Resources for Home Theater
If you’re one of many who likes to do their research in bed instead of sitting at a desk staring at a computer, than you might want to take a look at some books that provide helpful insight and tips on home theater installation before you start deciding on which components to select. You know the adage: information is power, so get powered up in the comfort of you easy chair and learn what you need to learn to make an informed buying decision about your exciting home theater sound system.
- Home Theater Design: Planning and Decorating Media-Savvy Interiors (Krissy Rushing) is a must-read for anyone wanting to incorporate a home theater system in as unobtrusive manner as possible while also incorporating some design tips. This book looks at the aesthetics, too with a “whole interior” approach to home entertaining. The book offers information on a variety of design considerations – furnishings, comfort, setting up entertainment spaces, hosting get-togethers, accommodating guests – while factoring in style, functionality, new technology, acoustic planning, soundproofing, lighting, and environmental and personal health considerations; as well as technical tips for how to achieve a “movie theater” experience in your own home. Since the author reveals how to choose and place acoustic and audio/visual systems to the best advantage; how to plan a home theater or music room; and how to display, store, and care for all types of media formats.
- Home Theater for Everyone: A Practical Guide to Today’s Home Entertainment Systems (Robert Harley and Tomlinson Holman) is a consumer guide where buyers of home theater systems will be taken through the technology and components of home entertainment and learn how they suit their individual needs. Consumers will discover the best components, how to be a savvy shopper, how to avoid buying the wrong technology, and how to set up and fine-tune a system. In addition, all the technologies behind home theater are explained. These technologies include DVD players, audio/video receivers, multichannel speaker systems, high-definition television (HDTV), and digital satellite systems. Reviewers of the book call it “the best” they’ve read on the subject of Home Theater by cutting through “almost all of the misinformation this industry is notorious for being saturated with.”
- Introductory Guide to High-Performance Audio Systems: Stereo – Surround Sound – Home Theater (Robert Harley) tells readers how to choose, set up, and enjoy the latest high-technology audio systems are all given expert insight in this indispensable guide for stereo shoppers. Consumers todayoften usehome-audio systems for both stereo music and surround-sound music, they buy multichannel systems instead of two-channel stereo systems, they may have HDTV and flat-panel televisions, and they have largely moved to in-wall and on-wall loudspeakers rather than floor standing units. Questions relating to all of these changes are covered in a novice-friendly way, as well as Super Audio CD, DVD-Audio formats, and all of the latest surround-sound formats for home theater. The emphasis is not only on solving shopping dilemmas, but also on getting great sound from an audio system.
There are a lot of other very useful sources and texts out there so have fun finding one that is going to best suit your needs whether it’s the best possible audio output or the lest obstructive in appearance or a combination of both, now’s the time to make smart choices.