The most important component of a home theater depends upon the person, equipment, budget and space everything is set up in, including seating, lighting, flooring, etc. Here are components carrying the most importance.
Location
Left to chance, the set up on the entire home theater system and area could be chaotic. For example, there needs to be room for the projector to show on the screen without interference from anything (high furniture, misplaced lights, etc.) Not to mention, if the main theater viewing screen is not the focal point of the room, many guests will not be able to view anything well, there could be a lack of seating for the right gaming and other screens, quarters could be cramped, remotes and other tools and minor equipment disorganized -resulting in not much fun!
Needs Met
Likewise, if family needs are left to chance, chaos could rain. Let’s say the family budget is a bit tight. The teenagers all have an Xbox console, compatible gaming accessories and games (hence the budget is tight now). Everything is purchased, assembled, placed, up and running. And oops, you realize your wife bought a Playstation instead of an Xbox 360. Could be no biggie, however, the kids wanted to use their old games and compatible Xbox gear and really wanted the Xbox 360 to play live games with their friends who also have the system. Bummer. Plus you really didn’t need a DVD or VCR, but she bought those as add-ons and you cannot return them (or the Playstation). The final straw is that your super-duper speakers are not the kind that work best with your lower-grade media center. So sound quality will be lacking. Had needs been met, this chaos would be eliminated.
Set Up
Ditto chaos with set up, if left untested. As a Tim the Toolman (from TV) example, if you set up all your equipment, hook up all the cables, etc. then rush off to work, not bothering to thoroughly check systems out, uh-oh! You may come home, deactivate your home alarm, and set off your home theater system – all at the same time. And ditto with the video and audio components. Your audio could crank its highest resolution and burst your windows.
Misc Items
Of course same thing with your additional items; your VCR, DVD player, gaming console and other equipment not mentioned above, your chairs, shelves, storage, lighting, organizers and anything else. No one want to trip over a couch, getting up from watching a movie!
So take time to place importance on the main components of your home theater system.
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Is there a home theater speaker system that sounds just as amazing as Bose but at a cheaper price?I have always wanted a Bose anything because I love the quality and sound from everything they have done. I know they can be a bit spendy. If there are some home theater speakers from other well known and reliable brands that work just as well I am definitely all ears. I am just in the market of buying a really great speaker system!
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You may have noticed that your turntable hooked up to the AUX input required you to have to turn the volume control on your receiver way up to match the volume level of other sources hooked up to it. That is because the signal level coming off a record player is much lower than any other standard source.
See if you have a PHONO input on the receiver and switch your turntable wires over to that instead – it should greatly improve the sound quality.
The answer to your question is "Yes!" First, you must determine if you have a spare input/output set of jacks on your receiver. Sometimes, when there is no TAPE imput, or that one is already in use, you can find a spare VCR 2 (or VCR B) input/output jack-set to use.
Remember though, that most receivers require the selection of a special button or switch for the TAPE MONITOR input to be heard, and this setting often overrides any other input you wish to hear, requiring a separate button-push to de-activate the TAPE MONITOR input. Its confusing, I know, and I've had so many panicked phone calls over the years from clients who didn't know why they couldn't access other sources all of a sudden: it was because the TAPE input was selected, effectively locking them out of any other source until they disengaged the TAPE input first.
Sheesh! What were those propeller heads thinking all those years?!
Good luck! Thanks for the question.
Rod
@spiritsword83 On a 42″ TV I’d say the upgrade in DVD scaling isn’t worth $500 myself. If you had a 92″ projection setup or something similar, then I could recommend it, but I’d say $500 is better spent upgrading to a bigger display than the better scaling on DVD’s.
Can this player or the upcoming BDP-93 be used in europe, since they’re only sold in US?
Arboreal Theater
Does this player play dvd and Blu ray from any regions like 12345and 6 and A,B,C
on any TV ?
