Home Theater Subwoofer Setup
More often than not, the number one piece of home theater gear I see setup incorrectly is the subwoofer. I’m not sure if it’s the fact that by and large subwoofers are new to the majority of first time...
View ArticleHome theater projector installation
Of all the things a do it yourselfer is likely to have problems with, surely somewhere near the top of the list would be installing and aligning a video projector. In the immortal words of AC/DC, “For...
View ArticleLakewood HV-4, 4” cooling fan
Yeah I know, what does a small fan have to with home theater? Well if you’ve ever tried to install a rack full of gear in an enclosed space, you already know that heat dispersion is priority one once...
View ArticleInputs outputs and headaches
Undoubtedly many of the gifts our readers gave and received yesterday were home theater related, as consumer electronics topped the handy little app for determining what goes where on the back of that...
View ArticleMile high screens, what’s wrong with this picture
Ok pet peeve time again. I see this all the time whether it’s in print ad’s or in pre-existing installs that we’ve inherited and it’s annoying as hell. What I’m talking about is projection screens,...
View ArticleComponent, DVI and HDMI over CAT-5
Now this post might not be of much interest to those of you with easily accessible, free standing home theater systems but for those of you with multi-room video needs or those wanting to add DVI/HDMI...
View ArticleRetrofit wiring solutions: Wiretracks
At the risk of opening the proverbial Pandora’s Box; I want to point out a few rather ingenious ideas for hiding wiring, in post-construction home theater applications. Wiretracks offers several...
View ArticleHow to: Wall mounting a LCD or Plasma
Over the weekend I helped a friend wall mount a Panasonic LCD and thought to myself, hey why not take a few pictures and post an illustrated how-to guide on this. I think it turned out quite nicely...
View ArticleWall-Mounted Flat Screens: Hiding the Cable Box
What I want to tackle today was one of the most asked questions after the original article, simply put: Where does the cable box go? Innocuous enough question but the answer could spiral into a lengthy...
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