PC Home Theater
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Antec Low Profile AV Component Cooler for Media PC Home Theater Products Sale Price: $50.28  |
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Low Profile AV Component Cooler for Media PC Home Theater Products |
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Coolerguys Cabcool1203 Three 120mm Fan Cooling Kit w/thermal control for Cabinet or Home Theaters Sale Price: $85.00 |
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CabCool1202 Dual 120mm Fan Cooler Kit for Cabinet / Home Theaters w/Thermal Control This is a kit for a three fan unit (17.7" x 6.25" x 1.25") that is meant to cool your cabinet or multimedia center. Includes (3) Ultra quiet 120mm Fan... |
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Yate Loon 120 X 25mm (4.72 X 0.98 Inch) Ultra Quiet Cabinet Fan + Ac Power Adapter + Mounting Panel + Mesh + Grill Sale Price: $25.95 |
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Yate Loon 120 X 25mm (4.72 X 0.98 Inch) Ultra Quiet Fan + Ac Power Adapter + Mounting Panel + Mesh + Grill |
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Onkyo HT-S3400 5.1-Channel Home Theater System Sale Price: Too low to display |
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Taking the hassle out of home theater, Onkyo presents the HT-S3400 package: a full-featured A/V receiver coupled with a quality six-piece speaker set. To handle the latest Blu-ray, gaming, and cable/satellite devices, the receiver sports four new HDMI inputs... |
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Coolerguys Dual 80mm USB Cooling Fans Sale Price: $19.00 |
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Coolerguys Dual 80mm USB Cooling Fans To use these fans you will need access to a USB port, the fan will switch on when the device is powered. It's been tested and will work with popular devices like Cable & Satellite Boxes as well as most common game consoles like the Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3... |
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LG BH9420PW 1080W 3D Blu-ray Home Theater System with Smart TV, Wireless Rear Speakers and Tall Front Speakers Sale Price: $679.99 |
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THE EXTREME IN HOME THEATER IS HERE WITH THE BH9420 3D BLU-RAY HOME THEATER SYSTEM. It's more than Full HD Blu-ray picture quality and LG Smart TV. It's a sound system that takes you into the next dimension with 3D Surround Sound... |
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GOgroove BassPULSE Hi-Fidelity 2.1 Speaker Sound System with Subwoofer for PC , Mac , MP3 , iPod , Tablets , and Home-Theater Sale Price: $44.99 |
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GOgroove BassPULSE Multimedia 2.1 Channel Speaker SystemPulse. Music. Enjoy.Full-Spectrum AudioThe GOgroove BassPULSE is equipped with Neodymium DUAL FULL-RANGE satellite speakers with 4 -watts of power each... |
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Wireless Bluetooth Mini Keyboard with Touchpad. Compatible with Windows and Mac - Great for iPad, Home Theater PC (HTPC) and Internet TV Sale Price: $48.89 |
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As more people incorporate media centre PCs in their households, portable, wireless control of these media systems is becoming more and more important. However, often times these wireless peripherals are a little bulky or you need separate mice and keyboards, however this is not the case with the iPazzPort which weighs only 2... |
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VisionTek CANDYBOARD Wireless Mini Keyboard with Touchpad 900319 Sale Price: $45.39 |
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The VisionTek CANDYBOARD is a mini keyboard, with a 2.4GHz frequency USB dongle, that looks just slightly bigger than a candy bar. It features 69 keys, a "capacitive-sensing" touchpad that's "comparable to a real notebook touchpad," gaming oriented navigation keys designed to "be used as joystick controls," 26 LEDs to use in low-light environments and windows media compatibility. |
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Samsung Electronics HT-D550 Home Theater System |
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Enjoy immersive surround sound and 1080p high-definition visuals with the Samsung HT-D550 Home Theater System, which includes a DVD player, a 5.1-channel surround sound speaker set (subwoofer, center channel, and four satellite speakers), and 1000 watts of booming power... |
ndscape of home theater is changing. For example, PC home theater continues to demand greater attention by consumers and that demand will only escalate over the next few years.
What Is PC Home Theater?
In a nutshell, PC home theater integrates the function of a PC and a digital video recorder and connected to a television. It's also known as a media center with the function of marrying up all the components of home theater into one source.
That makes life easier in many respects without having to fiddle around with different remote controls. Today, systems can be purchased pre-configured and this is the choice for most but those who have some technical ability can also create their own systems.
PC Home Theater Experience
To experience the full effects of a home theater, you will need DTS decoding enabling on the computer (though a Dolby Digital will give you the same effect) which will give a beautiful surround sound effect. There are two ways to achieve this:
- connect a good speaker system which has surround effect to the PC
- connect an AV receiver to your PC using an optical digital audio input/output
Both of these will give you a mind blowing home theater surround effect without blowing a hole in your pocket.
The software industry is also fully cooperating with this idea and has created tailor made software that will help you enjoy the feel of a home theater with the help of a PC. For example, the Microsoft XP Media Centre OS has all the ingredients you will ever need for the setting up of the pc home theater.
Pros And Cons
Apart from having the control actions located in one convenient source, the quality output is one of the benefits of a PC home theater.
But there are some disadvantages which with further improved technology, should be overcome in the not too distant future. These include things such as set up costs and maintenance of the system. Storage issues can also present problems.
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