SHI Private Cinema
The Room Where the World Goes Quiet
Private home theaters engineered for Los Angeles estates. Reference picture, sound you feel, and technology that disappears.
Control4 and Crestron certified. 20+ years in Los Angeles luxury homes.
Why most home theaters disappoint
Most Theaters Are Designed Backwards
The industry starts with equipment. A big screen, a box of speakers, a projector picked from a catalog. The room comes last. That is why so many expensive theaters sound flat, wash out in daylight, leak sound into the bedrooms, and need a remote tutorial every time guests come over.
A great theater starts with the room. Seating distance, acoustics, light control, and how it should feel to sit there. Equipment is chosen last, to serve the experience.
From Lior Hamuel, Founder
What It Should Feel Like to Sit in Your Theater
Lior has designed and built theaters for Los Angeles homes for over two decades. He leads every design personally.
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What We Engineer
Picture
Reference grade projection and screens sized to your seating, not to a showroom.
Sound
Immersive Dolby Atmos engineered for your room, so every seat is the best seat.
Room
Acoustic treatment, light control, and sound isolation that keep the film in the theater and the rest of the home quiet.
Control
One touch. Lights dim, shades close, the film starts. No remote tutorials.
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The Process
- 01
Blueprint Session
We learn how you watch, who you watch with, and how the room should feel.
- 02
Design and Engineering
Seating, sightlines, speaker layout, screen size, and acoustics, engineered before a single wire is pulled.
- 03
Prewire and Build
Coordinated with your builder and designer so the theater is planned before the walls close.
- 04
Calibration and Handoff
Picture and sound calibrated to the room, then simplified to one touch. We stay for the life of the system.
Selected work
Rooms Built for the Long Run
Client proof
“Lior and his team built our home theater and media room nine years ago, and we have never faced anything serious since. He is the best in the industry. Deep knowledge, a terrific team, and they just made life simple.”
Kumar G., Homeowner, Los Angeles
“From the entire Crestron system throughout the house to the outdoor sound, the movie theater, the cameras, the indoor speakers and the blinds. You have done it all.”
Geoffrey Sitbon, Homeowner
“SHI installed and now monitors and services our entire home. It is phenomenal, state of the art, and easy to use.”
Erik Rehder, Homeowner
For specifiers
A Theater That Protects the Design
We work inside your vision, not around it. Speakers disappear into walls and ceilings, equipment lives out of sight, and finishes are selected with your designer. Prewire is coordinated with your schedule so there are no surprises at trim. Your client gets a room they love. Your project looks better for it.
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Coming soon
Design Your Theater Before It Is Built
The SHI Theater Designer lets you enter your room size and see your theater come to life. Seating, screen, speaker layout, and a walkthrough of the finished room. Join the early access list.
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FAQ
Your Seat Is Waiting
A 30 minute conversation is all it takes to start designing the room.
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