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For those of you who are considering getting DVD, you need to consider the following elements of a home theater. These consist of your TV, your video devices, and your sound system. The simplest of the home theaters is any TV coupled with a VCR. When purchasing just these two parts, any TV will do, and a decent quality VCR is fine. For quality audio, you need a stereo system. One that can decode Dolby Pro Logic is even better. Things change when you get to DVD.
Why is this, you ask? DVD is basically an extremely compressed CD capable of holding up a few gigabytes of data, each. A movie stored in DVD format uses MPEG2 compression. What this means is one can store higher resolution video and digital audio on the disk.
So what makes for a quality home theater? The very best thing to do is to go completely digital. This means a home theater stereo system capable of DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 connected via the 6 channel inputs and an HDTV digitally connected to your DVD player.
Wow!!! This is majorly expensive, you say. That is correct. So, for those of you wanting quality DVD without having to get the most expensive components should consider the following:
-A 27" or greater TV capable of displaying 700 or more lines of resolution with component video in (or at the very bare minimum, S-Video in).
-A DVD player with component video out or S-Video out at the very least.
-A home theater package with a complete set of speakers and sub all capable of Dolby Digital 5.1 at the very minimum.
TV's capable of this are usually in the $400-$600 range. A home theater can be had for $500-$1000. A nice DVD player can be had for a few hundred. In total, you end up spending a little over $1000 for a decent setup when the HDTV alone costs you twice as much.
Just something to think about. Please share your opinions.
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Why is this, you ask? DVD is basically an extremely compressed CD capable of holding up a few gigabytes of data, each. A movie stored in DVD format uses MPEG2 compression. What this means is one can store higher resolution video and digital audio on the disk.
So what makes for a quality home theater? The very best thing to do is to go completely digital. This means a home theater stereo system capable of DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 connected via the 6 channel inputs and an HDTV digitally connected to your DVD player.
Wow!!! This is majorly expensive, you say. That is correct. So, for those of you wanting quality DVD without having to get the most expensive components should consider the following:
-A 27" or greater TV capable of displaying 700 or more lines of resolution with component video in (or at the very bare minimum, S-Video in).
-A DVD player with component video out or S-Video out at the very least.
-A home theater package with a complete set of speakers and sub all capable of Dolby Digital 5.1 at the very minimum.
TV's capable of this are usually in the $400-$600 range. A home theater can be had for $500-$1000. A nice DVD player can be had for a few hundred. In total, you end up spending a little over $1000 for a decent setup when the HDTV alone costs you twice as much.
Just something to think about. Please share your opinions.
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Does driving a car from Saturn make me an alien?
I'm just a quick pee. - liltaz, fastest pee in the West!