Major movie houses, theatres, home entertainment environments, gaming, arcade and other public and in-house presentation areas today use surround sound systems for enhanced audio entertainment. Surround sound is basically when you increase the dimension of your sound (or sound waves), sort of like on the Twilight Zone. In other words you take the standard one dimensional audio production, referred to as mono / Left-Right, and turn it into multiple dimensions; two or three.
Home Theater Setup Basics
Time to turn an area of your home into an entertainment area? Tune up your house with a home theater by following these basic steps.
Do You Need A Subwoofer?
Since it is tough for small-sized loudspeakers to reproduce frequencies under 40 Hz, and really tough for under 100 dB, people often choose to use a loudspeaker just for this purpose. Hence the subwoofer, a kind of loudspeaker that reproduces bass frequencies ranging most generally from roughly 20 Hz to around 200 Hz. DO you need one? Depends upon how well you want to hear deep bass, if your music or audio is reproduced under 40 Hz.
Basic Components For A Home Theater
Many people never bother looking into purchasing a home theater through sheer fear of the decisions that may need to be made in the process. Many among these aren’t even sure of exactly which components are included in a home theater or which ones are needed in order to create an effective and entertaining home theater. For this reason, many people simply do not bother going through the process of looking at their options when it comes to these wonderful systems on the market…
Audio Cables
Here are types of audio cables for your home theater system. And comments about the pros and cons of each are discusses for our review.
6 Tips To Select Home Theatre Seating
With the help of latest technology, so many things have been made to come true which were not even dreamt earlier. In the similar manner, earlier we used to go to the theatres to watch movies, but now the time has come to bring theaters to your home and enjoy the real and original fun of theatres at home.
6 Steps To Designing A Home Theater
In the changing world of technology, man has achieved everything which would have been a nightmare. With the use of latest technology, it has been made possible to bring the excitement of watching movies at the theaters to your home. Now-a-days, it has become a status symbol to have a home theater at your place. The thought of having your own home theater cheers everyone.
The History of Dolby Audio
These days, Dolby is a household name. The infamous “DD” symbol can be found on almost every piece of modern audio equipment out there. This includes gaming consoles, HDTVs, home theaters, both home and car stereos, cinemas, and personal computers. Here is the brief history of how it came about and the man behind it all.
Understanding Surround Sound Systems
Surround sound is a term that often gets used in discussions of home theater technology. Mitchell Medford explains exactly what sets surround sound systems apart from traditional ones and what it means for you.
Top Picks For Best Home Theater Movies
If youve invested in all the bells and whistles of a complete home theater system; the widescreen high-definition television, surround sound speakers and the latest in DVD technology, the last thing you want to do is watch movies that dont give your system the workout it deserves. Here are some of the best DVD movies to give you the ultimate home theater experience.
Without questions, action and adventure films were made for the home theater screen as well as the big sc…
Home Theater: 3 ugly secrets revealed!
What you need to know about home theater before you buy into high definition, surround sound, flat screens, and all the other gear that goes with it. A guide to what they don’t tell you!
HDTV? You Ain’t Seen NOTHING yet!
Summary: They are already at work on the successor to HDTV: UHDV.