| Ah!! There's not much like the thrill of seeing the latest | | | | Television). |
| Hollywood blockbuster on the big screen! Excitement | | | | Some useful information for picking out the perfect |
| fills the air as the house lights dim. The low murmur | | | | television: Flat-panel TV's come in nearly every size |
| from the speakers begins to rise and surround you as | | | | and run between $700 and $10,000; rear-projections |
| the sounds permeate the theater from back to front, | | | | are typically 42" and up to about 70", and will cost |
| left to right- adding a bit of vibrating excitement from | | | | between $1,000 and $5,000. Front-projections with High |
| the tips of your toes up to top of your head. Every | | | | Definition start at $1,500 and head upward, but require |
| hair on your body stands up on end. This experience | | | | a very dark room for a decent picture. LCD is best for |
| can be recreated in your very own home, as long as | | | | a light room, while Plasma TVs have darker darks and |
| you have the right home theater equipment. | | | | richer tones to create a better overall experience. |
| A DVD player is mandatory, as the output of such a | | | | There are ideally 5 speakers in a home theater- a |
| device is over 500 horizontal lines of resolution | | | | large one to place above or on top of the television, |
| compared to just 200 lines on a VHS tape for a VCR. | | | | one smaller one to each side of the TV, and one at |
| Prices for these players can run from $30 to $250 or | | | | each rear "corner" of the room. Basically, the four |
| more depending on the amount of extra doodads you | | | | smaller speakers should be in the corners of a square |
| want to have. DVD players can also play the majority | | | | or rectangle that creates your home theater room. If |
| of music CD's, therefore alleviating the need for a | | | | you have high, slanted or cathedral ceilings, or aren't |
| separate system. | | | | thrilled with the idea of drilling holes to suspend the |
| The television in most home theaters is one of the | | | | speakers from the ceiling, speaker stands will work |
| widescreen models, as the majority of DVD's are | | | | just fine. If the stands are chosen properly, as well as |
| created in this particular format to imitate the theaters, | | | | the speakers, they can either stand out or blend nicely |
| but you can play DVD's on any type of screen. Most | | | | into your room's décor. And don't forget the |
| new televisions larger than 27" diagonally are made | | | | subwoofer to create the rumbling bass-sound for the |
| only as widescreen sets, including those in the three | | | | echoes of explosions and/or the oncoming entourage |
| main types of sets sold for home theaters: flat-panel, | | | | of airplanes, as what would a home theater be without |
| rear-projection and front-projection in plasma, LCD | | | | those. |
| (Liquid Crystal Display) and HDTV (High Definition | | | | |