Home Theater Suggestions

A home theater room should not be designed like you would set up a run of the mill den, instead it has specific requirements if you plan on getting the ultimate experience from each digitally enhanced special effect you watch and hear on your plasma tv. Did you know that there are a few effortless things you can do tonight to make the most of the Hollywood experience of your DVD抯 you are watching? The more of these that you can implement... the bigger the quality of the sound and picture of your existing system. Number one: Try to emulate the way a real movie theater is designed. What do I mean? If you think about it, all movie seats point toward the front of the movie theater. There are no caddy corner or angled seats in a movie theater, are there? Have you thought about to rearrange your couches and recliners to give everyone a direct view of the screen? Number two: Do not put your speakers on the floor! Did you know that the floor and carpeting will silence the performance of your speakers ability. You would not believe how many people still leave their speakers on the floors! What other options are there? Use speaker brackets or stick them on a bookshelf. In a perfect environment the speakers should be located just a few feet over your head. Just using this one thing will make a marked difference. Number Three: If you can do this maintain the front left and right satellites proportionally arranged on either side of your TV screen. Your center channel speakers should be installed either above or below your plasma. What about the rear speakers? The rear channel speakers should always be installed behind your couches whether on the walls or in the ceiling. Do you have hard wood floors? Throw rugs will add to the quality of your sound as well. Number 4: Lighting. Think about this, the more light in the room?the more your the quality of your picture will be effected. Does that mean there is no hope? You must be able to control the interior and the exterior lighting of the room. First things first you need to turn off all lights during your movie watching. Some remote controls can even shut the lights automatically when the movie starts. How cool is that? What about sunlight? Tyr using room darkening shades or heavy curtains that can be used to be closed over the windows during movie watching time. if there is only one thing you take from this article, the darker the room the better. Some families even keep a flashlight handy to use for the bathroom breaks! I told you that you don't have to spend any money to get a better experience from your current surround sound set up. Why not test out some of these home theater suggestions before the next time your family sits down to watch a movie? I believe you will notice a huge improvement in your home theater experience.