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Your Home Theater as a Multi-Purpose Room

February 15th, 2010 By: Lauren

Most of us would love to have a dedicated home theater room. A place to call our own when we want to hunker down for the night with a bowl of popcorn, a nice plush leather seat and this week’s latest blockbuster. However, for some of us that’s just not possible – we have to use our home theater space for other purposes when we’re not in movie-mode.

If you’ve found that your house is short on space, or you just want to convert your home theater/family room into a more versatile area, read on. Being economical with your space doesn’t mean that you have to give up any of that great audio or video you’d expect from a dedicated home theater, nor does it mean that you have to give up the stylish elements like a custom frame from HD Envy. It just means you’re going to have to get a little creative.

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Upscaling DVDs – Flat Screen TVs versus Blu-Ray Players

September 8th, 2009 By: Lauren

You want the best image quality possible when you collapse into your leather home theater seating after a long day of work. And that means that you will probably want to upscale your DVDs – that is, improve their visuals to match your flat screen TV’s Full HD capabilities. Although a DVD will never look as crisp as a Blu-Ray disc, you can reduce the noise and improve the visuals by using the internal upscaler in your Blu-Ray player or your HDTV.

Many consumers purchase the top-of-the-line Blu-Ray player, only to realize that their HDTV does just as much, or more, when it comes to DVD upscaling. In order for you to watch your DVDs at their peak, you need to understand what upscaling is, and then go through the differences between an upscaler in a flat screen TV and a Blu-Ray player.


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What Makes a Home Theater a Home Theater?

August 29th, 2009 By: Lauren

This may seem like a silly question to some, but there are many people out there who hear the words “home theater” thrown around without really understanding what they mean. While there is no one definition of what really makes a home theater (is it a mini-movie theater in your basement? or just a TV and a sound system?), there are some basic components that most home theaters have, as well as a few extras that many home theaters should have.

In order to determine what your ideal home theater would be, ask yourself a few questions. What kind of entertainment do you like? Movies? CDs? TV? How many people are going to use your home theater? Just the family? Friends and neighbors? What features would you most like to see? Great video? Mind-blowing sound? How much are you willing to spend? Are you a DIY-type, or would you get a professional installation service? By going through a mental checklist of what you’ll use your home theater for, who will be most active in using it, and how you want to approach creating it, you will be able to choose components and design the layout with confidence.

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