My statements are not incorrect as I’m quite familiar with both of them (working in Home Theater and trying to be informed lead to that). The 390 is indeed a good player that does have a quick load time…just not as quick as the Oppo which with it’s Anchor Bay chip closes down the competition. I’m also confused as to how honesty is confused with belittling. A
I am confuse with your question. Are you saying you can afford a $2000 projector or can't afford?
Try using a home theater projector if you can. The bussiness projectors are not meant for movies. They are meant for slide shows and a small movie clip.
Now you can get a decent Epson projector that is around $3500 Canadian dollars with a $300 rebate right now. I believe the model is the Epson 1080. Epson makes a decent projector.
http://www.epson.ca/cgi-bin/ceStore/ProductCategory.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=-13702
Ofcourse you can opt to get the cheaper projector. I have personally seen the Epson 1080 and it does a great job on the big screen.
There are also some decent screen around. I think you should provision more for your screen though. Try to think $1000 for a screen. They a decent Draper screen would serve you well.
On the other hand you can also paint the wall matte white and it should work as well. You can try looking for the "goo"-this stuff is supposedly able to serve as a screen.
How is your cable or disc network connected to the tv. If it is connected to the tv you need to connect an optical cable from the tv to the Onkyo HT. When you want to hear the tv sound through the speakers you will need to select the source you connected the optical cable to the Onkyo system. Or you can connect the cable or disc network directly to the Onkyo versus to the tv. Hope this will help you out.
Depends on your home theater systems and if it allows additional hook -ups to it. If it does then there should be no problem hooking up your TV for surround sound.
But remember it will not sound as good as your DVDs because DVDs are digital or 5.1, normal TV signals are analog or 2.0 .
If your home theater had Dolby Pro Logic ll, it will convert the 2.0 signal to 5.1.
Your home theater can certainly just be used for watching TV. I don't have a huge home theater system to brag about but I do love the TV lift cabinet that I recently purchased. I like to be able to hide the DVD player and other cords and with the built in infrared system that the stand has, I am able to operate my TV and DVD player with ease while the doors on the cabinet remain shut. It's so great. I also love the fact that I can hide my TV away when I want it out of view and with the TV lift, your TV raises in and out of the cabinet. Here's the cabinet that I have, http://www.importadvantage.com/Moderna-Black-55 It's really a nice piece and definitely was worth the money.
I have an “OPPO” best blu-ray player i’ve ever bought.. worth ever buck
I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about the OPPO players. Lots of mods out there too to make them even better.
I love the fact you can stretch the picture. Those side-bars are annoying.
Use a private company, thasts what I did in my house for ALL my televisions / my home theater. Not sure where you live but the company i used was dhdpros.com | Private companies will never rip you off and generally use the greatest technology. (my house uses a program called "Control 4" i can turn off my kids' bedroom lights / TVs from the basement.)
And also, the fire won't affect it. If you want a picture of my hearth room ill send you one.
It will be impossible to find a "quality" home theater setup for less than 200 dollars. That being said, you can get a sub-par setup for less than 200, and i would say that a bad system is better than no system.
I got mine for $760 dollars on amazon. It's a 7.1 channel, and it supports the new high definition audio formats.
@Macktube The Oppo BDP-83 ships from Oppo with Region Coding enabled.
Marble tile? That's acoustically unsound. That was just a silly sentence. Ceramic or stone flooring will add to both echo and ambient sound. Two negatives in one idea, in my mind that makes it a bad idea. The tiles only pluses are easier to clean and long wear life. You mostly sit in the theater room so long wear is a very minor factor. As for cleaning, you only clean the mess you make. None of which is nearly as annoying as someone shuffling heels on a stone floor.
I have a Vizio 42″ 1080p and blu ray playback via Playstation 3 is excellent, but DVD upconversion is only so-so. Can someone tell me if its worth me shelling out $500 bucks for this player? I’d really love to see some of my DVDs that have no Blu-Ray version (Pink Floyd’s The Wall and PULSE mainly) in better resolution. Thanks!!