Luxury home transformed into the ultimate sports fan sanctuary
Name of Project/Area: Holliday Farms/Indianapolis Dream Home
Location: Zionsville, IN
Start date: July 2023
Completion date: 8/9/23
Summary
What if you could turn your dream home into a smart home? That’s exactly what one Indianapolis couple did when they built a new three-story, 14,000 square foot home in the exclusive Holliday Farms neighborhood. The home features include a lower-level entertainment space (think ultimate walk-out basement overlooking a Pete Dye golf course) with a pool, hot tub, two bars, a gym, a bourbon room and a state-of-the-art theater featuring technology from Crimson’s LED Experts Group.
Buyers love a home with high-end finishes, and a place where families can enjoy their leisure time. Intelligent Living Solutions team combines these passions to create customized smart home technology for clients. The company’s home automation designs use cutting-edge technology to create entertainment that wows friends and family.
The homeowners held nothing back when it came to turning their dream home into a smart home. Yes, they wanted efficiency, security, conveniences but most of all—a show place to entertain family and friends using the latest in technological innovations.
The homeowner is an avid sports fan, who is passionate about Sunday football featuring the Indianapolis Colts and regular NBA basketball games played by the Indiana Pacers. The home’s dedicated theater means they’ll never miss a key play. It also a space where the entire family can indulge in streaming movies and regular shows.
The theater is controlled using Loxone technology, which also controls the theater’s lights, sound, and star field ceiling.
Challenge & Solutions
Project timelines are sometimes a moving target. In the case of this luxury home, the target installation date was specific. One of the biggest challenges the home’s design team faced was integrating a display that could deliver exceptional visual performance on a tight production timeline. The client’s desire for the perfect home theater experience, especially for watching sports, demanded a state-of-the-art display that would not compromise on quality, clarity, or size. While projection was a consideration, the project called for something more unique. Ultimately dvLED was chosen for its immersive qualities and significantly increased value and appeal for luxury homebuyers.
The Technology
Crimson’s LED Experts Group was chosen to provide the solution by the residential integration firm, Intelligent Living Solutions. After a thorough evaluation of various display options, they selected a 1.25mm Mini LED Display that could be controlled by Loxone home automation as perfect pairing.
Key Features of the 1.25mm Mini LED Display
- Large Screen Size: The display was customized to be approximately 12 feet wide and 6.5 feet tall, making it an imposing centerpiece for the home theater.
- Vivid Colors: The Mini LED technology provided rich, vibrant colors and exceptional contrast, enhancing the sports and streaming viewing experience.
- Low Latency: To cater to the client’s live sports event’s needs, the display featured minimal latency, ensuring synchronized audio and video.
- High Resolution: With a pixel pitch of 1.25mm, the Mini LED display offered breathtakingly sharp and clear visuals, ensuring that every detail of the sports action would be captured with precision.
Additionally, the Loxone platform-powered smart home is entirely automated, enabling effortless control of the entertainment area with a single touch. Press the ‘entertain’ button, and the automation system can create the ideal ambiance for your gathering. It adjusts the lighting, activates the display, regulates the temperature, manages the shades, and prepares the theater seamlessly.
Implementation
The LED Experts Group employs a basic fact-finding and needs analysis process. It begins with a deep understanding of the objectives of the end user. This is followed by a determination of the space available and size of display desired. With all LED it is critical to know the “average” viewing distance so the most effective pixel pitch can be quoted. Armed with this information we reached out to our list of vetted partners to ascertain the best quality, price, and deliverability. Our goal was to provide the best overall value (quality and price) for the Intelligent Living Solutions team.
The biggest challenge faced early on was the delivery date required by the client. Due to the custom nature of LED displays, manufacturing lead times for most displays are at best several weeks. The timeline for this project was tight and the Intelligent Living Solutions team didn’t want the display to sit at the job site for too long, fearing it might get damaged. The Crimson AV team worked closely with the vendor and the Intelligent Living Solutions team to coordinate the delivery so that it would be on-site on the day of the installation. To make this happen, Crimson AV brought the display to our warehouse in Illinois and staged it, ready to ship once the word was given. Once we were given the green light, we shipped it the same day and it arrived on time to meet the project schedule.
Crimson’s LED Expert Group worked closely with the Dream Home’s design team, Intelligent Living Solutions, to seamlessly integrate the 1.25mm Mini LED display into the home theater. The installation was carried out with meticulous precision to optimize the viewing angles and ensure that the display seamlessly blended with the room’s aesthetics.
From Dan Killinger, Owner at Intelligent Living Solutions, “Luxury home buyers want a home with high-end finishes, and this dvLED is a unique feature that most people don’t see in a residential application. As our first foray into dvLEd, we appreciate having Crimson’s LED Experts Group walk us through the LED buying process and for being very consultative to achieve this spectacular project.”
Results
The integration of the 1.25mm Mini LED Display into the home’s theater space yielded remarkable results with an immersive sports experience. The client’s dream of having a dedicated sports sanctuary and media room was fully realized using cutting-edge technology. The high resolution and vivid colors of the Mini LED display create an incredible viewing experience, making it feel like you’re in the stadium. The display also proves versatile for streaming movies, gaming, and hosting live events, making it the ultimate entertainment hub. The sleek design and large screen size of the Mini LED display added a touch of luxury to the home theater space, enhancing its overall aesthetics. The Dream Home at Holliday Farms is a world-class home theater that caters to sports fans and cinephiles alike.
Crimson’s LED Experts Group continues to set the standard for exceptional visual displays in residential and commercial spaces, ensuring that every viewer’s dream becomes a vivid reality.
Project Partners
Integrator: Intelligent Living Solutions – Dan Killinger
Manufacturers Rep: AWA Reps – Andy Spolar
Manufacturer: Loxone – home automation/control
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