Media rooms, designed and installed
A media room gives you serious picture and sound in a space that stays a living space: films tonight, the match on Saturday, gaming on Sunday, and a normal family room the rest of the week. We design and install media rooms across Surrey and London, from a properly specified TV wall and surround sound to rooms with concealed projectors that turn into a cinema at one touch.
What is the difference between a cinema room and a media room?
A cinema room is a dedicated space, built for one purpose, with controlled light, acoustic treatment and tiered seating. A media room is multi-use: a lounge, games room or basement that also delivers big-screen picture and immersive sound, usually around a large TV or a concealed projector. If the room needs to stay a living room, you want a media room. If you can give the room over to film, you want a dedicated cinema room.
Real rooms we have built
In Esher, an elegant entertainment lounge with a bar and pool table becomes a cinema at one touch: an 85 inch TV for every day, and a concealed projector with a motorised 120 inch screen for film nights. The client told us: “The result is exactly what I envisioned, a space that effortlessly transitions from a stylish entertainment lounge to a high-performance home cinema at the touch of a button.” In Epsom, we built a custom media room and sports bar around match days. In Walton-on-Thames, a media room renovation brought an existing space up to current picture and sound standards.
What goes in
Typically: an 85 inch or larger 4K screen or a concealed projector and screen; a discreet 5.1 or Atmos speaker package (in-wall and in-ceiling where the room should stay clean); a small equipment rack out of sight; Control4 so one remote runs everything; and lighting scenes that shift the room from family mode to film mode.
What it costs
Media rooms usually cost less than dedicated cinemas because the room itself needs less construction work. As a guide, our published figure for a professionally designed small cinema room is £15,000 to £25,000 fully installed; a media room around an existing TV wall can start below that, and a concealed-projector room like Esher sits above it. We will give you a room-by-room figure at design stage. See the full cost guide.
