| Setting up a home theater is a little like | | | | shopper, I did some necessary due diligence |
| building a house. In my experience, when I | | | | on who I was buying from and when I was |
| built my first house I didn't factor in | | | | happy, I bought. Taking it one step further, |
| several important accesories that came with | | | | it may very well be that something like a |
| it such as landscaping, fences and even a | | | | home theater chair could be available in your |
| pergola! So how does this compare with | | | | area so check the classifieds of your local |
| setting up a home theater? Well, the | | | | newspaper and if you come up empty handed, |
| essential components such as the television | | | | then you may want to consider placing a small |
| and DVD are one thing; then you've got to | | | | ad in the wanted columns. But shopping online |
| consider the home theater accesory which if | | | | is usually your best bet and in most |
| you don't, could lead you to think that price | | | | instances, you'll find what you are looking |
| wasn't such a big issue after all. | | | | for. |
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| Know your Bottom Line | | | | Home theater accessories can be, and usually |
| | | | are, built up over a period of time by most |
| The end cost of that first house ballooned | | | | enthusiasts and it is rare that your cinema |
| out of proportion to the initial pricing for | | | | set up will happen overnight. Cost is the |
| the basic construction cost and I was so | | | | biggest consideration for most people so be |
| excited at the time I completely forgot that | | | | patient. For example, I held off buying |
| there were several additions that needed to | | | | several posters I was keen to have simply |
| go with it before it was complete. And if you | | | | because I had a hard time finding them. |
| are anything like I am, then you won't be | | | | However, during a business trip interstate, I |
| happy with "just the cake, you'll want the | | | | couldn't resist visiting one particular store |
| icing too!" | | | | which bought and sold antique and second hand |
| | | | products. Shoved in the corner were a number |
| A home theater is like that. If you want a | | | | of posters which caught my eye and when I |
| true theater environment then you'll need to | | | | checked, there she was... Rita Hayworth! This |
| consider items such as cinema style seating, | | | | was the very same edition that I looked at |
| decor, posters and poster frames, wall art | | | | everyday for five years during high school in |
| and yes, even a popcorn machine. Is this all | | | | my home classroom and I fell in love with it. |
| a little over the top? Well, in some eyes it | | | | It was one cinema poster I decided would |
| may well be, but I am an accesories kind of | | | | adourn my home theater wall. And best of all, |
| guy and a true cinema lover so it only made | | | | it didn't cost me much at all. |
| sense that I wanted to be surrounded by the | | | | |
| right kind of cinema environment when Captain | | | | It will take most of us some time to complete |
| Kirk and his crew went on another mission to | | | | our home theater rooms and in a lot of |
| save planet earth! | | | | instances, some will be happy just with the |
| | | | basics. But for others, it won't be finished |
| Finding The Right Home Theater Accessory | | | | without the right decor... the cinema |
| | | | chairs, bar accessories, the popcorn machine, |
| There was really only one place to search for | | | | the wall art, posters, and yes, even the |
| my accessories and that was online. I quick | | | | right sound. But take it from me, if you |
| search gave me quite a number of options to | | | | treat it like a project and are patient |
| consider and while most of what I purchased | | | | visiting your local cinema may very well be a |
| had to be shipped, this proved to be no | | | | thing of the past! |
| barrier at all. However, being a prudent | | | | |