Cinema designs and builds luxury home theaters with CinemaTech, the family-owned maker of handcrafted theater seating since 1998, and the award-winning integration team at Boston Automations.
A private cinema designed like the rest of your home
Boston Home Cinema is the home theater studio of Boston Automations. We plan, build and support private cinemas and media rooms for homes in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire.
Every room starts with CinemaTech's Design Services Program: real drawings, sightline studies, acoustic planning and photorealistic renderings. Then our engineers install the picture, sound, lighting and control, calibrate everything, and stay with you long after opening night.
How the Design Services Program works →- The year CinemaTech sketched its first seat, the Valentino
- 1998
- CinemaTech seating collections, built in Germany and the USA
- 24
- Design stages, from first meeting to photorealistic reveal
- 5
- Team from drawings to calibration and support
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Rooms designed with CinemaTech
CinemaTech design and Boston Automations engineering
Great theaters need two kinds of expertise: theater architecture and furniture, and the technology that makes the picture and sound extraordinary. We put both on your project.
CinemaTech
Design, seating and acoustics
- The Design Services Program: drawings, sightlines and renderings
- Handcrafted seating made to order in Germany and the USA
- The exclusive Acoustic Room System and acoustic fabric walls
- Materials and finishes curated for the room
Boston Automations
Picture, sound, light and control
- 4K laser projection, screens and large-format displays
- Dolby Atmos sound system design, installation and calibration
- Lutron lighting, starfield ceilings, shades and one-touch control
- Networking, remote monitoring and long-term service
Dream. Imagine. Refine. Curate.
Five stages turn an idea into a room you can walk through on screen before a single wall is framed.
Dream
Initial meeting
We start by listening. How will the room be used, who watches what, and how should it feel when the lights go down? This is where priorities and expectations are set and the foundation of the theater takes shape.
Imagine
Schematic design
Ideas become space. CinemaTech's designers study room proportions, seating layouts, sightlines and flow, and develop floor plans and reflected ceiling plans that define the character of the room.
Refine
Design meets performance
Every element gets a deliberate place. Systems are integrated into the architecture, viewing angles are calibrated, and speaker placement is engineered for balanced performance. Wall elevations and technical details come together here.
Curate
The details
With you and your design partners, we refine materials, textures and finishes: leathers and fabrics for the seating, acoustic fabrics for the walls, millwork, lighting and carpet. Each selection is made before anything is built.
Reveal
From vision to reality
Photorealistic 3D renderings bring the room to life before construction begins, so materials, finishes and details can be reviewed and refined in advance. Then we build it, tune it and hand you the remote.
Handcrafted seating, made to order
CinemaTech seats are made to order, one at a time, in hundreds of leathers and fabrics or your own material.
Acoustics you hear but never see
CinemaTech's patented Acoustic Room System hides absorption and diffusion behind acoustically transparent fabric. Panels perform down to 100 Hz at just 1.25 inches deep, so the room sounds right without looking treated.
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Everything the room needs, documented before it is built
Design consultation
With a CinemaTech theater designer and our integration team, by video, at your home or at a showroom.
Preliminary and schematic drawings
Floor plan, reflected ceiling plan and wall elevations drawn in AutoCAD.
Sightline and viewing angle studies
Screen size, viewing distance and riser heights resolved for every seat.
Seating electrical and lighting placement
Locations for seat power, step lights, sconces and the starfield.
Audio and video integration
Speaker, projector, screen and equipment locations, then full system design by Boston Automations.
Photorealistic 3D renderings
Four rendered views in the preliminary program, so you see the room before it exists.
Materials and finishes
Curated seating upholstery, acoustic fabric and finish selections.
Itemized proposal
Detailed pricing for seating, acoustics, materials, technology and installation.
What a luxury theater costs
Luxury media room
$60,000 to $150,000
4 to 8 seats
A living space that becomes a theater: a large display or a projector and drop-down screen, a 5.1.2 to 7.2.4 Dolby Atmos system with in-wall speakers, motorized CinemaTech sofas or CinemaTech Living seating, lighting scenes and one-touch control.
