Going In to the Movies
Home cinema is a term used synonymously with home theater. It helps to make you feel just as if you were in a movie theater as it seeks to reproduce cinema quality picture and sound.Technically speaking, a home cinema could be as easy to arrange as a television, DVD and some speakers. It is fairly hard to specify what the difference is between a -home cinema- from a regular television and stereo.
Most consumer electronics experts agree that a -home theater- integrates a high-quality picture with surround sound. If you happen to have a home cinema, you are trying to capture a real -cinema experience-. Therefore, you would need a higher sophistication and quality set of components over that which an average television can provide. Setting up a home theater would include getting the following parts:
1. Input devices - You should have one or more video/audio
sources. HD DVD or Blu-ray are preferable.
2. Processing devices - A stand alone AV receiver can be
chosen or perhaps you would prefer a Preamplifier and Sound
Processor. The choice is yours.
3. Audio output - You must have anywhere from 2 to 11
speakers with an additional subwoofer.
4. Video output - You must have a large HDTV display. There
are several options to choose from: Liquid crystal display
television, plasma TV, video projector, CRT TV or a
rear-projection TV.
5. Atmosphere - In order to improve the cinema feel, you
should have comfortable seating and organization.
There you have it! These are the basic things to have when you consider having a home cinema. Pretty soon you’ll be saying, “Let’s go in to the movies!”
