Your Guide to Custom Home Theaters

By Owen Jones

Watching movies is a great way to escape from the stressful life we all lead these days. Watching movies on a wide screen with surround sound can transport you away from that stress into the plot of the movie you are watching. You live the plot it as if you were really there in the movie itself.

Until recently, we could only experience this sort of escapism in a movie theater. However, modern technology has progressed far enough to be able to provide the same audio-visual experience right in your own living room. We will talk about the basic components of a home theater system in this article. Read on to understand how these basic components can deliver the best cinematic experience possible in a custom home theater system.

Home theater experts state that the most important consideration in setting up a custom home theater system is the size of the room where you will set up the home theater system. The most important component of your custom home theater system, which is the television, is dependent on the size of the room, although the recommendation is that a 27 inch television set is the minimum necessary for your home theater set up.

It is also recommended that a flat-screen television be used for a home theater system because it shows less glare and creates a crisper image. Another major component in a custom home theater system which is again dependent on the size of the location, is the loudspeaker system.

The number of speakers for your custom home theater system is dependent on the size of the location. You need at least three speakers to create a believable surround sound, but you may have to place up to six speakers, if you want a more lifelike sound. The addition of a subwoofer may also be a good way to achieve a complete surround sound like in the movie theaters. Three loudspeakers is really the bare minimum, but you may go up to six if the room is larger.

Another major piece of kit for your custom home theater system is the DVD player. It is recommended that DVD players with a progressive scan are the best choice. This is because a progressive scan reproduces a sharp , flicker-free image. However, this depends on the choice of television unit; you will need to make sure that your flat-screen television set supports 'progressive scan' protocols. You may also want to get DVD player with a five-disk carousel. This will mean you don't have to get up from your chair to change the discs so often.

A minor cause for thought is the output of the DVD player as that will determine how loud your speakers can be turned up. Of course, almost all this depends on the size of the location in which the custom home theater system is going to be set up. Small rooms only need a few types of equipment, bigger rooms may need more and the addition of some proprietary home theater furniture to your home theater system will make a huge difference. A bigger room therefore needs a larger investment. A smaller room might require less, but nevertheless high quality, equipment to prevent your home theater set-up under-performing and feeling 'cheap'.

And finally, you might want to think about hiring an expert in home theater in order to set up a beautifully designed custom home theater system. If you can afford it, this is definitely the best way to go, because a home theater expert will be able to design and set up your custom home theater more effectively .

Your custom home theater designer may also recommend installing some additional features like specialized home theater seating and even other home theater furniture, such as small tables in order to make your home theater package complete and thereby make it more closely resemble a real movie theater. Having the finest and highest-quality custom home theater system will give you a most sought after set up, one that you can be proud of and that will enable you to enjoy your movies to the max. - 29872

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