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10 Steps to Set Up A Professional Home Theater (part 1)
February 6, 2020
To design a home cinema, you need to have in-depth knowledge of the design, know how to organize things as well as make the smartest choice. A few tips to building a professional home theater will help you feel better in the first step.
1. Find an appropriate area in the house
Choose an appropriate space and can bring the highest projection effect in your home. Remember that if the cinema room is shared with other activities, the entertainment experience will definitely be reduced. For example, the kitchen will be mixed with the noise of the cooking process, the smell of food invading. And the living room will be very difficult to control the light and even the noise between family members. All of this can affect your entertainment experience.
2. Remodeling the ordinary room into a professional movie room
Repairing a door room such as installing floors, painting walls or installing ceilings is the next thing you need to do to set up a professional home cinema room. In addition, you need to pay attention to the degree of outside light control and the surface area used to install a projection screen or directly onto a wall (considering the use of a projector).
3. Control of ambient light
Ambient light means light from outside the projection room such as from other rooms or light through a window. It may affect the quality of the image projected on the screen. So, you still need to control the light in this room.
On the projector side, you’ll need a high-brightness video projector if you intend to use it in a room with lighting or unable to control the light. But the best way to deal with ambient light is to simply block it from before it starts. You should choose a space with low light such as a basement or windowless room. If you can’t do this, limit the light to the curtains and turn off the electricity
Home Theater: How to Choose The Best Projector
December 26, 2019
The central and most important central equipment for a home theater is a projector. Unlike office projectors, home projectors usually have a wide aspect ratio of 16: 9 and are designed specifically for movie projection.
When deciding on a projector, you should not rely too much on the specifications given by the manufacturer as they tend to be overblown to reality. It’s best to look for information about the machine through the reviews of experts, or from the tech community, and then watch the demo of the machine directly at the shop selling projectors.
Usually, we can easily distinguish home projectors from office projectors. Office projectors often have a high brightness of over 3,000 lumens due to being used in a bright office environment. However, the contrast of the device is quite low, below 3000: 1. Whereas the projectors have lower brightness because they are used mainly in dark rooms, but give very realistic colors and tens of thousands of contrast.
With the development of technology, the quality of home cinema projectors has been constantly improved, and besides, the price has been pushed down to an unprecedented affordable level.
With an investment under $ 1300, you can consider already popular models such as Optoma HD25LV, BenQ W1070 or ViewSonic 7820HD. These projectors all have Full-HD resolution and are equipped with 3D projection feature.
With a higher investment of $ 2100, you can consider high-end models such as Epson TW8100, Optoma HD8300, BenQ W7000 or Panasonic PT AE8000. Of course at this price, the quality can satisfy even the most demanding audience.
A major concern of projector users is the lifetime of the projector lamp. This issue is currently being addressed by projector vendors. And the lamp life has been increased to over 5,000 projection hours. This means you can enjoy thousands of movies without having to consider replacing the light bulbs. The price of genuine light bulbs currently ranges from 200 to 300 USD depending on the company.
As for the camera body, carriers usually offer a 2-year warranty, especially up to 3 years. In order to be assured of using the device, the advice given to users is to choose reputable suppliers and have a good after-sales warranty to buy the machine.