Media Room
Media Room is a multi-purpose entertainment room designed for movies, TV, sports, gaming, music, and everyday family use.
Media Rooms & Entertainment Spaces
Davis Media Rooms terms and planning language for Chicago-area residential and commercial AV projects.
Definition Category
Media Rooms & Entertainment Spaces
Multi-Purpose Media Room
Multi-Purpose Media Room is a flexible entertainment space that balances high-quality audio/video with normal living, gathering, or recreation needs.
Gaming Room
Gaming Room is an entertainment space designed around game consoles, displays, audio, low latency, lighting, seating, and network reliability.
Sports Room
Sports Room is a viewing space optimized for games, often including big displays, multiple screens, audio routing, and simple source control.
Big-Screen TV
Big-Screen TV is a large flat-panel display selected and installed for immersive viewing from the room seating positions.
Multi-Screen Viewing
Multi-Screen Viewing is the use of multiple displays in one area so viewers can watch several games, sources, or feeds at the same time.
Drop-Down Screen
Drop-Down Screen is a projection screen that retracts into a ceiling or housing when not in use.
TV Lift
TV Lift is a motorized mechanism that raises or lowers a television from furniture, cabinetry, a floor, or a ceiling cavity.
Motorized Art Cover
Motorized Art Cover is a framed artwork system that moves to reveal or conceal a television when needed.
Entertainment Cabinet
Entertainment Cabinet is furniture or millwork designed to house displays, speakers, components, wiring, and accessories cleanly.
Media Cabinet
Media Cabinet is cabinetry used to conceal or organize source equipment, network gear, amplifiers, remotes, and media-room components.
Source Equipment
Source Equipment is the devices that provide content, such as Apple TV, Roku, cable box, Blu-ray player, game console, or media server.
Gaming Console Integration
Gaming Console Integration is the connection and control of game systems within the room audio/video, display, network, and control design.
Party Scene
Party Scene is an automation scene that sets music, lighting, displays, and sometimes shades for entertaining.
Lifestyle AV Design
Lifestyle AV Design is audio/video design based on how people actually live, gather, entertain, relax, and use each room.