Home Theater Consultations: What to Know
Every foolproof home theater installation starts with a consultation with an expert technician. There is no need for you to waste endless weekends wiring and re-wiring the back of your walls or returning devices that refuse to work with the rest of your setup. Reading the TV or projector manuals over and over may not […]
4 Cool Gifts for Home Theater Fanatics
Any friend or loved one obsessed with home theater design is easier to buy a present for than you think. Whatever your budget is, you are bound to find something they would look forward to receiving. 1. The Big Guns Dad or Grandpa will be easy to impress with a new 55-inch LED TV or […]
Convert a Tablet or Smartphone into a Remote Control
Tablets and smartphones have more and more clawed their way into your home theater. Newer models are affixed with HDMI ports that make streaming movies to your wide screen HDTV a standard feature. One area that has been continuously tinkered by developers is the universal remote control. So far, this multi-tasking feature comes with a […]
Ready for Disney’s Blu-ray 3D Overload?
As the holidays draw near, Disney will treat home theatre systems everywhere to a bunch of exciting Blu-ray 3D releases. Gather the troop and bring out the popcorn for a marathon of these family favorites: Toys and Friendships To all Toy Story fans and collectors alike, the Blu-ray 3D of all installments of the beloved […]
What Makes a Home Theater/Sports Bar
If you have done your fair share of pub crawling, it may be time to merge the sports bar into your home theater. You only have to put on your favorite jersey and then enjoy watching your team without having to step out of the house. One downside, however: your friends may not want to […]
Why Give Satellite TV a Chance
Once you are are happy with your home theater design, the next item to look into is how you can make most of your widescreen TV. The usual routes would be to hook up with a cable network, subscribe to on-demand movie-streaming companies like Netflix or connect your TV to a DVD or Blu Ray […]
4 Areas People Skimp in Home Theaters
The jury is still out there on what equipment makes or breaks a home theater. Not every homeowner drooling over a Steinway Lyngdorf, however, can afford to deck out their living rooms with the finest. For most of those whose budgets have been stretched as far as they would go, a compromise is often the […]
What You Need in a Universal Remote
One of the many practical ways to organize your home theatre systems is to purchase a universal remote control. Every device you own, from the DVD player to your surround sound system, will have an accompanying little black remote control in its box. Having a multiple of them piling on your coffee table will not […]
Build a Rosie O’Donnell-style Home Theater
Rosie O’Donnell certainly knows her home theater. Inside the recently built brownstone that the talk-show host purchased in the upscale neighborhood of the Windy City, nestled one of the reasons why she snapped up the house. Its entertainment hub, or hubs since other rooms are outfitted with wall-mounted flat screens as well, would make anyone […]
Can Tablets be Mini Home Theaters?
Granting you adore every bit of your home theater design, you cannot be a true video gamer, movie freak or audiophile if you have not, at the very least, given the tablets like the iPad, a second glance. Here is how it measures up to your home theater: Sound When it comes to sound, the […]