A home theater system can elevate your movie nights to a new level, bringing the cinematic experience right into your home. These systems offer impressive features like surround sound, luxury seating, lighting and other essential components for those looking to create a cinema at home.
Whether it's family movie nights or streaming marathons, here’s what you should know about designing your home theater and the key features to look for to enhance your experience.
Before you go looking for the best-in-class devices out there for your home theater setup, it’s important to know the essentials.
The magic behind impressive setups come from the equipment used. If your room lacks the equipment to create an immersive experience, then it’ll leave your movie room feeling dull and no different than a living room.
The biggest feature of any home theater system is the video display. When designing your movie-watching space, your display should be able to handle intense colors and textures easily. Depending on the type of display you choose, your video display can directly impact your viewing experience, depending on the specs and requirements involved. Some common display devices used in home theater features include:
While these three options have their unique perks, investing in your display system means paying attention to aspects such as refresh rates, pixel pitch, energy costs, and panel construction before buying. Today’s LED TVs offer impressive frame rates and color density, home theater systems often incorporate high-end video walls. These walls integrate seamlessly with sound systems, lighting, and other tools, offering a more customizable experience.
Most movie theaters use giant screens with higher pixel pitches for larger viewing ranges, but for home theater systems, you can still purchase a video wall or projector with a lower pixel pitch to accommodate your guests and family members.
Next comes the sound, and while most movie theaters include large spaces for sound to bounce off of, you will need to consider your room’s size, the placement of your video display, and other aspects to create an engaging movie experience. Movie theaters today often boast IMAX rooms due to their impressive visuals.
Still, more importantly, their surround-sound speakers are what truly mark it as an irreplaceable mark for movie-goers. While IMAX can’t be fully replicated at home, your surround-sound system should include speakers that can be strategically placed to help you become more immersed in your video content.
When looking for sound speakers, you should look for speaker systems that give you plenty of options for speaker placement, as placement heavily influences your home theater features and their setup. Speaker prices can vary based on factors like available channels, subwoofers for low frequencies, and the wattage required by your theater system.
Most options out there, including Fluance and Klipsch, will offer plenty of good choices, but most of all, make sure that your audio speakers can be integrated with your choice of receivers before buying.
Receivers and processors are the lesser-known heart of a home theater system. They help control the channels your speakers and video wall work through. They’re the power behind your visual experience, giving you access to your system’s input and output devices so you can calibrate your movie-watching experience. They can also be connected to devices via Bluetooth.
However, receivers and processors are two different systems. Below is a simple description of how they work with your home theater features.
Both options are excellent, as they provide a simple way for you to manage and control your input and output for video and audio in your home. Most receivers and processors will include all the specifications you’d need, but be sure that they are compatible with your sound system’s channels and video wall’s requirements beforehand so you can make the most of your viewing experience.
Whether you’re streaming from Roku or Netflix, using Blu-ray disks, or even hosting a movie server, your content should be viewed with the most comfortable, luxurious seating. At Elite HTS, we can custom design your home theater furniture for any home layout, including theater beds, sectionals, and home theater recliners, with a 20-year warranty guaranteed.
Treat yourself and make your ideal home theater a reality today. Contact us for a 3D layout plan so we can visualize your dream theater seats for ultimate comfort and enjoyment.
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