Dave asked:


I am shopping for a receiver for my home theatre. I will eventually get an HDTV that has HDMI. I know to future proof the TV it must have HDMI but is it also necessary and will it sound better to have an A/V Receiver that also has HDMI?

Part II

I’ve seen many 5.1 upscaling DVD players that have HDMI “OUT” only. Is that enough or does it have to have HDMI “IN” also?

THANKS!

Royce

Krisna asked:


I just came back from a 18 series BOSE home theater demo. I found the effects are almost same like any other high end home theater systems from other vendors. But why they jacked up the price which is not affordable to common man?
Let me know is there any extra advantage/features of having BOSE home home theater at such a higher price.
Please avoid giving one line answers

Russel

Ados asked:


My parents had this amazing sub lying around and said I could have it. Is there a way to connect it to my car system and will it sound good?

Gene

Chad S asked:


I know I can go direct to the tv with an s-video cable, but I am trying to get surround sound to work

Jacques

ishana asked:


i have an empty room in my house, i suggest to my dad to make it a home theatre. my mom and dad agrees, but my mom also wanted to have a working room. So my dad suggest that we combined both of them. any ideas, suggestion, or tips that you could give?

thx before working room, i mean its some sort of little office

Roderick

C R Ellsworth asked:


The Home Theatre Projector has some handy features compared to the older technology of Giant Screen Plasma or rear projection systems. Cost alone is worth considering. A ‘Big Screen’, whether Plasma, LCD or Rear Projection can easily cost thousands of dollars, the larger, the higher cost. Even at 6 or 7 thousand dollars you may be restricted to 70 inch diagonal width.

A Home Theatre Projector System which projects images up to 120 inches is affordable at starting prices under $1500.

New generation of projectors are compact and light. New projector technologies such as LCD projectors or DLP projectors which utilize compact digital image chips which have brighter light output than CRT technologies. Now there’s no need to completely see your movie in total darkness. A dimly lit room will do just as fine.

Remember having to arrange a party at your house for ‘The Big Game’ if you owned a ‘Big Screen’. Now with a Projector, there’s no need to rush somewhere, or the same spot every week, you can move the party around sort of sharing the load. Think of having the ‘Super Bowl Party’ or other event at a venue that can be picked by the size of the group invited instead of the location of the ‘Big Screen’. You could even move to rented space if you expected a large enough showing.

Now imagine the same scenario with an online presentation, or Power Point Presentation. See, this is starting to show some possibilities.

You can setup on a table. It’s also light enough that it could be ceiling mounted without extra bracing as long as you mount to an upper floor joist or rafter.

Don’t tell anyone I said this, but this is also a possibility when you go on vacation, although if camping some may feel the ‘Big Screen’ is inappropriate. I know someone that might shoot me if I suggested camping with any form of TV.

A wide range of connectivity options is available. Imagine your PC display that large. Games become more engrossing or you can run your digital photos as the ultimate slide show.

For Display output you can use an actual projection screen or just a clean wall.

If you think about your normal existing Entertainment System, most of the hardware is in the front of the viewer. To have some of your equipment in a different location required cabling. Some surround installations run cables under the floor or carpet for speakers. You would think that possibly a projector would require something similar.

Nowadays though we have all in one home theatre with speakers and DVD player thrown in together in one unit. There are also wireless options, wireless projectors and wireless speaker systems. A wireless setup actually allows you to have most of the hardware in a completely different room from the ‘Viewing Enclosure’.

Some have even gone to the point of building an acoustically designed, sound proof viewing room with theatre seating and the whole deal. Modern Hardware allows for the ‘Theatre Experience’ without the noise and sticky floors. All of this depends on your budget of course. My budget stops short of the acoustically perfect viewing room. You are allowed to make your own choices.



Richie

Punjabi jatt asked:


Hello,
I know someone who bought a new home theatre system, i told them to get the cdwhichi think is calledcalibratee? I’m not sure what the name is, Whats the name of that cd? and whats the best one to get? could i get it from ebay?

thanks

Bobbie

harshk79 asked:


If I buy a 1000 watt home theatre audio system and only use it a minimal volume, will the system still chew up 1000 watts of energy?

Lynn

scrudriva05 asked:


Hi I have a JVC surround sound home theatre system and when I turn it up really loud it shuts off any idea why?

Blake

joycereth asked:


The model is sefx50. Where can I get a replacement? It is about a year old. I email the Panasonic company but they don’t make this model anymore. Please help.

Lee