A Great Big Picture!

Panasonic PT-AE900U Home Theater Projector

The new PT-AE900U is a native high-definition home theater projector that produces stunning, film-like images with a dramatic 5500:1 contrast ratio. Capable of displaying ultra-sharp, ultra-clear HD pictures up to 14.5-feet wide, the PT-AE900U is equipped with advanced, new digital picture-enhancing features allowing you to enjoy “Hollywood picture quality” in the comfort of your own home.

Warranty	1 year
Brightness	1100 lumens
Contrast Ratio	5500:1
Audible Noise	25 db
Display	LCD
Weight	7 lbs.
Dimensions (HxWxD)	3.7″ x 13.2″ x 10.6″
Input Terminals	Component, RCA (Y,Pb,Pr) x 2, Composite Video, RCA x 1, HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface for digital video and digital audio) x 1, S-Video (Mini DIN 4-pin (Y/C)) x 1, VGA (Analog data, mini D-Sub 15-pin) x 1, RS-232 (Serial) x 1
Output Terminals	Mini DIN 8 pin (female) x 1
Resolution	1280 x 720
Zoom	manual
Focus	manual
Keystone Correction	digital H+V
Lamp	130
Lamp Life	3000 hours
H-Sync	30-70 kHz
V-Sync	50-87 kHz
Aspect	16:9
Power Lens Shift	H+V
Throw Distance	3.9-40.7 feet

Who Has Control?

Philips TSU7500 Pronto Pro Universal Remote Control

Your home theater system is missing something. But what is it? Think about it, what is it that keeps you from having to get up to change the channel, up the volume or turn it on? Try this, the Philips TSU7500 Pronto Pro Universal Remote Control. It gives you increased performance and flexibility. Take a look at the specs below:

• Home Entertainment Total Control – TSU7500 allows you to take control of all your AV components at your fingertips. You can now control any device and any band.

• This remote features a high-resolution 3.8″ (320 x 240 pixels) color LCD touchscreen.
  
  
• Flash Memory – TSU7500s 32MB nonvolatile flash memory ensures that configuration data is retained even when you replace the battery.

• Learning Remote Control – The universal remote can learn the nonpreset (i.e., if not available in the database) remote using its learning feature.

• IR Signal and IR Learning
  
  
• RF Signal – 418MHz with 4 channels (from base station)
• Distance – Up to 33 feet via IR
  
  
• Memory – 32MB
  
  
• Size – 3.6″w x 6.1″h x 1.1″d
  
  
• Weight – 0.6 lbs.

 

Sound Pumping and Jaw Exploding Design!

Designing For a Home Theater

What is better than a Home Theater in your very own home? Especially when you have personally designed the home theater to your specifications. Just because you have your mind set on bringing the theater to your home, it does not necessarily mean that you will have to make for major remodeling. Just simply take the basement, living area or even an extra room and mark that at as your home theater.

Never think that a room is not suitable for a home theater. Just a few simple alterations will make any room great for a home theater. For best results for your home theater, consider the following:

• An enclosed room (4 walls and a door)
• Blocking out light (little to no windows)
• Speaker placed in an appropriate area(surrounding the area where the audience is sitting)

Envy Of The Neighborhood

JBL Sub 12 12″ 500w Powered Subwoofer

Your home theater will never be the same with the SUB12. It performs like a pro with technology developed by JBL’s Professional division. Equipped with JBL’s tried-and-true PolyPlas woofer, this subwoofer delivers the low-frequency goods. Special effects in your favorite movies, assisted by the FreeFlow flared port, are loud and clear, without unwanted distortion or boominess.

A powerful amplifier backs up the 12-inch woofer with high-output. LFE- and line-level inputs provide maximum connection flexibility. Convenient level and crossover-frequency controls and a phase switch let you tailor the SUB12′s performance to your room’s acoustics or your taste. By hooking this up to the rest of your home theater, you will be the envy of the neighborhood.

Wires Need Not Apply!

