Oct 132009
 
PinExt Monthly Forum Winner for September

I have not been posting much to the blog lately. I am sorry about that and look forward to writing some new posts very soon. However, in the meantime, I would like to announce our September Pegasus Associates Lighting Forum winner of a free $50 Pegasus Lighting gift certificate.  This month, our winner is forum member bigguy. Congratulations bigguy!

To help build our new online lighting community, Pegasus Associates Lighting is giving away:

  • Free lighting gifts to the first 100 members who join the forum.
  • Free lighting gifts to the first 50 members who post in our forum 10 times.
  • A $50 gift certificate to one lucky forum member each month for the rest of 2009.

The Pegasus Associates Lighting Forum is an online lighting community with a primary focus on helping to answer our website visitor’s lighting questions. Answers may come from one of our technical customer service representatives monitoring our lighting forum or another forum member. In addition, our forum is also a place to allow people to share their lighting projects (including images), post lighting articles, and to provide feedback on our products or website.

pnsi 661 Monthly Forum Winner for September

LED Mini Step Light with Louver

For example, we just had a post from a new forum member who posted for recommendations on the use of our LED mini step lights with louvers and LED in-wall night lights in a home theater room she is building. Check out her post about Step Lights and Home Theater lighting and help out if you can by posting your own thoughts.

Below are our 2009 monthly forum winners to date:

May: cmgeupel
June: Joe B.
July: Premium
August: pbcomm
September: bigguy
PinExt Monthly Forum Winner for September
Jul 012009
 
PinExt Lighting Tips for Home Theaters

home theater Lighting Tips for Home TheatersGuiding Principle
“Light is the first element of design; without it there is no color, form, or texture.” – Thomas E. Farin

Types of Lighting
There are several different types of lights that should be considered to be part of a well-lit home theater. Recessed downlights, step lights if there are steps, pathway lighting if the theater has several rows of seats, wall sconces and/or wall washer downlights, a fiber optic star ceiling, cove lighting, cabinet lighting, exit signs, rope lights, and stage lighting each provide an important component of a well-layered lighting plan for a home theater.
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PinExt Lighting Tips for Home Theaters