When undertaking home theater room design, you would first need to decide whether you want to use the basement or another room and whether the power supply is sufficient to handle your home theater system needs. You may want to hire a professional who will help with the room design, or at the very least, advise you on how to achieve best results.
Minimum Requirements For Maximum Effects
You may often be advised that your room design should at least meet certain requirements before you can place it within your home. These minimum requirements would include having a system that fits with the shape as well as size within the home, which if it fails to meet these criteria, would end up spoiling the auditory reception, which means you get less quality sound than your equipment warrants. You would be well advised to check that you have the home theater that is not only hooked together correctly, but also that the design serves the home in the best possible manner.
Thus, you should opt for a design that is simple as far as installation is concerned, and that the speakers should be positioned such that you get optimum quality of sound, which may take some time in achieving. Some people may also be attracted to the idea of having their reproduce the original cinematic experience and may want to use a large screen HDTV or a projection system both of which require that everything works perfectly together. Thus, you may opt for a theater set-up, which would require that your home theater room design take into consideration the proper layout of the speakers, which in many cases would mean using speakers incorporated with the TV, rather than have the sound played via surround sound system. You will need good quality speakers, the right size of movie screen and most important of all, detailed advance planning.
Get Help When You Need
If you are unable to properly get your room design from your own efforts, you can always take the help and advice of a movie theater specialist who will guide you on the specific needs that are dependent on the shape as well as needs of your home theater room. The bottom line is that the home theater room design requires taking into account a wide range of functions and one set-up will usually be different from another. The main objectives should be to obtain maximum viewing pleasure, the best in sound as well as a wonderful overall experience from that system.
By: Ilango Chokalingam
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Planning a Home Theater Room Design
April 1st, 2010Surround Sound for Your Home Theater System
March 28th, 2010
If you think you can take those old stereo speakers and hook them up to your television set in order to create surround sound for your home theater system, you are cheating yourself out of an auditory delight. True, you would hear the audio sounds from the program you were watching, but surround sound works differently. With a properly set up set of speakers, the sound quality is optimized, making you feel as if whatever is happening on the television screen is actually taking place in the room where you are sitting – especially if you close your eyes!
A good set of speakers will include what is called a digital media port, which will allow you to expand the usefulness of your home theater system even more. With this option, you can play music from your computer’s hard drive, an iPod, or any Bluetooth device, and enjoy the incredible range and tone that the speakers produce.
A basic set of surround sound speakers for your home theater system will include three to five wall mountable speakers for a wide, clear sound field, along with a subwoofer to further enhance the entire audio spectrum. Generally, you will need two front speakers, two rear speakers, a center speaker, and a subwoofer for the best sound. Once you get everything set up, prepare to be amazed. You will be able to actually “feel” the sound as it reverberates! It would be best to find a set that has a magnetically shielded center speaker, so that this one can be placed close to your television set without any sort of image distortion. Your subwoofer should also have a power supply of its own for best results.
A good receiver is a big part of the surround sound package for your home theater system. The receiver for your speakers should be as high a wattage as possible for the best sound, and should be equipped with at least a 4 channel Dolby Pro Logic decoder. Look for the inclusion of Digital Cinema Sound technology and Auto Calibration for clean, crisp, realistic sound quality. The best receivers will have separate and distinct sound filed controls for music and movies, and easy to reach connections for headphones, optional antennas, and of course, speakers. Most will include a microphone which will balance the speakers for you, giving you the best audio with very little effort on your part.
By: George Wood
Home Theater – Getting More Affordable
December 2nd, 2009
Home Theaters are becoming more affordable for everyone. You no longer have to be of the elite to have a home theater room. You don’t have to sacrifice quality or just plain coolness. You can have a great sounding home theater room for under $5,000.
Here is a list of the items we listing when we planned our theater room.
PROJECTOR:
Projectors provide the ultimate home theater experience. Nothing else comes as close to truly re-creating the viewing experience of a movie theater. Front-projection TV delivers all that and more – images bursting with cinematic detail and color across a larger-than-life screen measured in feet, not inches. The projector will need a bracket to hang on. They can usually be found where you get the projector.
SCREEN:
With front projection you can go BIG! Shop around for screen you can get very good screens for a lot less than the retail stores would have you believe. We found really great deals on ebay.
RECEIVER:
We went with Sony all the way, but that’s just us. Shop for something you trust and feel comfortable spending you dollars on.
DVD PLAYER/CHANGER:
We went with a single DVD recorder and a 400 disc changer. We use the single player for movies we rent or ones we get from family and friends to return and we load our collection in the disc changer.
SPEAKERS:
Speakers can be as simple or as high end as you desire. We went with a 7:1 arrangement. Two in front; two on the sides and two in the back plus a center channel and a sub-woofer.
SEATING:
Seating should be arranged so everyone has a good view of the screen. However, if more seating is needed throw some fun big pillows on the floor – the more the merrier.
You’ll need a good power supply that is designed to take the load of all your components. These can be a little pricey, but are well worth it.
Set the mood with movie posters, collectibles! You can have a lot of fun putting these together. We threw in an old fashioned stand up pop corn machine.
Get started on your home theater room today! It’s great fun!
By: Candy L Dihel
