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Picking a Home Theater Service Designer

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:28:21 +0000

Home theaters are all the rage now, but some people who want to have one don’t have a clue where to begin when designing one. This is where home theater designers offer their services.

Home theater designers often work for showrooms which sell home theater packages, and the designers are there to help clients select a package that will best suit their needs.

Xaviera Arata Editor of the “Home Theater Reviews” website — http://www.HomeTheaterReviews.me — pointed out;

“…Not all service providers are equal though, and there are certain options that you should look for when choosing a designer to help you make your home theater…” Added Xaviera Arata

Room Analysis – a good home theater designer should have an option where they either ask for the dimensions of your room and/or even offer a preliminary house call where they can look the room over. This allows them to pick a package that’s neither too large nor too small for your theater needs.

Package Customization – aside from picking a package that’s the right size for your home theater, designers should offer personal customization options that allow you to add or remove equipment from the package to suit your personal tastes. Naturally, this customization option should also allow you to manage your budget by adjusting the overall price.

Support Equipment Availability – aside from the actual audio and video gear for your home theater, a good designer should take into account support gear for your theater. This includes things like static guards, acoustic tiling, cabinets, and even furniture.

Acoustics and Lighting Advice – a home theater should have lighting that doesn’t disrupt viewing ability, so that the glare from light won’t reflect off the TV screen. It should also be set up with proper acoustics that prevents outside noise from entering the room, as well as minimizing echoes within the room. A good designer will take these facts into consideration and offer both advice and help in modifying your home theater along these lines.

Budgeting Advice – naturally, the bottom line for any designer is to make a sale. Because of this, try to analyze the advice your designer is giving you. A good one will have your welfare at heart, and offer options that either minimize costs for you or pace your payments at a tolerable rate. If, on the other hand, every bit of advice the designer gives seems to raise the bill, you might be getting gouged for cash. Be Warned.

After Sales Support – lastly, see if the designer offers any helpful options after closing the sale.

“…The after sales support can include extended warranties on equipment, service packages, and other helpful little bits that lets you know you can ask for assistance if things blow up later…” Added Xaviera Arata

Further information, resources and unbiased reviews of home theater systems by clicking: http://www.HomeTheaterReviews.me

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Home Theater – Plasma TV VS Projectors

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:10:24 +0000

Many homeowners are struggling with an important, electronic question: What is the ideal display for my home theater? Many people have fought this debate, but I’ll try to make clear some important considerations.

The most important detail to consider when deciding between a projector and a large plasma television is ambient light. A room with lots of windows presents a problem for a projector because every little bit of ambient lighting degrades the projected image. The ideal environment for a projector is one where you have total control over the lighting. If your home theater uses a projector, you are limited to using it when you can eliminate other light. A plasma screen can be used anyplace, anytime.

Assuming your home theater has blackout curtains, or exists deep underground; let’s examine differences between a plasma television and a projector. One advantage of a projector is that you can get a much larger picture than is available in plasma. Projectors can produce images comparable to an 81-inch screen and larger. This just isn’t possible with a plasma screen. However, plasma’s have the advantage of not needing any amount of space. A projector must have a long enough corridor to project its image on the wall or screen. To get an 81-inch or greater image, you need a decent distance between the projector and the target. Second, a projector’s image is dependent on more than the quality of the projector; you must be projecting onto a specialized surface or you lose detail. A top of the line HD projector with a very high native resolution would be wasted if you were just projecting the image onto a wall. You need an equally high quality screen with features such as a matte finish to eliminate reflection and glare. A plasma display requires no additional equipment.

Overall, a projector has the potential of creating a beautiful image, but it needs too much to work effectively. If you’re creating a private movie theater with lighting control and an investment in a screen, mounting equipment, and blackout curtains, then a projector is your piece of equipment. For everyone else, I suggest a plasma television.

By: Jakob Culver

Home Theater Solutions

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:04:28 +0000

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

Build the Ultimate Home Movie Theater

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:20:34 +0000

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

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

admin — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:19:23 +0000

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