ALL-IN-ONE home theatre

Feb 03, 2006

Category: Home electronic equipment<br>Price: Between sh600,000-sh4m <br>Available: Game Stores and brand electronic shops<br>Location: Living room, bedroom or TV room

Are you sick and tired of listening to that dull and unimpressive sound emanating from your music system? Then what you really need is a home theatre.

A home theatre system uses a combination of audio and visual components to recreate the experience of a professional movie theatre.

This means you get to experience the feel of a cinema direct in your living or bedroom. The set-up may be as simple as a DVD player fed through a stereo system and a larger television set, or as elaborate as an entire room professionally wired with multiple speakers and a projection screen.

A home theatre system may even include theatre-style chairs and an elevated floor for optimal viewing.
You can combine a number of separate components — a DVD player, a receiver, five (or more) speakers, subwoofer, a television and assemble them into an impressive, high-performance system.

Or you can go for an all-in-one DVD home theatre system, which comes prepackaged with a DVD player/receiver component, five speakers and a subwoofer so that you connect a TV.
There are several ways why the home theatre is the way to go unlike the ordinary hi-fi systems.

A DVD player in a home theatre system can separate the audio track into two, three or even five channels. Most DVD movies have 2.0 Dolby stereo and 5.1 surround-sound options for home theatres. Two speakers can be set up for traditional stereo sound, along with a smaller central speaker for surround sound. Those seeking an even more satisfying audio experience can add a subwoofer for bass sounds and complete surround-sound.

A flat screen television may work best for a typical home theatre system while for the ultimate experience, some opt for professional installers to design an entire viewing room. Speakers may be embedded in the walls to reduce clutter and focus the audio tracks more precisely.

A DVD player is by far the most common source of home theatre audio and video, because they offer high-quality images and digital surround sound. And since home theatres rely on sharp, colourful video and Dolby Digital-encoded audio, the hi-fi system comes nowhere in comparison.

Why would anyone want a home theatre system? To re-create the larger-than-life, wrap-around excitement of movie theatre sound, the home theatre components of voice-matched speakers and a subwoofer are ideal. Some people opt for six or seven speakers and a subwoofer, so they can hear even more channels of surround sound. There are many ways you can meet this criteria. In the end, your home theatre system depends on how much money you’re willing to spend and how important certain areas of performance are to you.

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