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Show News for 2008. We'll be doing both the Smart Home Show at the NEC in April and the Home Building Show in Harrogate in November If you'd like to come and meet us then please give us a call or use the show pages facility on this site to get some free tickets.

We have fantastic demonstration facilities in our Thirsk offices; these include 2 different Home Cinema setups, lighting control systems, beautiful lighting fixtures tied to sophisticated lighting control systems, multiroom audio and video systems and heating & environmental control.

The Thirsk office is by appointment only, so if you'd like to come and see us then please call on 01845 525664.

We can audition specific specialist audio and cinema equipment when required. Call to discuss your requirements or make an appointment
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Welcome to Brilliant Living and Brilliant Lighting
Smart Homes : Multiroom Audio/Video : Lighting Design : Home Cinema

Together Brilliant Living and Brilliant Lighting can provide you with a unique combination of smart home and lighting design skills and independent advice. We share a common philosophy: strongly design led, and committed to providing intelligent and ‘human’ solutions.

Really smart design is when you don’t notice it: everything ‘just works’ and the house works the way you do. By bringing lighting design together with house control systems we are able to work synergistically to achieve a better result.

Brilliant Living designs systems giving you multiroom or multi-zone video and audio, home cinema, flexible and powerful lighting control, integrated security systems, wireless networking, smarter heating control and remote communication with your house. Most importantly we design the system to suit the way you live and your budget.

The integrated home - intelligent and individual

 
Lighting Design

Light is often the single most important factor in a room yet it is frequently overlooked.

Read more...Good lighting is about altering perceptions of light and space, creating focal points and enhancing features, and creating moods or enabling tasks.

It’s much more than just ensuring that the light level is adequate or incorporating a striking light fitting into an interior design, although both of these can be important.

We take the mystery out of good lighting and help you make the most of your space. Our approach is to work closely with you, to understand how you use the space, what you want to emphasise, and how these needs may change over time.

Separate sections outline our approach to mood lighting and lighting control systems

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Home Cinema

Whilst it's possible to describe a lot of the things that can be done with both lighting and home technology, nothing beats being able to touch, feel, hear and see real examples.

Our Home Cinema demo facilities in Thirsk, North Yorkshire feature a large array of world leading products from leading lighting, audio and video manufacturers.

A stunning example of this is the main cinema room which features anamorphic projection using Sim2 projectors, ArtCoustic and Genelec speakers driven by Lexicon audio processing and an acoustically transparent masked screen from Screen Research.

The cinema also features the latest in room correction technology from Audyssey and the amazing Kaleidescape system

Like the rest of the showroom, our Home Cinema is controlled by AMX Modero touch panels and the new AMX R4 remote.

 
Multiroom Audio
Multiroom or multizone audio sytems enable you to listen to your favourite audio everywhere around your house and garden.

So whether that's the Today programme in the kitchen in the morning, a selection of your favourite tunes in the garden room or some mellow music as you soak in the bath in the evening, a multiroom system can deliver that from one central source and do so without the clutter of additional equipment everywhere.

The concept is easy to describe and the reality can be stunning. However, there is no "one size fits all solution", so let's break down what what we mean when we talk about multiroom audio and outline how it might apply to your project.

See our overview of multiroom audio here
 
Kaleidescape Movie Server

Kaleidescape is simply the finest DVD Server we've seen to date.

Read more...The system allows storage for many hundreds of DVDs on a Kaleidescape Server which can then be played back in different rooms by a networked Kaleidescape Player.

It's a simple concept that has been beautifully executed. The user interface is flexible allowing users to browse their library by Title, Director, Actors, Genres even running time.

Audio and video quality are superb. The DVDs are stored totally uncompressed so there's no loss of quality. To arrange a demonstration of this system please call on 01845 525664

The cover art interface is like browsing in your favourite DVD store. Select a film and Kaleidescape retrieves other cover titles that it thinks you might be interested in. Brilliant!

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AMX 5200i Wireless Panel

AMX announced a slew of new developments at the CEDIA Expo in Denver including a new integrated multiroom audio system called Tango and a new door entry system.

Read more...However, our favourite has to be the new 5.2" wireless panel - the Modero MVP5200i. These new panels are shipping in limited quantities now.

We've taken delivery of our demonstration models and have been testing them against a variety of different systems; from simple Home Cinema control to whole house automation. The results to date have been really positive. the screen is bright, wireless connectivity robust and the battery life is excellent. Used with a product like the Imerge MS5000 server it puts full control of a DVD and audio library in the palm of your hand

Available in gloss white and gloss black, it offers the power and flexibility you'd expect from AMX in a new, smaller package

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Aquavision Bathroom TVs
Read more...Aquavision televisions incorporate the latest state of the art screens with the latest and best features. originally designed for use just in the bathrooms they regularly appear in kitchens, swimming pool and garden environments, spas, saunas, and even living rooms. In fact, they appear almost anywhere.

All units feature heated screen areas to prevent the front misting up in humid conditions or even freezing up in cold conditions. All the TVs in the range come with a floating remote control and can also be controlled by a waterproof RTI programmable remote. Aquavision has also provided all the current models with RS232 control so they can easily be integrated into an AMX controlled environment.
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