Beginners Guide to Building Your Own Home Theater from Almost Nothing

Contrary to what many people might think, that setting up a good Home Theatre requires a high budget, there’s a way that you can achieve this on a low budget. Here’s the beginners guide to show you how.  It’s time that you changed you view of movies and sound quality in your house. A Home Theater set up normally has a few components that are basic to making your house entertainment complete. The components include: Flat TV set, receiver or sound bar and good speakers that work together in harmony.

The Things You Need

There are a few things that you probably have such as DVD player, Blue Ray player or a game console that you can include in your Home Theater. Here’s a highlight of the things:

HDTV: Some of you might probably have one, but for those who don’t have, there’s a wide range of budget friendly new model T.Vs that you can choose from. It doesn’t have to be a large screen, but at least it should have internet connectivity and show HD images and. You should choose the correct size depending on the type of videos that you plan to watch on it. Having a 60” in a small space makes it difficult for your eyes to capture all the images at once. Do not simply buy for your ego but because it suites your space.

Receiver: Its serves as the hub that connects the video, audio and gaming console. They will all be connected to it such that it sends videos to your T.V while the audio is sent to the speakers. Finding the right type of receiver can at times be a hard task; you should, therefore, buy the one that meets your needs. Going for features like Airplay or Pandora streaming will definitely cost you more, yet want all you need is an affordable Home Theatre. Do not simply buy any brands go for the reputable ones: Onkyo, Pioneer or Denon.

Speakers: This is the point where you get to choose the size and type of speakers that suite your space. The receiver plays a role in ensuring that the sound quality is very clear, this makes watching and listening more fun. For beginners, you can get good speakers at an affordable price. You might be having thoughts of buying huge speakers but that can come later. The arrangement of your room will tell you the number and size of speakers to buy so that you get that sound quality that you want.

Sound bar: This component is optional and serves the same purpose as the receiver. All the devices are normally connected to the TV then the output sent to the sound bar. Sound bars normally range in prices and you can get one at an affordable cost and you do not need to budget for a receiver or speakers since they already have them.

Labels, cables and power

Having the wrong cables can greatly affect your entertainment, you need to have good quality cables that are long enough such that you don’t have to stretch them in a bad way. You will need a good

HDMI cable, Ethernet cable and component video. For your power supply, you also need a good power extension.

After you have everything ready, make sure that you read the instructions that came with each device so that you can know how to connect them all together using the new cables.