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Home Theater Solutions

February 6th, 2010



Home Theater – Out of the box

What has made the home theater experience more accessible and affordable for more people in recent years is the emergence of what the industry now calls “cinema in a box”. This is a great option for the home-theater novice, those in apartments or renters as it is most cost effective.

For as little as a few hundred dollars, you can enjoy basic cinema sight and sound. You need to look around for all the latest specials in this area. Just go into your local shop and ask about “cinema in a box”.

For those on a budget this provides an ideal way to create a home theatre from scratch. Instead of having to choose and buy expensive separate components, you get all the equipment you need for one fixed price.
Will the home theater fit in my room?

Where you decide to put the home theatre is just as important as the equipment itself. The position, size of the room, along with how many windows it has, will influence your cinema experience to some extent. Large, uncovered windows and wooden floors will detract from the big screen as it will introduce the unwanted ‘glare’ factor. It would be a great idea to hang heavy curtains to reduce this glare and to lay carpet in the proposed cinema to eliminate noise reflection.

Square rooms are the worst for home cinema because sound waves bounce off the rear wall. So a rectangular or odd-shaped room will be much more suitable when it comes to sound if that is possible.

Several manufacturers now offer a solution to this in their home-theatre systems that will automatically balance the sound between all speakers, making it easier for the home-theatre novice.

So where is home theater headed in the future? Wireless! Actually it is already here so keep your eyes peeled for more news on that!

By: Steve Knowles

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Build the Ultimate Home Movie Theater

January 16th, 2010



If you’re thinking about planning and building a home movie theater, there’s a lot of things to consider. The first decision you need to make concerns your space.

If this is going to be fairly small and simple, you can probably get away with putting it in your living room or den. Then again, you might have a furnished basement that could serve as a home for your new entertainment system.

The next thing you need to do once you know where it needs to go is to pick your system. If this is going in a small space, you may want to buy your home theater out of a box. This is where all the equipment is packed together. You can expect to pay anywhere from $250 to well over $1,000 for one of these. The quality varies with the price.

Now, if you have a lot of space (and a lot of money to go with it), you’ll want to investigate the higher end sound systems. The internet will give you access to all kinds of options, but it’s also a good idea to stop by an electronics store to test out the sound quality before you actually buy something.

You want to be certain you’re getting what you want, especially if you’re sinking a lot of cash into a nice home movie theater.

Now that you’ve picked out all the gadgetry, you need to start thinking about how you’ll enjoy your system. Will you be kicking back in a cushy sofa or a cozy recliner?

Shopping for the corresponding furniture can be even more fun. You can choose anything from theater-style seats that flip up to big fat recliners that give you ultimate comfort.

Lighting is another important consideration for your home movie theater. If you have any windows in the same room, you want to be sure to cover them with heavy drapes so that light won’t glare on the screen. You’ll also want to install ambient lighting for both mood and to make sure your guests don’t trip and injure themselves in the dark.

By: Jessi Janae

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Home Theater System – Decorating Your Home Theater Room Need Not Be Pricey

December 25th, 2009



A really good home theater system is a major investment not only in money but of course in time too. A good system is more than just mere components and parts, its also the atmosphere. Because if you can create the ambiance that is provided by a expected from a movie theater just makes the home experience just that more special.

Wouldn’t it great to have a viewing space that is totally dedicated just for the home theater?
You might think that this is very expensive, but the good new is the cost of decorating need not be so costly.

Lighting

Decorate you viewing space in manner that will not allow you and other viewers to be distracted from the television.
Before you spend any money whatsoever you should give special consideration to the light source as natural and artificial light glares on the screen. Now that will really spoil your enjoyment!

There is special lighting available that can cost you in excess of $500, but I did promise that decorating your home theater’s room need not be expensive, and this is not required.
Pop into your local home improvement store and there you will find wall scones that be a perfect décor at a lesser cost.
Rope lighting or Christmas tree lights can provide light without any threat of glare.

Flooring

Another way of devoid glare is to paint your walls in a dark color, but in saying this if your home theater system is going to be located in the basement than this is not required, but I would suggest you lay down some in-expensive such as cork as the flooring has a natural resistant to moisture that can rise in the basement.

Furniture

A good investment is purchasing furnishing such as dark colored sofas as not only does this limit any glare but also promotes the whole family to get together.
For the little ones bean bags are excellent as this gives them their own personal space and thus helps lessens the eventuality of arguments and tantrums that little ones are liable to have.

Sound Proof

If you home theater system is located in the basement – my advise is don’t bother, but so not to upset the neighbors and have the sound as loud as you want sound proofing your walls might be the answer from avoiding a fine from the local environmental officer.

Conclusion

When we were kids we loved the atmosphere that the cinema provided and as we get older this same feeling can be created in our own homes with just a little forethought, plus the whole exercise does not need to be an expensive one…the best advise here is have creative options, do not get drowned into much clutter, and enjoy your home movie experience.

By: Robert Cacciatore

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