Home Theater Steamboat Springs. Does it make sense to spend all the extra money on speaker wire upgrades that the sales people want you to spend? The truth is that in controlled testing, people can’t hear the difference between cables which are the same gauge, no matter how much you spend.

That means you should be sure you get speaker wire that is the proper gauge. This will give you the best performance at the best price. If you want to know more about this complex issue, do a search on speaker wire testing, or give us a call and we will help clarify a challenging subject.

 Home Theater Steamboat Springs.  Which one is better, plasma or LCD?  For the technical answer, do a search, and you will get more information than you will ever want to read.  Here is a short answer.

Plasma:  They have a better viewing angle, and are usually cheaper than LCD for the same size.  They don’t blur action and sports content.  And they have better contrast and display deeper blacks.

LCD:  Their screens don’t reflect as much, so they perform better in bright rooms.  The screen is brighter, and they don’t use as much power as plasma.

Which is better?  The one that performs best in your setting.  Most likely, that will mean that an LCD is better for a bright room and plasma is better for a light controlled room.

Home Theater Steamboat Springs. The materials used on your ceiling, floors, and walls will have a great impact on how good the room sounds. With materials that are too hard and reflective, you will have a harsh, overly bright sounding room that doesn’t decay properly. If the materials are too absorptive, the room will be dead and unnatural sounding. You ought to plan the materials on your walls, ceiling, and floor, just as you plan the equipment in the room. Let us help you to plan properly.

Home Theater Steamboat Spring. Did you know it matters what color you paint your theater room? If you choose a light and reflective color, then the light from your screen will reflect off the walls, and back onto the screen. This will result in a loss of contrast in the image on the screen. A darker color will avoid this problem. Don’t use a high gloss paint either. And now you will get the best possible performance out of your projector and screen.

Home Theater Receiver Upgrade Steamboat Springs.   Would you like to increase the audio performance of your home theater? There are a number of new audio formats, like Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master Audio. These new formats are uncompressed and contribute in making your theater performance ever-more life like.

  These receivers also add more HDMI switching capacity. In light of the nearly ubiquitous inclusion of HDMI outputs on source devices (Bluray players, DVD changers, cable boxes, etc), the ability of the receiver to handle more and more HDMI sources is a great advantage.

Let us help you evaluate your system today to help you determine if this is the time to upgrade or not.

Home Theater Cabling Steamboat Springs.  Are expensive cables worth all the extra money? Many of the big box stores will try to tell you that the more expensive cables give you much better picture/sound. In test after test, this has been proven to be untrue.

Factors to consider are cable gauge and length. For longer runs, analog cabling (speaker and RCA) and digital (HDMI and digital audio), you should choose a heavier gauge cable. But that doesn’t mean the high dollar brand. Another item to consider is the quality of the constructions of the connectors. Be sure to confirm that the connectors are well made.

For more information, try a Google search, or give us a call. We would be glad to help you sort out all the confusion, and money in the wisest fashion.