So you have decided to purchase a home theater system. You know what you want and how much you're willing to spend. Have you given much thought to some of the basics? Certainly the centerpoint of any home theater set up is the television.

After all, it's what you're going to be looking at. The television needs to fit in with the surrounding confines. Have you thought about what size television you want? Will it fit your home theater room nicely? Considerations like these must be uppermost in your mind because depending on the size of your room, the television must be the appropriate size to fit within the dimensions of your home theater.

Home Theater Buying Tips

When looking for a good home theater television, people take all sorts of factors into account. It is important to look at the quality of the television’s picture, the color sharpness, and some of the other options available to you to see how the television fits into your theater vision overall.

If the contrast on a television is too much in one direction or the other, it may be something you need to address before you make a purchase.

Flat screen, LCD, flat panel plasma televisions and regular tube televisions are all on the market today as options for your home theater system’s television set. Familiarize yourself with these options and the pros and cons of each of them.

You should be able to gather a good amount of information to enable you to comparison shop between the types of televisions and the brand names of television to find the best fit for what your theater section calls for.

Custom Home Theater

If you've long wished you could enjoy cinema-style entertainment right from the comfort of your own home then setting up a home theater system is not really that difficult and it can be extremely cost effective. Quality audio and visual presentation all at the control of your fingertips.

Custom home theater is becoming more and more popular and the best thing is it's becoming a lot more affordable. With digital audio home theater sound to compliment your favorite movie or sporting event, home theater is taken to a whole new level.

Enjoy Your Very Own Home Movie Theater

People are getting very particular about their own home movie theater. With technology moving forward at warp speed levels, consumers are cashing in on some great home movie theater deals. Home theater audio quality has to be heard to be believed these days while home theater accessory choice is better than ever.

So what is the best home theater system on the market. Bose home theater is hard to beat and very popular but some due diligence on your part needs to be performed . The best place to start undoubtedly is online, that's why you are here.

Here's a tip; before you head to your home movie theater outlet, learn as much about home theater as you can. When you're mixing it with a salesperson, you'll earn a little more respect if you can talk home theater at their level. And let me tell you, more chance of getting a better deal.

One of the problems you run into when you're on a budget and not really up to speed with the home theater language you could put yourself at the mercy of a savvy salesperson. The last thing you want to do is spend money on stuff you don't really need and don't blame the salesperson, they are simply doing their job.

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Way to compress dynamic range on blu-ray and DVD audio?

Anyone have any suggestions on a way to compress the dynamic range of DVDs and Blu-rays?

You have a different problem

Your DVD player does not downmix properly the 5.1 channels, so since you don't have a Center channel you miss all the dialog!!

Go back to your settings and specify you have a 2-ch stereo system, not 5.1 or on the DVD menu specify 2-ch stereo NOT Dolby or DTS.

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Dj amplifiers suitable for home theater usage?

3k watt amp

That "tiny" 35 watt amp you describe was something we old folks recognize as a "Tube" or "Valve" amp.
This is an example of electronics before transistors miniaturized everything.
Don't be fooled by the small watt rating, Tubes handle a LOT of power (touch the wrong lead when grounded and youre dead). Many people love the warm smooth sound tube amps give.
It is easy to design an amp with tons of rated power, but it will sound like crap.
A well designed and built amp with with modest power rating will play loud enough to get the cops to the door and sound good at the same time.
I had a 90 watt amp that I drove a set of electrostatic speakers(notoriously power hungry) just fine.
Amplifiers are on the surface, very simple devices, it's easy to design and built them to extreme power levels, much harder to get them to sound good at any power level.
It is easy to find high quality amps for sale on Ebay or Audiogon or other similar sites.

That 3K amp is a Public Address Amplifier, not suitable for music or HT.

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i want to purchase a sony home theater but am confused about which system to buy...so far i've seen the bravia?

the BRavia dav hdx277wc, the dav-hdx285, the dav-hdx274...i'm so confused...what's the difference between all of these..i thought the higher the number since as 285...that it would have more features right?...but it seems the 277 is more expensive....please help!
hdx277 does have hdmi...i wanna know wht's the difference between hdx277 and hdx285...the hdx277 is more expensive...why?

For that money you could get a system like mine - the HTDDWG800. It has the same codecs and such but it has more connectivity options. Plus, instead of it using a dvd player as the amp, it uses a proper reciever. DVD systems usually pale in comparison to proper systems, I discovered when shopping around, plus it becomes more useful in the long run because you can plug more stuff into it. Correct me if I am wrong, but the hdx277wc does not have a HDMI input, so you cant plug an xbox or a ps3 into it, so you cant exactly get the best sound out of blu rays if you ever get one as you are stuck with using the dvd player that comes with it.

I think it is much better to get a system with a proper amp, and if you shop around you can build your own system for cheaper.

Bear in mind that this was a glance at the system specs, so dont take it as facts.

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I want to get a home theater projector. How many lumens is sufficient in high lighting areas?

I need as much general information about the low end projectors. It doesnt have to be a great picture, I think im more concerned with saving a buck.

