| Home Theater - Out of the box | | | | influence your cinema experience to some extent. |
| What has made the home theater experience more | | | | Large, uncovered windows and wooden floors will |
| accessible and affordable for more people in recent | | | | detract from the big screen as it will introduce the |
| years is the emergence of what the industry now calls | | | | unwanted 'glare' factor. It would be a great idea to |
| "cinema in a box". This is a great option for the | | | | hang heavy curtains to reduce this glare and to lay |
| home-theater novice, those in apartments or renters | | | | carpet in the proposed cinema to eliminate noise |
| as it is most cost effective. | | | | reflection. |
| For as little as a few hundred dollars, you can enjoy | | | | Square rooms are the worst for home cinema |
| basic cinema sight and sound. You need to look | | | | because sound waves bounce off the rear wall. So a |
| around for all the latest specials in this area. Just go | | | | rectangular or odd-shaped room will be much more |
| into your local shop and ask about "cinema in a box". | | | | suitable when it comes to sound if that is possible. |
| For those on a budget this provides an ideal way to | | | | Several manufacturers now offer a solution to this in |
| create a home theatre from scratch. Instead of having | | | | their home-theatre systems that will automatically |
| to choose and buy expensive separate components, | | | | balance the sound between all speakers, making it |
| you get all the equipment you need for one fixed price. | | | | easier for the home-theatre novice. |
| Will the home theater fit in my room? | | | | So where is home theater headed in the future? |
| Where you decide to put the home theatre is just as | | | | Wireless! Actually it is already here so keep your eyes |
| important as the equipment itself. The position, size of | | | | peeled for more news on that! |
| the room, along with how many windows it has, will | | | | |