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The Domino Effect

All your intelligent systems are connected to your home automation platform and each other. This enables them to work together, creating the perfect setting for various times of the day and activities. For instance, many clients enjoy waking to sunlight filtering through shades slowly rising. Their 'Good Morning' playlist gently nudges them, streaming through nearly invisible in-ceiling speakers. 

As the day advances, the shades on south-facing windows lower, reducing solar heat gain and the strain on HVAC systems. At the same time, the lighting in occupied rooms adjusts, maintaining the perfect level of illumination. Like a domino, one system affects another, creating the perfect atmosphere.

A Home That Welcomes You

Geofencing creates an invisible boundary tripped by your smartphone. This enables your smart home to start preparing for you as soon as you pull into the driveway at the end of the day. In response, it illuminates your landscape and first-floor lights, turns on your ‘Welcome Home’ playlist, adjusts the temperature, and heats the spa.  

A Space for Entertainment

Many clients incorporate distributed audio-video systems that deliver the best entertainment over the same platform. All the AV gear is tucked away in a closet and distributed to every 4K HDR TV and in-ceiling, bookshelf, and floorstanding speaker. These systems deliver superior, high-fidelity sound and stunning video to every room and are effortlessly managed with one touch. 

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An Extension of Your Home

Today, many families are extending their kitchen and entertainment areas right out the back door, creating a seamless transition between interior and exterior living. In these spaces, the lighting design reflects the home’s aesthetics, enhancing the sense of a home without boundaries.

Inspired Lighting 

Depending on the desired impression, our team incorporates varying design elements that make your space come alive at night. Some of the many possibilities include landscape lighting that looks like fireflies flickering through the shrubbery. A magical and mysterious mood is created with tree lights set high in branches, filtering soft lighting through the leaves and casting an aura of moonlight. 

Tiki torches poolside set a festive, tropical retreat mood, while bullet lights accentuate your home’s best architectural elements and highlight water features. Private gardens, sitting ponds, intimate seating, and meditation spaces are defined with soft illumination from an unseen source. Well-lighting accents trees, plants, and shrubs, while step, pathway, niche, and lip lights illuminate walkways, paths, and decking. The right lighting adds dimension, intrigue, and a safe passage for your guests.

Gain inspiration from some of our previous projects in our project gallery. The Parade home illustrates the seamless flow of entertainment spaces from the interior to the outside. Check out the Outdoor Oasis to envision how elegant lighting brings beauty to the night. 111 Cartwright Close exemplifies the elegance of fire features, steps, and uplighting.

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The Design

If you’ve explored outdoor home cinemas online, you’ve noticed there are as many different designs as there are people to enjoy them. Some feature large outdoor TVs that emerge from the pool when it’s movie night or multiple TVs around the bar area for the big game. 

Others offer a large movie screen for a fully immersive experience. You’ll see luxury floaties, built-in recliners, and exquisite dining areas with multiple seating arrangements.

The Lifelike Images

At Prodigy AV, we partner with industry leaders in home entertainment and automation. Two of those brands, Screen Innovations and Stewart Filmscreen, manufacture the best commercial and residential indoor and outdoor projector screens on the market. Some motorized screens disappear when not in use, whereas others encompass entire walls. Combined with today’s outdoor projectors, you experience lifelike images in brilliant colors.

Depending on the usage and area, many of our clients also opt for the large outdoor 4K UHD TVs. These also deliver incredible images, even in direct sunlight; come in sizes up to 85 inches; and withstand whatever weather mother nature throws at them.  

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Seamless Connectivity

While a reliable network is an increasingly critical component, we continue to put greater demands on it. Today, nearly every device in a house comes with connectivity options. In addition, the IoT (Internet of Things) continues to expand to include an ever-growing list of electronics such as media dongles, toys, appliances, and light switches. 

The demands of constant connectivity can easily overwhelm a network. The result is slow page loads, interruptions, lag, and the dreaded buffering message while watching your favorite show or the big game. Instead, a data network should operate seamlessly in the background, never calling attention to itself. 

The Best of Both Worlds

WiFi gives the freedom to enjoy devices and media without the hassle of wires, indoors or outside. Wireless communication does have its benefits, but its reliance on over-the-air signals has its limitations. 

The frequencies used for wireless networking are prone to interference from other WiFi-enabled devices and even a neighbor's network. Because anyone within the range of a router can receive the transmission, there is a greater chance of illicit access by hacking.