Posted on Wednesday 30 June 2010
When you hear the word home, you probably think of big screens, large upholstered chairs, large speakers around the world, projectors, and many remote controls sitting in your living room. football, beer and other fun stuff probably hidden in the picture as well. If you've read my previous articles, then you know that the house is really for everyone, every budget and every room. It is not just the gear, DVD players, MP3 players, Blu-ray surround sound systems, plasma and LCD screens. This is making your system, whatever it is, the best possible.
Unlike the home of the last decades of cinema, you can get into the action and you are lucky enough to projectors a wide range of programs, windows, screens, seats and equipment, popcorn machine also available for home Create your own. Probably the first big decision you must make is where you want your house to sit> Theatre. One thing to learn how to turn your 19-inch TV, but try) speakers to adapt a big screen TV with six (or more, and for A / V gear at home is a bit 'different.
Few people are prepared for how awful a complete home theater can be a small house, it is important to plan so if you have limited space. Give your home theater room as all important first step. If the only placehas a TV on the mantle above a fireplace, you're looking for a flat screen (plasma or LCD) TV and little else. If you have the entire system to fit in a corner of the room, which also narrows the search.
You can certainly have a home that is your current residence, your bedroom or a room in a theater. Components are now doing a good job in integrating different systems together. You can get good DVD / Videocombo, receivers, videos and audio control signals. personal video recorders, is now a part of many digital cable and satellite set-top box. The most important thing you must remember that not so much the size of a room, but the way you draw the room capacity to grasp in its audio and video experience. Remember, hunting and not buy a home theater lifestyle that just does not fit into your home o. A home theater is alla theatrical atmosphere, so choose the place and work from there.
So now you're probably thinking this sounds great, and you're eager to dive into home theater, but what is all this costing us? Well, the answer is, of course, what you need? Here's a quick guide to help you understand. (Remember that prices are competitive and changing each time only two years ago. A lot of this gear costs twicemuch as it is today. Do your homework and research a few different stores and websites to find out what the best offer the same products. Do not forget eBay and Amazon.
If your budget is $ 0 to $ 500, do not worry. You are still in entry-level arena for home theater. Systems in Sub-$ 500 range will probably use the existing TV (or connect a digital flat screen TV in 27 inch series) and any level of subscription in a system home theaterpackage, including all the speakers you need for surround sound and a receiver / DVD Combo). Yo can probably throw in a VCR $ 50, if we had one (well maybe it's time to upgrade some VHS tapes that discarded), but also the lowest level of all-in-one Home Cinema includes DVD.
If your budget is between $ 500 and $ 2,000, you can visit a number in a number of ingredients. You can spend money on a flatscreen TV media (perhapsin 37 – to 42-inch range), but with the way the flat-panel prices fall, there is a 50-inch LCD TV when it's cash budget for audio equipment. Have space to play, then decide if you want to spend more for video, audio, or if you have a good balance of both. This price category has a range of opportunities for a better surround sound systems, five surround speakers plus a subwoofer. You can also have a reasonably good A / V receiver to drivesystem. To end with an MP3 player and even a Bluetooth solution that can stream music and video directly from your computer or mobile device wirelessly.
From $ 2,000 to $ 5,000 level, you start theater system create serious potential for a very large house. You can get a high quality 50-inch or larger high-definition 1080p LCD or plasma TV, or perhaps even a home theater projector and screen. You definitely want to dotransition from DVD to Blu-ray when you use the kind of money when Blu-ray is the high quality DVD is available and a good player is about $ 300. For your sound, you can spend $ 1000 or so on a nice all-in-one system, but at this price, you can begin to seriously separate components with just A / V receiver, CD / DVD player / recorders, personal VCR, game system, surround speakers, and maybe more. Do not forget, if you are not familiar with some of these items, or are not quite comfortable building a system yourself, have someone who knows him to help. Otherwise you can find items that are not compatible with each other, or would result in more money for equipment, converters and interfaces to ensure their will.
If you exceed the $ 5,000 as the budget, you can begin a degree with the addition of wonderful ways to increase throughout the home through multi-function area, with allHome> Audio remote control and universal service. You can also continue to climb the ladder in terms of components of superior quality. projectors good base of about $ 1,500, or you can stay with a flat panel display LCD. In this budget you can go 60 – inches or more, or even multiple screens in different rooms. Do not forget the furniture! Good seat home theater starts around $ 350 each. A high quality universal remote costs about $ 500. (And by "universal" I meanwho will do anything but run the shower. Check your screens, all, all your audio, lighting, even the shutters closed so that you do not want a glare on the screen in each room.)
I hope not too much information overload. Just do not forget, you can always start with a lower budget and upgrade later when you have a better idea of what they want and need a part of your home theater experience.
