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Visualizing Your Home Theater
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By Parvati Markus
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Visualizing Your Home Theater By Parvati Markus
What do the words home theater mean to you? A big screen TV inyour living room with surround sound speakers hidden behind thecouch, or a custom designed room with every possible high-endaudio/video equipment and dedicated theater seating? The choicecomes down to your level of use . . . and your pocketbook.
Start with the room you plan to use as your home theater. Ifit's your multi-purpose living room, think about mounting aflat-panel LCD HDTV on the wall and finding one of the manyartistic solutions for hiding the screen when it's not in use.Make sure the furniture that houses your audio/video componentshas a cable management system to hide power cords and sufficientventilation. Rear wheels on the cabinet make accessing yourconnections much easier!
There is a large range of possible entertainment centers: aplasma console or wall system, an entertainment center withbookcase or storage, cabinets to hold a large screen display. Besure to measure your room accurately to know what will fit bestin the space you have available. If you're redoing a room ormoving to a new place, now is a good time to prewire the roomfor audio, video, security and communication needs, includingcabling for future technologies. It makes for an elegant, nearlyinvisible installation of equipment, with more leeway in thetype of furniture you choose. Another possibility -- if your"home theater" room also includes your computer desk, thinkabout using your PC to store and play your favorite MP3 files,patched through an amplifier.
There are so many choices -- media stands, audio stands thathold 5 to 10 AV components, TV stands for any size television(some loaded with features like wire management systems,adjustable shelves, open ventilation, tempered glass) -- as wellas choices in styles and finishes, from the beauty of naturalhardwoods to contemporary design elements. With such a broadvariety of audio/video and other furnishings, mounts andaccessories, even the most demanding A/V enthusiast or homedecorator will be satisfied with the way your home theater looks.
Once you've housed your components, the next most importantchoice involves your seating. Do you prefer watching movies inyour home theater from the comfort of a recliner, cuddled withsomeone special on a couch, or from dedicated custom theaterseating? Do you prefer seating covered with micro fiber fabric,microfiber suede, faux leather or premium leather? Does a hometheater conjure up visions of kids with large tubs of butteredpopcorn, beer and chips for the guys watching the big game, orromantic glasses of wine? Choose an easy-to-clean surface, andhave sturdy tables close at hand to your seating.
As long as you're visualizing your perfect home theater set-up,remember to connect the lighting and the home theater system toa master remote control. With a few taps of your finger, the DVDspins, the lights dim, you sink into your seat, and enter agalaxy far, far away . . . right from home. Please find theoriginal article and more information about this subject athttp://www.homeandliving.com/DesignAdvice.aspx?Category=VisualizingYourHomeTheater
When Parvati Markus is not writing helpful and insightfularticles like the one you just read from www.homeandliving.com,she works with The Kabbalah Centre and freelances on non-fictionbooks and articles. As a recent arrival in L.A., Parvati iscompleting her "residency requirement" by writing a screenplay.
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