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Ever think of surrounding yourself with movie
theater excitement in your own home? Anyone who has enjoyed the visuals of
the wide-screen movie, and solid of movie theater sound knows from
experience how much more this experience enhances your enjoyment of a
movie than watching the very same movie at home. Today, with the
advancement of technology, that's a home entertainment alternative that
provides you with an exciting viewing and listening experience — the
Home Theater.
Definition: Home Theater, also
known as Home Cinema, refers to setting up of audio and video equipment in
the home to reproduce the movie theater experience.
Decade ago, setting up a home theater meant
big money and lots of effort. But today, putting together a great
sounding, superb looking home theater can be pretty simple.
Essential Components of a Home
Theater System
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A TV
Most of today's TVs are digital TVs which offer a spectacular
picture, and many sets can show the high-resolution picture you get from
HDTV.
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Surround Sound Processors
The easiest way to enjoy home theater is using an integrated
receiver. One of these would include a built-in surround sound
processor, preamp, and amplifier.
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DVD Player
Many DVD players include on-board Dolby Digital, DTS, and Dolby Pro
Logic II decoding. Some may include surround-encoded material on
cable-TV, DSS satellite TV, LD laser disc, CD, and DVD-Audio.
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Home Theater Speakers
The minimum requirement for surround sound formats is five speakers
to wrap the sound completely around you: front left, front right,
center, surround left, surround right. Some systems have the ability to
provide you with seven channels of surround information by adding two
additional channels of information to the sides of the listener. The
seven channel theater systems will increase your sense of a
three-dimensional soundstage, completely immersing you in the
soundtrack.
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Cables
To improve the and video performance select the audiophile-type cables
instead of using the cheap 'patch cords' that come with some home
theater components.
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Power Protection
To safeguard home theater system from lightning strikes and power
surges. Some have built-in line conditioning to ensure cleaner power, a
better picture, and more accurate audio.
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Powered Subwoofers
An appropriate size subwoofer with an adequate amount of power is
extremely important to ensure it will be able to keep pace with the rest
of your system. A subwoofer brings you hyper-realistic thunder,
explosions and musical scores.
Home Theater Plan
There
are two methods to own a home theater :
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A system assembled from separate home
theater components
By combining a number of separate components and assemble them into an
impressive, high-performance system.
A system assembled from separate home theater components are excellent
when:
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Larger Space for tailoring the system's
power and capabilities.
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Satisfaction - Handpicking your
components lets you ensure that music and movies sound exactly the way
you wish.
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Upgrading- separate components offer
greater flexibility for upgrades.
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All-in-one home theater system
Comes prepackaged with components — just connect to TV.
An all-in one home theater system is excellent when:
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