Before You Buy - Understanding the Basics
By Robert Silva, About.com Guide
Whether planning to spend $500 or $50,000 on your home theater dream, you need to know the basics of home theater and what to look for in home theater products. Time to get started...
Basics and Essentials
Home theater is an exciting entertainment option provides the consumer with exciting viewing and listening experience. The following home theater basics and essentials section is a good starting point on how to understand and set up your own home theater.
- Home Theater Basics
- Home Theater Glossary of Terms
- Home Theater Connections Gallery
- Ten Essential Elements of a Home Theater System
- Common Home Theater Mistakes
- Guide to Surround Sound and Home Theater Receivers
- HDTV - Questions and Answers
- Guide to LCD and LED/LCD Televisions
- Guide to Plasma TVs
- Guide to Blu-ray and Blu-ray Disc Players
- Guide to Internet Home Theater and Network Media Players
- Complete Guide to Watching 3D at Home
- Guide to DVD, DVD Players, and DVD Recorders
- Guide to Video Projection and Video Projectors
How to Buy Audio and Video Components
Confused about what to look for when buying home theater equipment? If so, check out some useful guides for buying specific home theater components that will ease your shopping experience.
- Putting Together a Great Home Theater on a Budget
- Practical Tips for Home Theater and Consumer Electronics Shopping
- Before You Buy a 3D TV or 3D Video Projector
- Before You Buy a Home Theater Receiver - Part One - Audio
- Before You Buy a Home Theater Receiver - Part Two - Multi-Zone Audio - Video
- Before You Buy a Subwoofer
- Before You Buy an LCD Flat Panel Television
- Before You Buy a Plasma Television
- Before You Buy Rear Projection Television (DLP, LCD, CRT)
- Before You Buy a Video Projector
- Before You Buy a Video Projection Screen
- Before You Buy a Blu-ray Disc Player
- Buying a Television - Tips for Shoppers
- Buying Refurbished Products
- Christmas and Winter Holiday Season Shopping Tips
Where To Buy Audio and Video Components
Examples of Online and Off-Line stores where you can buy audio and video components for your home theater system.