Overview of a Home Theater

Series Summary

Home theater systems are all the rage these days. Our expert will help you decide whether you should buy a ready-to-go theater system or build your own with separate components. He'll also help you create the best surround sound environment by choosing the best speakers, sub woofers, and amplifiers. He also answers questions about how to connect all your theater components and whether you can have too much connected to one system - such as how video game systems can affect the rest of your equipment. Read on for lots of audio and electrical tips to help you create a theater quality entertainment system for your home.

Learn all about home theater systems from an expert in this informative interview. Just some of the topics covered include surround sound, speakers, amplifiers, where and how to place speakers, VCRs and DVD players along with many other important facets that you should know if you're setting up your own home entertainment center.

Video Transcript

"Hello I'm Reggie Hayes here with expert village today to talk to you about home theater systems. So you think you want a home theater system in your home why not it's the perfect addition to any home. But you go to the store and you see all these things there you see stereos you see speakers you see connectors, cables, bits compression numbers, all these things. How do you know what you need? Is it easier to jut get a home theater in a box, and bring it home and hook it all up? well don't worry we're gonna anwer all those questions in this whole series on Home thearter systems we want to take you from the basic knowledge of home theater systems all the way to how to design install and most importantly opporate your home thearter system Alright what it means is we want you to go to a movie store, after all this is said and done pick out a dvd flip it over look on the back and actually understand what this Dolby Digital means or even better, dts. It means that you will be able to enjoy movies the way they were ment to be enjoyed. Now I wanna talk to you about home theater in a box. they sell alot of them , a lot of different manufactures sell them. A home theater in a box basiclly means it is your reciever, your speakers and all the wires that your gonna need to connect it to your tv in one nice neat little package. But there can be problems with those in the way their ment to be designed in particular rooms. We're gonna get into that later on, but what this segment and what this whole series is about is how to do custom home theater system for specific rooms, and specific homes, so sit back grab some popcorn, well you better not do that just yet, let's get started."