Dedicated private cinema
$150,000 to $400,000
6 to 12 seats
A purpose-built room with two or more tiers, a 4K laser projector and acoustically transparent screen, a 7.2.4 to 9.4.6 Atmos system, the CinemaTech Acoustic Room System, CinemaTech recliners, architectural lighting and a starfield or feature ceiling.
Reference cinema
$400,000 and up
8 to 20 seats
A room engineered to reference standards: decoupled walls and ceiling for sound isolation, a high-channel-count immersive system with multiple subwoofers, a premium projector and screen, full custom millwork, a lounge or bar, and complete design documentation.
Installed planning ranges for New England. Your builder's construction work is separate. Read the full cost guide.
A visit to a CinemaTech showroom
Sit in the seats, touch the leathers and hear a finished theater before you decide. CinemaTech showrooms are in Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami and New York.
Visit
Experience the comfort, materials and craftsmanship firsthand.
Design
Review your space, priorities and design direction with the CinemaTech team.
Move forward
Leave with greater confidence in your selections and scope.
Up to $1,000 travel credit applied toward qualifying purchases
On qualifying CinemaTech seating or acoustics purchases of $50,000 or more. We help plan the visit around your project.
Award-winning work, designed to disappear
Boston Automations is trusted by leading New England builders, architects and interior designers to make technology beautiful and simple. Our theaters run on the same platforms as the rest of your home.
Award
2024 Lutron Excellence Award
Award
2024 Sonance + James Loudspeaker Project of the Year (Designed to Disappear)
Technology partners include Sony, Sonance, James Loudspeaker, Bang & Olufsen, Control4, Savant, Lutron. Seating, theater design and acoustics by CinemaTech.
Home theater questions, answered
What is Boston Home Cinema?
Boston Home Cinema designs and installs luxury home theaters, private cinemas and media rooms for homes across New England. It is part of Boston Automations, the award-winning smart home company in Norwood, MA, and partners with CinemaTech for theater design, acoustics and handcrafted seating.
Who is CinemaTech?
CinemaTech is a family-owned luxury home theater company founded in 1998. It makes handcrafted theater seating in Germany and the USA, designs private cinemas through its Design Services Program, and offers its exclusive Acoustic Room System. CinemaTech has showrooms in Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami and New York.
How much does a luxury home theater cost?
As a planning guide, luxury media rooms in New England typically run $60,000 to $150,000 installed, dedicated private cinemas $150,000 to $400,000, and reference cinemas $400,000 and up. Your builder's construction work is separate. The Design Services Program produces an itemized proposal for your room.
How long does it take to design and build a home theater?
A dedicated private cinema in an existing home typically takes four to nine months from the first meeting to opening night. Design and drawings come first, seating is built to order, and installation, acoustics and calibration take two to four weeks on site.
Do you work with my architect, builder and interior designer?
Yes. CinemaTech's drawings and our system design are made to slot into your architect's and builder's plans. We coordinate blocking, conduit, HVAC, isolation and finishes with every trade, and we work with your interior designer on materials.
Can I see and sit in CinemaTech seating before I buy?
Yes. We review CinemaTech fabric and leather samples with you, and you can visit a CinemaTech showroom in Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami or New York. CinemaTech offers up to a $1,000 travel credit toward qualifying seating or acoustics purchases of $50,000 or more.
What areas do you serve?
We work across Greater Boston, MetroWest, the North Shore and South Shore, Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, Rhode Island and southern New Hampshire, and we take on select projects elsewhere in New England.
Do you also handle the projector, sound system and lighting?
Yes. Boston Automations designs, installs and calibrates the projector or display, the screen, the Dolby Atmos sound system, lighting, shades, networking and one-touch control, and supports the system after opening night.
Guides
- Home theater or media room: which should you build?
- How big should a home theater be?
- How to choose luxury home theater seating
- Acoustic treatment vs soundproofing: what your theater needs
- Projector and screen or a big TV: which belongs in your theater?
- Dolby Atmos speaker layouts for a private cinema
- How long does a custom home theater take?
Your design consultation
A short note is enough to start. We will set up a design consultation with our team and CinemaTech, at your home, by video or at our Norwood studio.