by Sam E. Jones

Created on: July 06, 2010

A lot of people have decided the time has come to start waiting for movies to come out on DVD, rather than spending a lot of money for movie at a theater. The problem is, the atmosphere isn’t nearly the same. But not to worry, because it’s not that difficult to create a home theater atmosphere.

Any home theater atmosphere experience is going to start with the television set. Most new sets are now flat screen and some of them are pretty big. Thus, it’s rather a no-brainer to go with the biggest screen you can afford if you really want that theater feel. But don’t leave the store just yet, because while that flat screen TV likely has a perfectly fine speaker in it, it won’t be anything like you’d find at the local multiplex. This is partly due to the sound quality of the speakers at a theater, and partly due to the surround sound capabilities that come with Dolby, a technology that is embedded in most recent DVD’s. Therefore it’s just a matter of buying the proper equipment to take advantage of that technology.

The answer is, a surround sound home theater system, which is comprised of a box to plug everything in to, several small speakers for putting in various places that surround your home theater and a big speaker to handle the booming base that comes from high quality DVD’s.

Of course you’ll also need a high quality DVD player, which now means a Blue Ray player so you can watch in high def.

After that, it’s pretty much a matter of putting it all together.

To really get that home theater feeling, you might want to invest in comfortable viewing chairs, rather they try to use traditional living room furniture, because movie watching chairs (think Barcalounger) are more geared to providing the kind of comfort people have come to expect when movie watching.

After that, try to place the speakers from your surround sound system so that they truly surround everyone in the room that is watching. Also, higher is much better than lower, so don’t put them on the floor. Most of the smaller speakers can actually be hung right on the wall. Also, some systems offer wireless speakers which make putting your speakers around the room a lot easier. The big bass speaker always goes in front, centered if possible, directly below the television.

Then, hook everything together until it works, adjust the sound for your particular room and that should be it unless you want to invest in a popcorn maker. Put in a disc, dim the lights, kick back and enjoy.

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