Now what is Home Cinema I hear some of you cry? Well, for the unenlightened it is trying to recreate a Cinema (Surround sound & BIG picture) in your own home. Most people are quite content to watch a DVD at home on their TV & a basic player not knowing they can setup a Home Cinema similar to mine for around £3,000-.

You could spend less on the projector & surround sound, but you may compromise on the sound & picture quality. There are enthusiasts who will spend very large amounts of money on their Home Cinema setups & companies who make a living out of setting up bespoke Home Cinema setups in dedicated rooms. There are also people (like myself) who choose & setup their own Home Cinema & make changes when they see fit, or when new technology becomes available.

These days with the invention of DVD & High Definition viewing now readily available, it has never been a better time to buy & setup your own Home Cinema!

Well, if you are stuck, you have a powerful ally (the internet!) & a powerful ally it is (no Star Wars pun intended there!) is the internet, providing a wealth of information on DVD & Home Cinema. To get you started, here’s a few links (click on each picture for each link) it may help you understand some of the Home Cinema jargon i’ve put on this site....  

If you do not want to click on these links, I‘ve put in a layout of my own Home Cinema below. Most Home Cinemas are in a 5.1 configuration. There are 3 front speakers,  which are in front of the user, along with the screen or TV (front right, front left & Centre speakers) 2 rear surround speakers, which sit above & behind the user (the 5 in the 5.1 & a Subwoofer (a single specialist Bass speaker) which is the .1 .

Mine is a 6.1 surround sound setup, it has an extra centre rear surround speaker & is a more recent & less common feature found in Home Cinemas.

There are Two digital surround sound formats for DVD & High Definition, a high end standard for Home Cinema hardware & DVD called THX. An intended High Definition disc replacement is now widely available, called Blu-Ray. For more information, click on the pictures below.