What channel has the Renoir?

When Malibu-based music manager Jake Hooker and wife Deborah got sick of crowded movie theaters, they bought the biggest TV they could find — an 82-inch high-definition Mitsubishi — and turned their living room into a home theater with surround-sound subwoofers that made the floor shake during flicks such as "Gladiator."

By Audrey Davidow

July 14, 2005