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Front view of Durbanville home cinema with floating 120-inch screen and M&K Dolby Atmos ceiling speakers
September 27, 2026

New-Build Home Cinema or Room Upgrade? How Planning Differs

by Morgan Irwin / Posted in Home Cinema

You can create an excellent private cinema while building a new home, or improve an existing room without starting again. Neither route is automatically better. They differ in what can be decided early, what must be measured first and where the project risk sits.

This comparison uses two Mirror Edge Networks projects: a Durbanville cinema planned during construction and a Camps Bay cinema upgrade in an established room.

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Hout Bay hidden home cinema with motorised projection screen
September 27, 2026

Mirror TV, TV Lift or Hidden Projector? Choosing the Right Solution

by Morgan Irwin / Posted in Hidden AV

A television can disappear into the ceiling, read as a mirror, or remain visible as artwork. A projection screen can retract after film night. These solutions all reduce visual clutter, but they solve different design problems. The right choice depends on what you want to see when the system is off, how the room is used, and how much space the architecture gives the mechanism.

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