How Much Do Home Theatres Cost?
According to smartSPACE Home Automation, you can have a home theatre in terms of your own specific budget, even for as little as a few thousand dollars. Of course, one of these home theatres with all of the bells and whistles certainly costs more. But, in line with national averages, a grand setup costs about $33,000. This range of budgets and inclusions gives you a lot of room to create your own private theatre for the right price.
With the above national averages in mind, you can fully outfit your home theatre to include seating, lighting, the theatre system and installation by an experienced professional for between $2,000 and $33,000. Your price comes down to what you want, the complexity of the system you design and local installation rates.
What determines the cost of your home theatre?
As you can see, home theatre pricing varies widely. Overall, the pricing depends on whether you already own some of the equipment, how much remodelling and installation work your home requires and how many extras you want from the associated technology.
Labour costs are also very different from one region to the next and according to the amount of work, as well as that work’s intricacy. Electrical work is one area that elevates the cost of a theatre installation, particularly when compared to plug-and-play setups. Increased costs exist in the details of the home theatre design.
What You Can Get at Various Price Points
If you want a home theatre experience where sounds on the screen feel like they are next to you or moving around the room, you will likely not fully get that at $2,000. But you can fulfill your individual needs, whether you have just a few thousand to spend or tens of thousands. Below, we look at some examples of home theatres and their costs, so you can find your budget sweet spot.
A Home Theatre for $2,080
For approximately $2,080, you can have a home theatre. This setup can include:
- 60-inch television with mounting bracket
- Surround sound amplifier
- Three HDMI cables
- Five box speakers and subwoofer
- Installation fee of $400
$6,500 Home Theatre with Dolby Surround 7.1
The price of $6,500 includes the following home theatre components and costs as part of a Dolby Surround 7.1 theatre system:
- 80-inch UHDTV
- Seven surround speakers
- One subwoofer
- Universal remote for the electronics
- System design, installation, programming and customer orientation for $1,500
$12,900 Projector and Screen System
If you want a more robust system inclusive of audio wiring throughout your home, you can consider one like the projector and screen system setup below:
- Home wire costs of $2,700
- Projection system and bracket
- 110-inch screen
- Surround amplifier
- 5-inch wireless speakers and subwoofer
- Remote control system
- Eight speaker zones with volume controls
- Installation, prewiring, HDMI cord up to 50-inch in length, equipment concealing and all audio zone setup for iOS for $3,000
$33,500 Dolby Atmos 7.4.2 Home Theatre
Spending more on home theatres certainly affords upscale systems, such as this Dolby Atmos 7.4.2 system, below:
- Dolby Atmos surround sound
- 40:1 projector with screen
- Motorized anamorphic lens kit for remote-controlled projector
- 130-inch Innovations Black Diamond black screen for UHDTV quality
- Installation and setup cost of $3,500 for home theatre design, installation, programming and customer orientation
