Home Theater For Dummies (For Dummies Series)
Product ID: 4377214
Overwhelmed with big screen TV and home theater audio options? What do you need to build the perfect home theater experience? Home Theater For Dummies, 3rd Edition shows you how to plan a home theater system and choose components that fit your budget and your room. Beginning with the most basic information, this guide helps you choose what you need and put it all together. It explains DLP, 3LCD, HDMI, DTV, and HDTV so you can talk intelligently with salespeople at the electronics store. You’ll find out about Blu-ray, explore HD and satellite radio options, and see how to incorporate a Wii, Xbox, or Playstation 3 into your set-up. Learn to: Choose among plasma, LCD, and projection TVs Know the difference between digital TV and HDTV Assess and choose an LCD TV, a new 3D TV, or an HD radio Set up your audio system and TV for maximum performance Use a Media Center or Home Theater PC Fine-tune your system and add cool touches such as accessing home theater content from your cell phone Explore HD and satellite radio options, CD players, DVD-Audio disks, and options for old cassettes and vinyl Set up your system with the proper cables for each component, or learn what it takes to go wireless Calibrate your video with a calibration disk, an optical comparator, or a DVD containing THX Optimizer Get the perfect home theater experience by following the expert tips and techniques presented in Home Theater For Dummies, 3rd Edition . You’ll be watching movies and listening to audio in no time! Review: Indispensable for the home theater planner - I purchased this book from desertcart and read it before planning and installing a home theater in my basement. I consider myself already well-informed on this topic, but learned a lot from this book nonetheless. It is well-written and does a good job of explaining some very technical topics. The authors make a number of very specific recommendations that proved invaluable in my decison-making. Highly recommended. Review: Save your money and go on line. - Out dated and a waste of money. Too generalized , old school rip off! Suggest going on line to obtain specific answers.
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| Customer Reviews | 3.6 out of 5 stars 54 Reviews |
J**W
Indispensable for the home theater planner
I purchased this book from Amazon and read it before planning and installing a home theater in my basement. I consider myself already well-informed on this topic, but learned a lot from this book nonetheless. It is well-written and does a good job of explaining some very technical topics. The authors make a number of very specific recommendations that proved invaluable in my decison-making. Highly recommended.
D**N
Save your money and go on line.
Out dated and a waste of money. Too generalized , old school rip off! Suggest going on line to obtain specific answers.
M**S
Keeps up the "Dummies" Standard
With the help of this book, I was able to correct mistakes in my setup made by a major electronics store and their retained experts (I avoid names to stay out of trouble). Now, if something goes wrong, I can trouble-shoot and fix, capabilities that I did not have previously. Don't expect, however, to become an expert overnight! This is useful, not a panacea.
S**R
Basically an explanation of standards and technologies
This isn't a bad guide, just not what I was looking for. If you want detailed explanations for the various technologies (HDMI v1 compared to 1.3), this is a decent book. However, I was hoping for a lot more illustrations about how to do things (set up a home theater wiring patch panel, layout speakers for a 7.1 setup). I was amazed at how few illustrations were included. This topic cries out for pictures to illuminate the discussion, and this book just didn't provide any. Also, the book doesn't really help guide you in planning your own home theater. It is more of a pre-shopping guide so that you are better informed than the average sales guy at Best Buy. There's a lot of good information online at places like Crutchfield (with illustrations), so I was hoping for more from something I had to pay money for.
D**N
Home Theaters for Dummies
This is the best book! Of course all of the Dummies Books are great. I knew just enough about Home Theaters to be dangerous. This book guided me through equipment, setup and how to adjust the settings to get the most out of your home theater. I bought it for my Kindle and like it so much and wanted to be able to use it as a reference I bought the book also. I would recommend this book to anyone even those that have some experience with home theaters.
C**N
title should be - home theater for people who have lived in a cave for the past 100 years
bought book because i wanted to learn about home theaters, in particular audio setup. I was unable to gleen any information regarding setup and positioning of speakers etc. don't purchase if you actually want to learn how to setup a home theater system.
R**N
Five Stars
Lots of good information on how to set things up
W**N
Outdated Info
I like the format, intent and delivery of the information; however, it is outdated. A 2015 edition is desperately needed.
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