Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Home Theather

Impressed with your neighbours or relatives home theather system with the big screens and awesome sound? You want to own your very own home theather but dont know how? I can help you with that. Getting the best home theater requires a lot of research because picking the best home theather from the crap one is not easy and you want to make sure it is worth investing. How much? It depends on your budget and your room size. If you want high end stuff, obviously you will need to spend more. No point buying 61 inch tv if you have small room. You have to watch it at its optimum distance.

1. Full HD 1080p tv. Try to get full def plasma or lcd. For bigger screens, aim for plasma. Have a look LED DLP projection tv as well if you looking for 50inch or bigger. Smaller screens like 32 inch, lcd is comparable as plasma and it gets expensive with increasing size.

2. Blueray dvd player. It is very hard to get blueray dvd movies in Brunei and im not sure you are willing to spend 30-50 dollars for one movie. If you do, then get blueray dvd player. Research the best one to get and you might have to order the blueray dvd your self. I recommend ps3 because you can play game and watch movies using the same device. But if you want device just to watch movie, then you have to get blue ray player like sony or panasonic.

3. AV player. This device process the sound to your speakers. So the right setting will produce better sound. Higher power with able to handle bigger speakers. Make sure you choose the right AV player for your speakers including your sub.

4. 5 or 7 speakers. The more speakers obviously the better. 7.1 surround sound requires:
  • centre speaker
  • 2 front corner speakers or tower speakers
  • 2 rear speakers (left and right align of the seating)
  • 2 behind speakers (directly behind mid line of the sit and tv)

For 5.1 surround sound, same as above but without behind speakers.


5. Subwoofer. Sub produce the bass (low pitch sound) where you feel the vibration in some parts in a movie. Normally 1 sub big sub is enough and you place it at the front (centre).

6. Cables. Make sure you are willing to invest good quality cables for your home theather. HDMI cables connects your tv to your blueray player (visual) and av cables to your AV player from blueray player and speaker cables from AV player to your speakers (sound).

7. Tv Cabinet. Purchased good tv cabinet so that your tv is at the level of your eye.

For the exact position of the speakers and tv setting, check http://whathifi.com/HowTo/

Source: Whathifi.com

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