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Custom Theater
Tired of the hassles
of crowds, baby-sitters and waiting in line? Why buy a ticket when you
can own the theater? With new technologies like HDTV and Dolby Digital®
surround sound, you can have a theater in your own home that rivals the
best cinema in town.
What it does for
you:
- A properly set up
Home Theater will deliver all the potential of movies on DVD and Laserdisc
— quality you're missing if you're just watching TV.
- You'll be able to
experience movies at home the way the film maker intended, with film-quality
images and cinema quality sound.
- Whether you dedicate
a room or want to blend your home theater into a family room or den,
you can create a home entertainment center that everyone in the family
will enjoy.
How
it works:
- The goal of Home
Theater is to create a cinema quality experience in the comfort of your
own home. Doing it requires more than just a big screen TV and some
speakers.
- There are two main
parts of Home Theater: sound and pictures. The sound is actually the
most important part because it creates the most important effect —
the feeling that you're actually in the environment on the screen.
- The standard for
Home Theater surround sound is Dolby Digital® (it used to be called
AC3). It's far superior to its predecessor, Dolby Pro Logic. It delivers
clearer dialog and a more realistic sense of atmosphere. It's sometimes
referred to as 5.1 because there are 5 full range channels of sound
plus another channel dedicated to low frequency effects, called LFE.
- Producing high quality
surround sound requires a Dolby Digital processor (often incorporated
in an A/V receiver or preamplifier), 5 speakers and a sub-woofer, plus
amplification for the speakers. The processor decodes the surround sound
information from the DVD or Laserdisc movie, HDTV or satellite broadcast.
- The left, center,
and right front speakers reproduce the on-screen action: dialog, music,
and sound effects like left to right motion. The left and right rear
speakers create the 3D effect — the illusion of space. They're
essential to recreating front to back motion effects like jet aircraft
fly-overs. And finally, a subwoofer (sometimes more than one) is used
to reproduce the LFE: the very low sounds of explosions or earthquakes.
The placement of the speakers in your room is very important to the
over-all effect. So is the character of your floors, walls and ceiling
(hard surfaces reflect sound, soft surfaces absorb it).
- The picture part
of your Home Theater begins with a high quality video source like Laserdisc,
DVD, digital satellite, or HDTV decoder. Both sound and pictures from
these sources are far superior to VHS tape.
- Creating the film-like
images for Home Theater requires screen sizes from 32" to 10 or
more feet. Direct-view televisions (CRTs), rear projection TVs, and
video projectors can all be used, but quality varies greatly among different
models. The best pictures are created through a combination of high
resolution, accurate geometry, and proper color, contrast, and brightness
settings. Having your set professionally setup is worth the money.
- Home Theater systems
often have many pieces of equipment which must be controlled. Adding
a programmable remote control to simplify operation is an investment
that will pays off immediately in convenience and ease-of-use.
- Automated lighting
and window coverings complete the home theater experience. It's easy
to incorporate control of these 'atmosphere' elements with your system
controller.
When
it comes to experience and quality,
no other company compares to
Audio Insight.
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