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Projector Panel Alignment: How To Align The Red-Green-Blue (RGB) Panels On Your Projector
Almost all front projectors have 3 panels in their light engine. Aligning the component colors of the projector ensures that the different pixels, or electron beams, sit in the correct position for the proper color to be displayed. This step is critical in ensuring that the picture is displayed exactly as the filmmaker intended.
How to Reduce Rattles In Your Home Theater
Imagine you are really getting into a great action movie, the spaceship lands, and all of a sudden, you hear this terrible buzzing or rattling sound coming from somewhere in your room. The effect of the movie has just been totally ruined. This tip breaks down how to find and eliminate noises your room might be making due to vents, furniture, lighting, and other fixtures in your home.
How To Perfectly Set Lip Sync Calibration In Your Home Theater
Follow along in our guide where we help explain how and give you the right tools to perfectly set lip sync in your home theater.
How To Calibrate Brightness & Contrast Settings On Your Projector Or Television
This tip is designed to help you nail down the right contrast and brightness settings on your television or projector. If you have not yet watched our Top 5 Tips for improving your Home Theater video, we would suggest you watch that first as it covers all of the major items you want to adjust in order, including brightness and contrast.
How To Get Perfect Focus On Your Front Projector
This tip is designed to help you perfectly focus your projector and is part of our Top 5 Tips For Improving Your Home Theater Video series. You can follow these steps using your projector’s pattern or we show you in this video. Make sure your projector has warmed up for at least 20 minutes before running this test.
How To Calibrate Sharpness Settings On A Home Theater Projector or Television
If you follow these tips, you can substantially improve your home theater or media room. This tip breaks down how to get the perfect sharpness settings on your television or front projector.
Vicoustic Home Theater Acoustic Treatment Options Overview & Comparison
Phantoms are ultra-high-end wireless speakers that let people know how serious you are about sound & brilliant design. They deliver a level of performance comparable to large hi-fi systems in easy-to-use, compact speaker systems. There are 6 Phantom models & we compare each one in terms of price-point, aesthetics & performance to help you find the perfect one.
Heco 5.1.2 Premium Home Theater Showcase
Watch our latest video featuring a near-field home theater that we recently installed in a relatively compact bonus room. While we have many home theater showcases, the majority of them cover homes with dedicated theater rooms. The reality is that many people don’t have that kind of extra space available, but still want to create a cinematic experience in their homes. In this video, we’re going to show you how you can put a terrific theater in a more compact space, such as a bonus room, living room, or larger bedroom. Check out the overview where we look at what the space looked like before we started installing, a full time-lapse of the install, and then a demo of a few clips to see how well it performs.
Audio Advice Revolution Home Theater Seating Setup Guide
Our guide will help you get your Audio Advice Revolution Home Theater seating set up and ready for maximum comfort when enjoying your favorite movies in your home theater!
Home Theater Design Best Practices
A guide on how to design your ideal home theater or media room so all your friends and family experience a beautiful picture with great surround sound. Learn about how the dimensions of your room can impact the sound, finding the ideal screen viewing height, and how to design a home theater riser so everyone has a great seat.
JVC DLA-NZ Series Projector Comparison
Discover the incredible picture quality of the JVC DLA-NZ 8K Home Theater Projector lineup. We were very excited when JVC gave us the early scoop on these new projectors and provided us with a sample to test weeks before the official release. Watch our overview where we cover the great features these 3 new projectors share, then get into the differences as you move up in the series.
How to Setup and Calibrate a Subwoofer
Adding a subwoofer to your home stereo system or home theater system can make a huge improvement in your sound if you know how to properly position and adjust the settings.
Bowers and Wilkins 800 D4 Diamond Series Speaker Review
Now in their 4th revision, The Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series Diamond has been the pinnacle of audio engineering and innovation for over 40 years. Designed and built in Britain, 800 Series Diamond embodies true sound, the B&W core design belief, and has become the monitor loudspeaker of choice at recording studios across the world, including Abbey Road and Skywalker studios. The new 800 Series Diamond features many product developments and exciting innovations that evolve its performance.
What Is Dolby Atmos Sound?
As more original Dolby Atmos movies continue to come to streaming platforms, you will not want to choose upgrades for your home theater system until you watch our next video. Since you already own most of the key parts, you won’t even have to change that many components! We will cover essential tips & tricks to get great-sounding uncompressed Atmos — so you will know exactly what to look for when shopping for Dolby Atmos upgrades this year.
Monitor Audio Bronze Speaker Series Overview
Now in their 6th revision, the Bronze series gives you classic British sound that is fun to listen to with great stereo imaging. The bass punch these deliver for their size is just outstanding. We love the four different finish options and how well these are put together for their price. Good looks, fun to enjoy, and a soundstage that fills the room makes these an amazing value
DIY Home Theater AV Receiver Rack Best Practices
One of the best ways to house your gear is in a commercial-like equipment rack. These types of racks have been used for decades in data centers, studios, concert halls, and high performance home theaters. We like them because they are very easy to service and make changing things out as you upgrade super simple.
