What Goes Where? How to Set Up Your Home Theater
Getting the Most Out of Your Room What are the most important components in your home theater? Your room and your speakers. What this means is that how your speakers and your room partner up directly effects the quality of your home theater experience. Most rooms are fairly accommodating, but there are a few tips more »
Video Games and Home Theater
By: Mike Hopkins Aperion Product Manager Think Video Games Are Just For Kids? Think again! Studies have shown that the average gamer is over thirty years old and new high definition videogame consoles like the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3 usher in a new era of gameplay — integrating seamlessly into a modern home more »
Types of Home Theater Speakers
By: Professor Humphries Speaker Engineer Speakers Working Together Spend some quality time with your room. It’s as much a component in your home theater system as any of the electronics you’ll buy. Variations on this theme sometimes include: 1. A specialized center channel speaker. 2. More surround speakers (assuming it’s okay with your receiver). 3. more »
TV Jargon Demystified
What is Analog? Most of the world still views TV via an analog signal. The video data is transmitted continuously using variable electrical frequencies (wave lengths). The TV dutifully accepts this data and translates it into the picture you see. Videocassettes, audio cassettes, and radio are all shining examples of analog signals. Although the picture more »
Multichannel Speaker Placement
By: Professor Humphreys Speaker Engineer Optimizing A Multi-channel Set-Up For Surround Sound The explosion of home theater and multi-channel music has changed the landscape of home audio forever. Instead of your entertainment system consisting of monstrous floor mounted stereo speakers of the 70’s and 80’s, you can build your system out of a combination of more »
Home Theater: from 5.1 to 7.1
By Caleb Denison Home Theater Guru While doing research on home theater you’ve no doubt run into these numbers. This isn’t secret code designed to confuse you. It’s actually pretty simple stuff – but it’s important for you to know what they mean and, equally important, which configuration best suits your needs. In this course, more »
Home Theater Defined
Know Your Room The whole point of a good home theater system is that it caters to your room just as it is. Hence, that word “home”. Whether your room is cavernous, middling or peewee, rest assured there is a home theater solution ideal for you. Let’s begin with an examination of your space with more »
Home Theater Connection and Configuration
Connecting wires to your receiver Positives (+) always plug into positives (+), the negatives (-) always plug into negatives (-). Likewise, reds always plug into reds and blacks always plug into blacks (or whatever color wheel a manufacturer is using). Remedial as these reminders might be, if your wires are not plugged in properly, they more »
Glossary: Home Theater Terms
Terms and Lingo From A to Z # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # 0 dB – the threshold of hearing, 130 dB is the threshold of pain. 24/96 – Usually refers to more »