What defines a Home theater?
I was looking at pics of peoples home theaters on another forum am having trouble with a lot of them being called "Home Theater."
My ponderings have me wondering, so I thought it might make a good topic for discussion.
No disrespect meant to anyones setup, but the more I look, the more I ponder that a "Home Theater" is a room with the specific task of viewing movies, while also having front projection and surround sound. After all, would that not be a scaled down version of a movie theater?
As I perused the pics, I saw many shots of 27 in tv's w/ speakers flanked around the room located in a living room. This is pretty similar to what I have.
While I am proud of the setup I have, I would hardly call it a Home Theater. I would say "my living room has surround sound" (especially since I don't have a very big TV, 30 in.)
I long for the day of a bigger visual presence in my room, but much like many others, we have to do one thing at a time, and I chose to do my speakers first, which I have stated many times.
With this being said, what are your opinions of what constitutes a home theater?
Surround Sound?
RPTV?
FPTV?
Dedicated room with any combination of the above?
I would have made a poll but I couldnt figure it out. Maybe one of the mods can turn this into one?
I was looking at pics of peoples home theaters on another forum am having trouble with a lot of them being called "Home Theater."
My ponderings have me wondering, so I thought it might make a good topic for discussion.
No disrespect meant to anyones setup, but the more I look, the more I ponder that a "Home Theater" is a room with the specific task of viewing movies, while also having front projection and surround sound. After all, would that not be a scaled down version of a movie theater?
As I perused the pics, I saw many shots of 27 in tv's w/ speakers flanked around the room located in a living room. This is pretty similar to what I have.
While I am proud of the setup I have, I would hardly call it a Home Theater. I would say "my living room has surround sound" (especially since I don't have a very big TV, 30 in.)
I long for the day of a bigger visual presence in my room, but much like many others, we have to do one thing at a time, and I chose to do my speakers first, which I have stated many times.
With this being said, what are your opinions of what constitutes a home theater?
Surround Sound?
RPTV?
FPTV?
Dedicated room with any combination of the above?
I would have made a poll but I couldnt figure it out. Maybe one of the mods can turn this into one?
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