Do You Need to Go to the Cinema? Learn How to Select Your Own Home Theatre

By Nicky Foote

Having your own Home Theatre System is all the rage now it seems. The idea of just having a TV in the corner just doesn't cut it anymore. The whole idea is to simulate the experience of going to the Cinema. The advantages of doing it in your own home are many, it costs less, you don't have to stand in queues, the food is better and, of course, the movie starts whenever you are ready.

Your basic Home Theatre System comprises a TV, a receiver, a DVD player/recorder and your speakers. Of course you can add in a VCR, your favourite game console and so on. The receiver is the 'box' that takes the signals from your other components, like the DVD, and distributes the sound to the speakers and the picture to the TV. So the big question is how do you choose your Home Theatre System. Like so many electronic devices, be it MP3 players, cameras and so on there is an incredible choice of products to choose from.

There is no one system that suits everyone, probably a good thing as not everyone wants or needs the same system. One of the first things to consider is budget. The price of systems vary from a couple of hundred dollars to the tens of thousands, you need to have some idea of what you are willing to spend.

Next is quality. This may be limited by budget but there is also your personal preferences to consider. For many people they cannot notice a significant difference between a medium quality and high quality system. You also need to think about the environment it is going to be used in. Will it be used extensively to watch movies and will this be by one or more adults sitting in a room listening attentively to the movie. Alternatively it's primary use may be to watch TV in a space where kids or other activities are making noise and thus it is difficult to listen to the TV attentively.

Lastly you need to have a think about where you are putting your Home Theatre System. Will it be in it's own room complete with leather cinema seating for viewers or will it be sharing a room with other activities. How big will the space be that it is in? What sort of space do you have for speakers, can they sit on the floor or will they need to mounted on the wall and so on.

Once you have considered these three things then you have a better chance of getting they system to suit you. With this information you can head off to the shops and tell the sales people exactly what you need and have space for and they can show you systems to suit your requirements. Or you research different components and systems on the Internet before heading off to the shops to get the best deal.

The final decision is whether to put the system together yourself or have someone else do it. This probably comes down to your confidence and common sense. The theory is simple, you connect the speakers to the receiver and this is normally fairly obvious in that they mark front left etc. Next you need to connect you components like DVD, game console etc to the input side of your receiver and the TV to the outputs. That's the theory, now it does get a little complicated with all the types of connections you get for different things like HDMI, Component and Digital. I find that it is all fairly logical but I understand that if you are more technically challenged then it may just look like a sea of cables and it may be better to get assistance. A quick tip on this, whoever does it make sure they do a sketch of how it is all put together - it can be very useful for later reference.

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