Neat-O
Beautiful home theatre set-up get Neat-O! award.
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but for integrators who
specialize in taking over messy jobs, there is often little doubt that
certain installations are downright ugly.
That desire to find the world’s ugliest home theater installation is what drove Bruce Gutman, president of Seattlebased manufacturer Wiretracks. The company sent blast emails to integrators nationwide seeking the ugliest home theater.
Many of the submissions were “before” stories and images of takeover jobs, while other submissions were actually “after” stories and images. What does an integrator do when he walks into an installation with wires tacked along a wall above a sliding glass door? Cringe or salivate?
For Steve Hintz of Connectronix Custom Audio/Video in Milwaukee, Wis., the job represented an opportunity. The company specializes in home theater, multiroom audio/video, structured wiring, home automation and networking.
Not only is the wiring a mess on this installation, no consideration has been given to the aesthetics of the room. The couch sits squarely in front of a sliding glass door, the lighting is a ceiling fan that shines directly on the big-screen TV, and the TV itself is balanced precariously on top of a stand.
Another submission does not involve poor installation at all. In fact, the submitter—Murray Kunis, president of Future Home in Beverly Hills, Calif.—did the installation. This was a classic case of the customer aesthetic tastes being a bit wild. In the dedicated home theater room, the arm rests for the chairs are designed to mimic sheep.
That desire to find the world’s ugliest home theater installation is what drove Bruce Gutman, president of Seattlebased manufacturer Wiretracks. The company sent blast emails to integrators nationwide seeking the ugliest home theater.
Many of the submissions were “before” stories and images of takeover jobs, while other submissions were actually “after” stories and images. What does an integrator do when he walks into an installation with wires tacked along a wall above a sliding glass door? Cringe or salivate?
For Steve Hintz of Connectronix Custom Audio/Video in Milwaukee, Wis., the job represented an opportunity. The company specializes in home theater, multiroom audio/video, structured wiring, home automation and networking.
Not only is the wiring a mess on this installation, no consideration has been given to the aesthetics of the room. The couch sits squarely in front of a sliding glass door, the lighting is a ceiling fan that shines directly on the big-screen TV, and the TV itself is balanced precariously on top of a stand.
Another submission does not involve poor installation at all. In fact, the submitter—Murray Kunis, president of Future Home in Beverly Hills, Calif.—did the installation. This was a classic case of the customer aesthetic tastes being a bit wild. In the dedicated home theater room, the arm rests for the chairs are designed to mimic sheep.
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