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Home Cinema Design
By Matthew Seigneur, Sat Dec 10th
Home Cinemas are becoming increasingly popular, but if youdecide to install one you must think carefully about home cinemadesign. What system you buy, what seating you decide on and howyou arrange your speakers depends on many factors, such as theviewer capacity you plan on having and the size of the room thatwill be the home to your home theater. The optimum setup for a home cinema design is to give it its owndedicated room. This allows you to position seating, speakers,the display and equipment in the best possible positions.Budget, however, will be your next consideration. You'll need atleast a DVD or VHS player, a widescreen television set, anamplifier (preferably surround sound) and speakers. Make certainto leave room in your budget for cables and wiring as well. You will also want to budget for interior design necessitiessuch as seating, lighting, and acoustics. You will want the bestseating you can get for the most comfort. Remember, you will bespending hours upon hours in the seating watching movies, sothey should be ergonomically correct and comfortable, but not tothe point where it would be easy to fall asleep in them. Youwill also want the seating to be acoustically correct - theyshould have some sort of upholstery, without lots of exposedwood or metal parts. The seating also shouldn't have high backs,as this will affect the viewer's experience of the sound byblurring it.
Lighting is also important. Too much light and you will bedealing with glare off of a screen or
a washed out projection.Hang thick, heavy curtains of black or a drab color over anywindows, and install a folding door over any doorways. Make sureany lighting in your home theater design is controllable so itcan be turned off and on when needed. You must also consider the acoustics of your home theaterdesign. Having thick carpeting on the floor, hangings on thewall, and thick upholstery on the chairs will help. Using thesethings can help the acoustics immensely and may also remove theneed for an acoustical diffuser. However, if they do now, youmay want to think about applying acoustical foam where looks arenot a concern, or purchasing diffusers to use around surroundsound speakers to create a more natural sound. Finally, positioning of your seating and equipment will have alarge impact on your home theater design. Seating should beplaced in the rear center of your home theater, facing thecenter of the screen - exact arrangement will depend on the sizeand shape of the room. Front speakers should be placed in astraight line in front of the seating and centered on it.Surround speakers should be placed alongside and to the rear ofthe seating on the walls, a few feet up above where the viewer'sheads will be. With proper planning and careful thought, you can achieve greathome theater design, and get the best movie viewing experiencefor your money. Home Cinema Systems and HT Reviews at:http://www.home-theater-reviews.co.uk About the author:http://www.home-theater-reviews.co.uk/ provides home cinemasystems reviews and much more, see the full range at:http://www.home-theater-reviews.co.uk/systems/
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