Home Theater Design: Widescreen Or Standard TV For Your Home Theater?
Posted by admin in Home Theater Design on April 29, 2011
Widescreen TV, with a 16:9 width-to-height ratio, undoubtedly represents the future for home theater designs. However, this does not mean that you should rule out standard TVs with a 4:3 ratio. There are definitely good reasons to go for a 4:3 TV, or even projection screen if your home theater design calls for it. Let’s explore the issue.
Firstly, from a point of view of cost, standard TVs are still cheaper than widescreen TVs, so if you have a restricted budget, this is worthy of consideration. You could perhaps get a good quality standard TV for the price of a budget widescreen model; definitely worth considering for your home theater design.
Home Theater Design Concepts
Posted by admin in Home Theater Design on April 29, 2011
One of the most overlooked features of a quality Home Theater design are the dimensions of the room. The size and shape of a Home Theater Room can significantly affect the quality of your Home Theater system. The dimensions of your room will determine how the sound will interact with the interior walls, especially the low frequency (bass) sound waves.
The ideal shape for a room is rectangular. However, if possible stay away from rooms where the length and width are multiples of the height. For example, if the height of your Home Theater is 8′, the length and width should not be 16′ x 24′ (both multiples of 8′). Try altering at least one dimension by a foot or so. A square shaped room is the least acoustic friendly shape that you can have.
Home Theater Design Plans – Making Life Simple
Posted by admin in Home Theater Design on April 29, 2011
So, you also want a home theater in your house? In this case, you may be thinking of designing your own even if you are still unsure about how to go about it. To make things easier for you, you may buy a ready-made home theater design plans which will be able to help you out. Plus, here are a few tips on your design.
Just answer these simple questions and you will come up with a few great plans.
Home Theater Design: Optimum Speaker Placement
Posted by admin in Home Theater Design on April 29, 2011
The standard theater arrangement is of course a screen at one end of the room, with one central speaker, one speaker to each side of the screen, two speakers providing surround left and right, and sometimes a speaker providing surround rear. If you have your room arranged this way, chances are good that you call it your home theater, and speaker placement is fairly straightforward for you. The ideal placement has the front speakers at the same height from the ground, usually either slightly above or slightly below the display, and the surround speakers at least 60cm above the heads of the viewers.
The front center speaker should ideally be in the same position as the screen; the front left and right speakers should be placed approximately 25 degrees to the left and right of the direction the viewers face, and about the same distance from the viewers; the surround left and surround right speakers should be 90 degrees to the left and right of this direction, and, again, about the same distance from the viewers; and the surround rear, as its name suggests, should be directly behind the viewers. A subwoofer if used can theoretically be placed anywhere in the room.