In the olden days, all you needed for a home theater was a television and remote control. However, with screens, speakers, cable boxes, Blu-ray players, streaming media, game systems, receivers, and more, the world of home theaters can be difficult to navigate. To help point you in the right direction, we have explained some of [...]
If looking to buy or replace a projector screen for your home theater system, you’ll find several options and features to choose from. Below, we have put together a guide with a little on each of the five different options in home theater projection screens. Manual Projector Screen This type of screen is more commonly [...]
One of the most important aspects to consider when designing your home theater is what type of seating you would like to offer. Surprisingly, furniture is one of the features many people overlook when designing their home theaters. It doesn’t matter if you have one of the most technologically advanced and expensive systems around; if you can’t [...]
Finding the right furniture for a home theater system can be quite a difficult task. Sometimes even more difficult than buying the right home theater system itself! A home cinema can change the way you view movies, sports events, or listen to music. A complete transformation, however, remains incomplete without the right furniture. Comfortable seating not only [...]
With the growing number of media players and streamers, it becomes difficult to select the right one for your home theater system. Before you select the right player, you need to understand your requirements. The most important question is if you want to stream music and video or watch them from a hard drive. Although media [...]
Home theater systems were a refreshing break for the cinema aficionados who could not afford to go to the theaters every time they wanted to experience excellent audio and visual effects. Since its popularity in the 1950s, advances in technology have made watching movies in the comfort of your own home just as realistic as [...]
There are three main types of different surround sounds: 5.1-channel, 6.1-channel, or 7.1-channel. The numbers in the different types represents the number of speakers that are needed for that type of sound; and more doesn’t always necessarily mean better. 5.1-channel surround has six speakers, or channels, altogether – five speakers, and one subwoofer. The two [...]
If you’re looking for a flexible way to achieve the ultimate seating arrangement in your home theater room, a sectional may be just the thing. Although they are best suited for large rooms, sectionals may also be configured to work in more confined spaces as well. These days, most people have very specific ideas in [...]
For the past 4,000 years, people have been celebrating the New Year; starting with the Babylonians celebrating the new moon, to the Egyptians celebrating the annual flooding of the Nile, people around the world have sought after a time to celebrate re-birth. The most iconic way to celebrate in the United States today [...]
