Your media room is one of the most important and busiest rooms in your home. It’s where you watch movies or binge your favorite TV show with friends and family, cheer on your favorite team during the big game, and where everyone congregates during gatherings at your home. With your media room serving all these purposes, it’s important that the space is designed for maximum comfort and enjoyment.

Your media room design includes things like your TV and speakers, of course, but there’s more to creating an inviting environment than that. Here are three smart systems you can install in your Portland, OR home to make your media room the ultimate hang-out space.

If you’re at all familiar with home automation, you know how these systems can make your life easier and simpler. What you may not know is how automation technology can actually help you live a healthier life. The growing field of biophilia shows that people have an innate desire to be in nature and interact with the natural world.

And now, smart home technology has advanced to the point that devices from your lights to your thermostat can automatically adjust themselves to keep you comfortable and healthy at home with this philosophy in mind. Want to know more? Here’s how biophilia benefits residents in Portland and other areas of Oregon.

Amid all the stresses and chaos of everyday living, wouldn’t you like to know your home is an island of calm to look forward to? The technology in your home should cater to your needs and make your life easier, and you can do that with whole home automation. Here’s what Washington residents in the Vancouver region can install to make home life more convenient and comfortable.

One of our primary roles as technology professionals is to keep our clients up to date on the latest smart home services available to them. The smart home industry is always evolving, and we want to make sure you always have access to the latest and greatest for your Portland, OR home. It is why we're so excited to tell you about the newest offering from Control4: The Neeo remote.

Explicitly optimized to work with Control4’s new OS 3 platform, the remote offers a comfortable, sleek and seamless experience. If you already have a Control4 system in place, it takes just a few minutes to connect the remote. Want to learn more? Encore Audio Video is one of the few certified showrooms in the country showcasing this brand-new control solution.