Build Your Own Home TheaterWritten to provide information on all price ranges of equipment to everyone from the beginner to the experienced home theater owner, Build Your Own Home Theater has been completely updated for today's audience. This new edition contains valuable consumer information on the latest digital home theater components and technology, including digital surround sound receivers, DVD players, digital television & HDTV, digital satellites (DBS), digital camcorders, and digital hard-drive video recorders. It also features easy-to-understand explanations of surround sound technology and set ups-including Dolbyâ Digital, THX Surround EXTM, and DTS-ESTM. If you are interested in audio, video, and home theater technologies, this book will give you the information you need to choose the right components, hook the pieces together, and create a fabulous theater experience right in your own living room. When the first edition of Build Your Own Home Theater was published, decent home theater systems were primarily only affordable for wealthier consumers. Now, several years later, the technology is accessible to millions of homes as products such as wide-screen televisions, digital surround sound audio, DVD Video and Audio Players, and digital satellite systems have become commonplace. Though most people don't have actual home theater set-ups in their living rooms, more and more consumers are trying to combine components they already own with new high-tech components to create an affordable home theater experience. Complete with important home theater Web site addresses and resources, Build Your Own Home Theater, Second Edition is a comprehensive, current, and well-researched text. Beginners to advanced home theater consumers, Videophiles, technicians, engineers, and electronics hobbyists from all walks of life will especially find it invaluable. *"Dolby" and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks and "Surround Sound EX" is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories. THX and Lucasfilm are © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights are reserved. Used under authorization. DTS and DTS-ES are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.
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Contents
CHAPTER 1 What Goes into a Home Theater System? | 1 |
CHAPTER 2 Fitting the System in Without Buying a New House | 33 |
CHAPTER 3 Building a System for 1500 to 15000 | 49 |
CHAPTER 4 The Big Screen | 75 |
Nerve Center of the Home Theater | 105 |
Dolby and DTS | 115 |
Maximizing the Audio | 135 |
CHAPTER 8 Speaking of Speakers | 147 |
CHAPTER 11 Game Playing at Home | 203 |
CHAPTER 12 Hooking Up to a Satellite | 213 |
CHAPTER 13 What about Cable and Digital Television? | 225 |
Software for Your HT Hardware | 239 |
CHAPTER 15 Putting It All Together | 245 |
CHAPTER 16 Furniture and Lighting That Make the Difference | 275 |
CHAPTER 17 Coming Soon to Your Home Theater | 289 |
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VCRs Laserdiscs DVD Players and Tapeless Video Recorders | 173 |
CHAPTER 10 Camcorders and Home Theater | 191 |