Modern Family Room
This family room proves that high style and high tech can peacefully coexist in even the most sophisticated of interiors. Designed by Rob Turner at CRT Studio, the bamboo cabinet floats on the architectural stone wall. Soft backlighting around the cabinet provides soft illumination while watching TV in the dark.

Family Room Retrofit
"We have lived in and remodeled 16 houses in the course of our marriage, and this entertainment system is the best and easiest to use we've ever had," Mary Beth, Winter Park. Wow, thanks!
For the project shown above, Storch Entertainment Systems was contacted to retrofit the equipment rack, speakers and plasma monitor with the existing cabinetry. We had a few challenges including a cabinet that was only 17 inches deep: We scoured equipment depths before finding high quality components that were no more than 15" deep and then custom cut the equipment rack to fit. We also had to provide airflow in the cabinet to remove the heat from the components: We installed a ingress fan on the right side of the cabinet and drilled airflow holes through the upright pieces with an exhaust fan on the left side.
The main remote control operates the family room, but can also direct different music to the other rooms of the house and outside. This is especially useful when adults want to enjoy the pool and lanai while the kids are inside watching TV.
Storch Entertainment Systems
Winter Park, Florida
Michael Storch
321-277-7173
mike@storchentertainment.com
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Best Concert Video (Ever)
The Police Certifiable may be the best DVD concert ever. Forgetting the performances (which are great), the audio and video quality are top rate. Also great is the camera work; unlike many concerts, the cinematography is smooth and consistent. There are none of the fast cuts or jumpy camera work that plague many other concert performances. All in all a 10 for performance, audio, video and watchability.
January's Heavy Rotation
Dave Brubeck recently received a Kennedy Center Honor for his contribution to the arts. At 89 years old, he was also nominated for two Grammy Awards at the most recent 52nd Grammies. "Time Out", first released in 1959, was his breakthrough album and features his most famous song, "Take Five." A classic jazz album, available now from Amazon for $6.99!
Storch Project Featured on Auralex Website
Auralex Acoustics is one of the premier providers of acoustical consulting and products for both the professional and home theater markets. We are pleased they have chosen one of our acoustically correct theaters to showcase on their website.
Joe Kane Visits Storch Entertainment

Joe Kane, the world's (yes, the world's) foremost video expert conducted a one-on-one training class at our offices recently (the photo shows Joe in our conference room). We are proud to announce that Storch now offers the Joe Kane Productions-approved Samsung video projection monitor. This unit, according to Joe, "is the world's only VIDEO projector", as it is manufactured and calibrated specifically to reproduce only the highest quality video images. Joe is in high demand among video manufacturers and Hollywood production engineers alike to provide training and expert advice regarding all things video, we are happy to have had him pay us a visit. Please call or email if you would like to experience first-hand our theater featuring this new projector. Aside: This is the same projector used by Paramount and Dreamworks in their film-to-video editing suites.
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