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The movie theater is a great place to go and relax after a hard days work and to be able to watch a movie on the big screen with great sound behind it.  But going to the theater today can be pretty expensive especially if you are taking the family. Assuming a family of 4 people by the time you pay the admission, buy popcorn, soda and candy it could easily cost you $50 to $60.

Today you can get a home theater set up on almost any budget. You can buy a 32” hdtv on sale for about $400, a dvd player for under $50 and a surround sound system as low as $150. So for about $600 you can have a home theater in your living room. When you stop and consider paying $50 to take the family to see a movie and let’s say you go twice a month, your home theater would be paid off in 6 months.

You may now instead of watching 2 movies a month at the theater, you can enjoy watching an unlimited amount of movies with your family in the comfort of your own home. You can build a low end or high end system, you install it in your living or family room or build a super theater in your basement. What ever is in your budget there is a home theater for you.

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Home Theater – Plasma TV VS Projectors
by: Jakob Culver

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Many homeowners are struggling with an important, electronic question: What is the ideal display for my home theater? Many people have fought this debate, but I’ll try to make clear some important considerations.

The most important detail to consider when deciding between a projector and a large plasma television is ambient light. A room with lots of windows presents a problem for a projector because every little bit of ambient lighting degrades the projected image. The ideal environment for a projector is one where you have total control over the lighting. If your home theater uses a projector, you are limited to using it when you can eliminate other light. A plasma screen can be used anyplace, anytime.

Assuming your home theater has blackout curtains, or exists deep underground; let’s examine differences between a plasma television and a projector. One advantage of a projector is that you can get a much larger picture than is available in plasma. Projectors can produce images comparable to an 81-inch screen and larger. This just isn’t possible with a plasma screen. However, plasma’s have the advantage of not needing any amount of space. A projector must have a long enough corridor to project its image on the wall or screen. To get an 81-inch or greater image, you need a decent distance between the projector and the target. Second, a projector’s image is dependent on more than the quality of the projector; you must be projecting onto a specialized surface or you lose detail. A top of the line HD projector with a very high native resolution would be wasted if you were just projecting the image onto a wall. You need an equally high quality screen with features such as a matte finish to eliminate reflection and glare. A plasma display requires no additional equipment.

Overall, a projector has the potential of creating a beautiful image, but it needs too much to work effectively. If you’re creating a private movie theater with lighting control and an investment in a screen, mounting equipment, and blackout curtains, then a projector is your piece of equipment. For everyone else, I suggest a plasma television.

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Jakob Culver is founder of the website www.plasmatvarena.com providing information, articles and reviews about plasma tv’s. To find more articles like this one visit the site http://www.plasmatvarena.com/.

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This article was posted on March 22, 2006

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Butter Popcorn, cozy seats and an all time classic movie…all this in the comfort of your own home?
Possible? Yes, now with a wireless home theater system you can get the ‘theater’ feel in your own
home.

Wouldn’t it be great for you to come home, after a long hectic day at work, to a comfortable home and your favorite room…your movie room, with its wireless home theater system…with warm butter popcorn and your all-time favorite flick playing? It’s even better than going out with some friends to an overcrowded movie, where people mostly talk and the popcorn is stale.

Snap back to reality pal! Unless you have a wireless home theater system, this fantasy of yours is just pointless. But why should it be just a fantasy?

Buying and affording a home theater system is not that difficult. But why go in for just any home theater system…why not the best…why not the wireless home theater system. Now you do not have to worry of miles of wires or of electrocuting yourself.

Understanding Home Theater Systems

The first thing you need to do is understand the concept of home theater systems. Here we are talking about recreating the feel of going to the movies in your very own home. So that would include a large screen on a wall preferably a forty inch flat screen TV, a projector, three or five speakers with digital surround sound and lets not forget the comfortable seats. And what makes a home theater system absolutely perfect is if it were a wireless one, so that your room is aesthetically free of unsightly wires.

Tips on buying a wireless home theater

Ok so you have finally decided to buy a home theater system and a wireless one at that. So how do you start? What do you do? Here are some tips that will help make it your whole home theater buying expedition a little simpler.

• Planning – I cannot stress enough on the importance of planning before buying a home theater system. You need to decide and plan on several things – the place where you are going to set up the home theater system, the budget, the components, the accessories and so much more. Plan out each and every detail with room for improvement. The stuff you buy is going to be expensive and you don’t want to end up with something that isn’t suitable for you. And once you have decided upon the type of TV – flat screen, LCD or plasma screen, the rest as they say is history.
• Accessories – here comes the interesting part, the accessories for your wireless home theater system. If you have a tight budget then just a large screen TV and speakers will do, but if you have some extra moolah to spare, then there are some cool accessories you should splurge on. I’m not saying extravagant and over the top accessories…I am talking about essential accessories like a power conditioner and learning remote control. A power conditioner is where you can plug in all your equipment, and the remote control is one that eliminates all others. You can also throw in a set of headphones if you have small kids in the house whom you do not want to disturb at nights.
• Speakers – buying home theater speakers or speakers designed for your home theater system can be quite a task, especially with so many varieties and technologies for speakers and sound. If you are getting home theater speakers then avoid the traditional looking bulky box speakers, instead opt for those that are slim and sleep and can be wall mounted right next to your flat screen TV.
• DVD and projector – a DVD player and projector are essential components for your home theater system. You can get a DVD player to fit every size and every budget. A projector may not be that essential, but if you have the money you can always get one to round out the whole ‘home theater’ feel.

So, what are you waiting for? Go out there and get yourself a brand new wireless home theater system, but don’t forget to plan!

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