Platinum House builds cinema rooms — the interiors, joinery, acoustics and seating that the projector and the sound system get installed into. It is the half of a home cinema that tends to be treated as decoration, and the half that decides whether the finished room is a cinema or a large television in a dark space.
Our Dubai Hills Experience Centre has a working demonstration cinema: a cinema showroom you can sit in rather than read about.
Two jobs, and we do the room
A home cinema is two pieces of work with two different sets of drawings. One is audio-visual engineering — projection, surround sound, calibration and control. The other is the room itself: acoustic panelling, the riser, ceiling detail, carpet, cabinetry and the seating.
We do the second. The engineering is delivered with Platinum Vision, so the acoustic layout and the speaker positions are agreed on one set of drawings rather than negotiated on site afterwards. Without that, panels land in the wrong places and the riser ends up the wrong depth for the seat pitch — and neither can be adjusted once the room is carpeted.
The joinery, acoustic treatment, risers and seating are set out element by element on our cinema fit-out and seating page.
See a cinema room before you commit to one
A home cinema is the hardest part of a villa to judge from a drawing or a specification sheet. Seat spacing, how dark the room really goes, whether dialogue is clear at the back row — none of it reads on paper. There is a demonstration cinema in our Dubai Hills Experience Centre for exactly that reason. An hour in it settles most decisions, and usually saves money by ruling things out.
The room matters as much as the equipment
Most disappointing cinema rooms have decent kit in an untreated room. Because we build the joinery and interiors, the acoustic treatment, riser, seating layout and lighting are drawn together rather than negotiated afterwards — which is the difference between a big television in a dark room and a cinema.
- Room and riser — sightlines and seat spacing set before the screen size is chosen, not after.
- Acoustic treatment — panels and fabric detailed as part of the interior, so treatment looks intentional.
- Cinema seating — from sofas to reclining rows, upholstered to match the scheme.
- Lighting — dimmable scenes, step and aisle lighting, integrated into one control system.
- Concealment — projector, rack and cabling designed into the joinery.
Common questions
How much space does a home cinema need?
A dedicated room works from roughly 4.5 by 6 metres for a comfortable two rows. Below that, a well-executed media room is usually the better answer — and we will say so rather than force a cinema into a room that cannot hold one.
Can you convert an existing room?
Frequently, and it is often the best value in a villa — a spare majlis, a garage or a basement. The variables are ceiling height, whether the room can be darkened, and how much noise can be allowed to escape.
Projector or a large screen?
A projector for a dedicated dark room; a large LED screen for a room that doubles as living space in daylight. The room decides, not the budget.
What does a home cinema cost in Dubai?
The range is wide because the room drives it as much as the equipment. Rather than quote a figure that means nothing, we will price your actual room after a visit — and show you the difference between the tiers in the demonstration cinema first.
Do you handle everything, or just the interior?
Both. Interiors, joinery and seating are ours. The audio-visual engineering is delivered with Platinum Vision, who have specialised in cinema systems across the UAE for eighteen years.
Book an hour in the demonstration cinema
Bring your drawings. We will sit you in it, show you what the tiers actually sound like, and tell you what your room can and cannot do. Experience Centre in Dubai Hills Business Estate — request a quote or see our smart home integration.