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Home Theater System Basics
By Tony Lee
The Home Theater system can be a warm addition to your home if planned out properly. You can choose to make it as simple or complex as you wish. There are some things to consider before you start your shopping expedition for a new Home Theater System. Before I built my first Home Theater System, I went out and shopped at the local big name electronics stores, and made some comparisons. Many offer an actual "sound room", consisting of component systems already assembled. These sound rooms come close to a full size living room in the average home. With that in mind, you can begin to compare the acoustics of the work area in your home where you plan on installing your system. In my case, I had a good friend who had installed his own system and offered many great tips on my system. But many large electronic stores have in house experts that will come to your home and make an evaluation as well. Since room size and room acoustics play an essential part in the sound of your system, I suggest you start there. Things to consider of course are the basics like room size. Is your room carpeted? Does it have a wood floor or tile floor? What are the wall materials? Amount of furniture? Ceiling height? The first and perhaps the most expensive item you want to consider is the video display or TV. Here you have many options, such as the Flat Screen, the Flat Panel, Plasma Screen or perhaps even a Rear Projection Screen TV. Each of these devices have their good and bad points. Whats important to determine when choosing a TV is the size and location. For example, a rear projection TV can take up loads of space, while a flat panel TV can be wall mounted and save you space for other components. Room lighting is also important to consider when choosing a video display. How big is the room? Does your room have windows? How does light (sun) enter the room at different times of the day? How does it affect the type display you plan on buying? The next item to consider is the Home Theater Receiver. In a normal configuration, this device will be the hub of your system and connects all of the components to drive sound to the speakers. It contains a tuner for AM/FM, HD (High Definition Radio), XM or Sirius Satellite Radio, or Internet Radio and a Multi channel Amplifier. It is important to note the capability of the device and how many other components its able to connect to. Another item you will need to purchase is the speaker system. As a matter of personal choice, I purchased the brand of speakers that matched my receiver. One other speaker addition I consider a must is a subwoofer. The subwoofer speaker reproduces the low frequencies of sound found in music and movies. Adding a subwoofer helps reproduce the sounds you experience in the movie theaters. To make a basic Home Theater complete, you will a DVD player. Several styles and models are available on the market. One great thing about these devices is that prices have dropped considerably. Most DVD players are capable of playing CDs as well as movie DVDs. This eliminates the need for a separate CD player to play music. A few terms you need to be aware of when shopping for a DVD player: Progressive Scan and Upscaling. A Progressive scan DVD player a can produce a smoother, more detailed, image to your Video output.(TV)In progressive scanning, the image is sent to the screen every 60th of a second rather than interlacing every 30th of a second. In this method, digital image lines, or pixel rows, are scanned in number sequence (1,2,3) down the screen from top to bottom, rather than an alternate order, i.e, 1,3,5. Upscaling: Let's say you have a DVD that is not recorded in HD, or High Definition. The upscaling feature on DVD players will make an attempt to reproduce this image in HD, IF you have a HDTV. In this process, it tries to increase the pixel count to that of an HDTV from its standard pixel count, thus improving picture quality. CD Player: Although your DVD player may also play music CDs, you may want to add on a CD player. Many stand alone players offer multi-disc play, where as a DVD player may not. Although many merchants offer "out of the box" complete Home Theater Systems, building your own system can be a very rewarding experience! |
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This intel was contributed by Tony Lee
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