Home Theater vs Media Room: How to Tell Them Apart Before You Buy or List

Home theater vs media room: CEDIA calls a theater a dedicated, darkened room with fixed seating and a media room part of your living space, while the RP22 audio standard drops both names and rates rooms Level 1 to Level 4. Here is how to tell them apart at a showing, what 7.1.4 means, how the MLS labels the room, what a Florida inspector is not required to check, and why the TV is not on the contract’s list.