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Home Theater System: -quick Overview of the Major Components
Going out to the movies is becoming a very expensive activity. Not only have ticket prices gone up in the last few years, it seems that drinks, popcorn and candy have all had price increases. Couple this with the drop in prices on high end electronics and recent advances such as Blu-ray, and it is no wonder that ticket sales and continuously been dropping off as more and more people are opting to set up "Home Theaters".
Today's dream home theater consists of three things. First a television or projector, a 5.1 or 7.1 sound system and media playing device, for more details visit to www.sale-trigger-generator.com normally a DVD player but more recently Blu-Ray players. This is a simplification of the home theater setup, there are a multitude of options and decisions to make in creating your dream home theater. This article will help you grasp a simple of understanding of the major components
Television or Projector - There are plenty of options here. When considering a television, you must decide on whether you want a plasma screen, and LCD, DLP, or rear projection television. CRT or Cathode Ray Tube televisions are almost obsolete in today's home theater systems. Each of the aforementioned types has its own advantages and disadvantages. If you want a screen with great flexibility in placement, high quality picture and the price is not a major factor - then a plasma screen is your best option. If space is not a major factor and price is, for more details visit to www.sales-page-rapid-fire.com you can find great prices on high quality rear projection television sets. In either case you need to purchase a high definition television, they are almost standard in larger screen televisions today. High definition is defined by a pixel count of 720 dot per inch (DPI) or higher. In order to take advantage of Blu-Ray quality, your TV should have a pixel count of 1080 dpi. Among 1080dpi sets you have a choice between 1080i and 1080p. The "i" stands for interlaced, and the "p" stands for progressive scan. These terms refer to how and how often the pixels on the screen are refreshed. 1080p televisions provide a higher quality picture, and will of course cost extra. The extra cost is well worth the cost in my opinion. The most recent advance in high definition televisions is 120 Hz sets, these new sets are supposed to better handle motion, especially in regards to watching sports.
Sound System - This is potentially the most complex portion of your dream home theater setup. I say potentially because you can purchase a high quality "home theater in a box" and end up with a respectable sound system for your home theater with minimal fuss, or if you want to extract the maximum quality sound out of your system and are willing to pay what it takes; then building your own system from quality components is definitely the way to go. HTIBs or "Home Theaters in Box" are sometimes maligned by audiophiles as not being serious home theater sound systems, but a little research will show you that in recent years these pre-packaged systems now have components worthy of being part of a dream home theater system. If you want to build your own system the options and decisions you'll be faced with are numerous. But the homework and research is well worth the final reward. Having a high quality picture certainly makes watching a film more enjoyable, but a great sound system takes you out of the confines of your living room and puts you in the middle of action.
Media Player - Normally this is a DVD player or more recently Blu-Ray players. When buying a DVD player, you should choose one with a video signal upconversion to 1080p. Ask your salesperson if the player uses Faroudja Video Processing, this is considered the best upconverting technology. Most Blu-Ray players will upconvert DVDs. If you are willing to pay between $200-$500, then a Blu-Ray player is definitely worth considering. The format war between HDTV a Blu-Ray is over, so a Blu-Ray is a safe bet. Blu-Ray is also capable of providing highest quality lossless audio (True-HD or DTA-HD Master Audio), allowing your dream home theater sound system to really shine. Eventually Blu-Ray will become the standard home video standard, but the good news is that they will play all your old DVDs as well. But if you are like me, once you've gotten used to Blu-Ray quality, it's hard to go back plain old DVDs.
This is just a quick overview of the major components. There are several other things to consider when building your dream home theater, such as cabling, speaker wire gauge, dipole /bipolar speakers vs. direct radiating just for starters. My recommendation is that if you research and make a well thought out decisions on the major components mentioned here, then many of the choices on the ancillary equipment and parts will begin to fall into place, and creating your dream home theater will be that much easier.
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Why can't I get sound from my tv through my home theater system?
I have a sony bravia home theater model # dav-hdx285. My tv is a sharp 42 inch model # lc42sb45u.I've hooked up as follows:coaxial cable from wall to cable box, cable box to tv, tv to theater.i followed the manual still doesn't work. Even emailed sony, did everything they said but it didn't work either. DVDS & cds are fine through the system, just can't get tv sound through theater system.
Amy - These other guys obviously don't know what to do. I apologize for them and their bad advice.
YOU NEVER HOOK UP AN HTS SYSTEM FROM THE TV OUTPUT!!!
THE TV DOES NOT PROCESS SURROUND SOUND AND ALL YOU ARE GETTING IS 2 CHANNEL (LEFT &RIGHT) SOUND. THE RECEIVER IS CONFUSED AND CAN'T PROCESS IT. THE RED AND WHITE CABLES...COME ON GUYS. THAT MEANS RED IS ONE CHANNEL AND WHITE IS ONE CHANNEL. THERE IS NO CENTER, REAR OR SUBWOOFER CHANNELS BEING SENT TO THE RECEIVER.
First of all your cable box needs to be new enough to have multiple outputs for different hook ups. If it only has coax going out to the TV you are hosed? Then you need to upgrade your cable box. You should have the right one since you are using a 42" LCD HD TV.
It should be like this - Cable box output goes to the HTS using component cables or an HDMI cable. The HTS decodes the audio and sends it to the speakers in surround (if the broadcast is in 5.1) Then the video goes to the TV using either an HDMI cable, component cables (red,blue,green) from the HTS or a separate digital optical cable from the cable box.
Anyway...the only way you should have this hooked up is wall > cable box > home theater > TV
Basic setup principals for Home Theater is everything runs to the HTS first and then out to the TV.
EDIT > I just looked up your HTS and it has everything you need to hook it up right. Now you just need to check on the back of the cable box. It would be best not to use the coax but if that is all it has then you are stuck with it. Run that line into the HTS coax input. Then go the superstore and get an HDMI cable to run from the HTS to the TV. Don't buy the one that is $70 bucks. They are just ripping you off. Buy the cheapest one they have...just make sure it is long enough to reach from the back of the HTS to the back of the TV. Plug it in and then switch the TV to the correct input setting (your TV will have several input modes depending on which HDMI port you plugged it into you will need to switch the TV input mode to that plug number. Should be on the remote control. Again, your cable box should be HD compatible since you have an HD TV or you need to upgrade to HD cable to fully enjoy the TV and surround sound.
Good luck
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