Panasonic SC-HT640W Wireless Home Theater System

Panasonic’s SC-HT640W Wireless Home Theater System provides 850 watts of total power to bring you into the experience whether it is a DVD movie, TV or serious surround audio. This system contains a 5-Disc CD/DVD changer, two front speakers, a center speaker, one wireless rear speaker and a 6.75″ subwoofer that combine to create an encompassing sound field full of acoustic ambiance and smooth, thumping bass.

The Panasonic SC-HT640W Home Theater System comes with built-in Dolby and DTS decoders, S-Video and component outputs, easy setup, and more to give you the versatility you need for all your home theater and audio needs. This home theater system is an affordable system that wires need not apply.

Bright’n Up Your Home Theater!

Ceramic Home Theater Light Fixtures

When designing for your home theater, lighting is a factor that you must consider. Although it is not effective while watching your movie, it does play a key role in the overall look in which you may be looking for. Before entertaining some guests for the evening, you can turn on your home theater lights and make your guests feel like they are actually in a movie theater. After all, that is the point to having a home theater.

A ceramic wall sconce adds the light you are looking for while showing off your home theater. They easily mount on the wall over your existing lamp. A 75 watt bulb is all you need for with this ceramic home theater light fixture. Depending on the size of your home theater area, purchase several of these fixtures for proper lighting.

A Wide View!

Samsung HL-S5086W 50 inch HDTV

The Samsung HL-S5086W offers the sharpest and clearest images available form both HD and regular TV. Despite its impressive 50″ display the HL-S5086W is surprisingly thin at only 15.6″ deep, and to help diminish the usual clutter the HL-S5086W has built-in “hidden” speaker and is Digital Cable Ready with the integrated CableCard slot, enabling you to enjoy digital cable without the usual bulky Cable box. The HL-5086W’s DLP chip is faster than any HDTV technology, with millions of mirrors switching on & off 15,000 times a second to deliver ultra-sharp picture for fast moving images.

 

When combined with Samsung’s Cinema Smooth light engine, the result is a crisp, bright picture with deep, rich colors that’s closer to film. A contrast ratio of 2500:1 provides blacker blacks, sharper whites and vibrant colors. The HL-S5086W’s precise, sharp picture and fast process speeds make this screen ideal for sports, fast action shows and movies and gaming.

Movie Out or In?

Home Theater Vs. Movie Theater

Of course going to your local movie theater you can see the latest movies to hit the box office. A night in to watch a classic or new release at home is not so bad either. But I bet your home doesn’t have the sound a movie theater has. My only question to you is, WHY NOT? A good home theater system could also blow your living room windows out as well as a movie theater could.

Just think, your sitting at home with a tub of popcorn and a soda and you only have walk a few feet to your bathroom. If you go out to a movie theater, you have to stand in a line for tickets only to find out it is sold out. If you were lucky to get tickets, then you get in line for popcorn and the guy 10 people in front of you that is ordering can’t make up his mind. After all that mess is said and done, you walk into the movie theater and there aren’t two seats together. Lets not get into the guy that left his cell phone on.

If this happens the next time you go out for a movie, then consider a home theater system and avoid the lines.

Home Theater Design

Laying Out your Home Theater

Do you have a plan for how your home theater will be designed? Well first off, this probably isn’t a “do it yourself” project. So you will have to call a home theater specialist to get this project rolling. These specialists will most likely draw up a schematic of the lay out or show you their previous work.

Once all of this has been completed, Architects are then called in to complete and build the home theater design. As far as what scheme to use in the home theater is left up to interior designing. This will most likely have to contracted out to someone different and you guessed it, there will be most likely be extra fees or charges.

Home Theater Lighting

Home Theater Lighting. Is It Important?

When you go to a movie theater, you get your first indication that the movie is about to begin when the lights turn off. So what’s the big deal over lighting systems if we only plan to watch movies in the dark?

A good home theater lighting system enhances your theater room in a couple of ways. From a performance point of view, the home theater lighting system needs to provide light so that people can safely move around the room. You should also arrange the light sources so that they don’t cast any glare or light on the image, which would wash out the picture.

Beyond the performance issue, lighting provides an aesthetic benefit. The theater room should be an inviting, comfortable space, and a lighting system that sets the right mood is invaluable.