Projectors are not practical in a high lit area. But, if you are going to install one, then you need 2000 lumens minimum. For a normal home theater with low or controlled lighting, then you can go with a 1000-1500 lumen projector.

For a high lit area, I would really recommend a flat panel TV like a LCD or plasma TV.

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I have a question for all those home theater nutts?

I have roughly 2,500 to spend on a home theater and just wanted to know what people think i should do?These are my choices:Receiver VSX-1018 $600,Definitive Technology Mythos Six pair $800 and Definitive Technology SuperCube 1 on sale for $800...or Pioneer Elite VSX-03TXH $1000 and a pair of B&W XT2 $1200 pair and no sub..both choices add up to my budget and will plan on adding the rest of the missing speakers in the future,so in your opion what should i do?also im not looking into any other speakers or receivers except if i did go with the B&W speakers i was also lookin at Marantz SR6003 any suggestion...Thanks in advance

Both brands of speakers are top notch.

Bowers & Wilkins are amazingly accurate, but they're somewhat fragile IMO.

A friend of mine has owned 2 pairs for quite some time (10 years?) and he has had 2 tweeters blow and 1 woofer.

B&W replaced them for free, but still....

If I were you I'd go with the Def Techs, if only for that Supercube Sub.

That thing looks sweet! 1500 watt, digital amp and is rated down to 13hz!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hoo Boy! That thing will be a lot of fun to listen to music and movies with.

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Hi I want to buy home theater surround sound speakers. If there anything that I should know?

Hi I was thinking buying home theater surround sound speakers at Bestbuy. I am only thinking spending $600 or less & maybe Bose it is a good choice. Ok is there anything that I should I know before I buy one? Example, like warranty,HDMI port,supports True HD Sound or DTS? Thank you.
Yes I do need Audio receiver & 5 or 7 speakers.

First of all, Best Buy, not so good. You could likely do better, with a wider choice of good quality speaker makers, by looking for gear on amazon.com. Plus, they offer free shipping on some equipment, and usually it also means no sales tax (Unless you live in NY State).
Now, do you need a home theatre receiver *and* a set of HT speakers, or just the speakers ?
On amazon, you can get a great Polk 5.1 speaker system, #6750, 6 speakers, list price $600, for about $250. If you need to make that into a 7.1 system, just add two more Polk speakers, such as the #6751s for about $60 each.
They have available 7.1 receivers such as the Onkyo TX-SR575, list price $400, for $220.36, with free shipping.
In speakers, Polk, Infinity & JBL are really good brands, and in receivers, Yamaha, Denon, Pioneer, and Onkyo are among the best for good quality.
So, if you got the items that I listed, you'd have a name brand system, with 8 speakers and a great 7.1 receiver, for just about $600.
Bose is good, but its way overpriced. You pay for their name and their styling.
Buying new from amazon gets you full manufacturers warranties, and the rest is what you want your gear to have. So, if you want HDMI connections, them read the product descriptions so as to see how many ins and outs of each type the receivers that you look at have. The speakers only will have their standard connections. With them, get some good quality standard 16 gauge speaker wire. Theres no need for expensive premium wires.

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Trying to hook a home theater and a ps3 to an LG lcd tv...?

I bought an optical cable for the surround sound to the tv and that is working but what about the ps3? right now the sound is coming from the tv and it stinks...any one have any ideas??

Connect optical cable from PS3 to sound system for audio.

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Home theater problem?!?

I have a 1080p Blu-ray player (sony BDP-S360), a 1080p AV Receiver (Denon AVR-2310) and a 1080p Projector. The problem is that the system only works on 1080i !!

Just FYI: The blu ray is a source. It send signals to the television. Very few signals are sent in 1080p, must signals are sent in 1080i. Your television resolution is1080p.

Your blu ray is responding to the request that it sends a 1080p signal and the blu ray disc is only a 1080i. This is why your signal is going out.

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How do I connect my Samsung HT-X40 home theater speakers to my Onkyo Audio Receiver?

I have no clue what type of connection the Samsung HT-X40 home theater speakers are.

All speakers need two wires to work; positive and negative one.

One manufacturer blurp is to tell you this: always connect the positive wire to the postive output on the amplifier and the negative to the negative output on the amplifier respectively. But really, should you?

No! Not necessary! Its main purpose is to prevent 'short circuiting' the speaker and amplifier, which can result in explosion or fire.

That's because as long one wire goes through the positive and the other negative output on the amplifier, the speaker and amplifier should work fine.

Important note though: make sure the speaker impedance is supported by the amplifier and that the speaker supports more than the maximum power supplied by the amplifier.

So, modern theatre speakers have clips so that the two wires seems to be one. Just cut the end of the wire, not so close to the clip so you can always 'reconnect' them in the future, snapped them and separate the two wires so you can easily connect later, and then cut off a small portion of the wire head to expose the internal wiring.

There you go. Your Samsung speakers should now be easily connected via 2-input/output wiring on the Onkyo amplifier.

Again. Make sure the Onkyo support the impedance of the Samsung speaker, cause many modern theatre speakers have super low impedance of 2-4ohms, which on amplifiers that support 8-12ohms, you could be firing up the amplifier with heat which will do permanent damage to it.

Hope it helps.