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The Best Platforms to Experience Dolby Atmos Movies
There are almost 500 feature films in Dolby Atmos. But, how do you find Dolby Atmos content, and where do you go to find it? In this article, Audio Advice demystifies the best movie platforms to experience Dolby Atmos for blockbuster movies, TV shows, & of course original Atmos content. Read now to find out how!
Contemporary 7.2.4 Immersive Home Theater Tour
In this home theater tour, we are excited to share a theater that has a lot of really cool custom elements, including backlit acoustic paneling & unique smart home integration. Featuring a Sony VPL-VW915ES, Bowers & Wilkins Architectural Speakers and In-Wall JL Audio Subs, this theater is the perfect retreat for the family.
JBL Synthesis Home Theater Speaker System Overview
Since its inception in 1992, JBL Synthesis has been all about recreating the commercial movie theater experience in your home. It is not just about selecting a speaker package, but working with their engineers to design a system that perfectly matches your room and budget then calibrating it to give you movie theater sound.
How To Optimize Room EQ In Your Home Theater Receiver Setup
Today's home theater receivers come with so many features, they can make your head spin. Just take a look at the specs on any brand’s website and you’ll probably see more than 50 features listed in the long list of advantages the brand is pitching you. Sure you want all of the latest and greatest, but in the end, room EQ optimization is one of the main features that will make you smile when you put on your favorite movie and hear how great the sound is.
Home Theater AV Receiver Setup Guide
Follow our home theater AV receiver setup to greatly improve the overall sound of your home theater system.
7.4.4 Dolby Atmos Home Theater Installation Featuring Revel, JL Audio, & JVC
In this showcase, we are super excited to show you a killer 7.4.4 theater we just finished installing in an unfinished 3rd-floor attic. Watch our video, where we show you the space before we started and how we attacked the design challenges. Then, we show you a full timelapse of the buildout and installation. Finally, we demo the theater with our binaural mic setup that simulates you sitting in the room.
Heco Aurora Speaker Series Overview
Heco Aurora models have been heralded by independent US-based reviewers as offering extraordinary value for their price. We thought it would be fun to take a deeper look at the Aurora series to dive into the tech that makes up these exceptional speakers.
DIY 5.1 Home Theater Setup w/ Heco Speakers & Sony Television In Rented Townhome
For this tour, we are in a townhome that is being rented by one of our customers. When it comes to creating an immersive theater experience, a lot of construction can often be involved. This just simply isn’t feasible when you’re renting a space and don’t want to knock a ton of holes in your walls. Another challenging aspect of this living room is that it is not a perfect square or rectangular room. In this townhome, the dining area is attached, making it one large room with some strange dimensions. In this video, we show you how this customer used our Free 3D Home Theater Design Tool to create an immersive DIY home theater experience in their own rented living space without breaking the bank.
Heco Ambient On-Wall Speaker Review
Heco Ambient speakers are equipped with integrated, extremely flat mounting fixtures, which make wall installation extremely easy. They are the perfect solution if you live in a rental or temporary home, or for those who do not want to cut holes in your walls. If you're into home theater, you know you get the most immersive experience if all of your speakers are closely matched. Heco makes this easier than any speaker line we have seen with all of their models using the same type of speaker components, allowing you to mix models and sizes, to get the combination that is perfect for your room and budget.
Kaleidescape - The Best 4K Dolby Atmos Source EVER?
You are not experiencing the full benefit of your great projector, screen, and Atmos speakers until you add a Kaleidescape movie server to your system. Watch our overview now!
Best Home Theater Audio Upgrades & Optimizations
Whether you’re researching for a future home theater installation or exploring ways to enhance your current home theater, we’ve created a series of videos to walk you through upgrades to make optimizing your setup easier — including everything you need to know, from tweaking your picture to improving the acoustics in your room. In this particular video, we give you some tips for improving the audio in your theater or media room.
How to Optimize Your Center Channel Speaker in a Home Theater System
If you are a home theater enthusiast, you are probably aware of how important a role the center channel speaker plays in a great home theater experience. Here, we will give some basic set up tips and hopefully even a couple of suggestions for experts that will help you get the most out of your center channel speaker.
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.
