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Projectors & Screen Buyers Guide for Home Theater Systems
Home theater systems are very popular today and have become a standard in most American households replacing the older console televisions and stereo components of the past. The home theater usually includes a larger size flat screen TV or projector type that projects the picture on a screen as in a movie theater. The combination of components can include – a DVD player, CD player, preamp receiver, satellite receiver, cable broadcast media, amplifiers and speakers. This collection of components make up a home theater system or media center. Commonly called the family room the home theater is the center of household entertainment and used by all family members for viewing programming, DVD movies and listening to music. The size of the viewing screen in home theater systems the center attraction followed the audio components, speakers and accessories.
Projectors provide the largest viewing area possible and the size can be adjusted by the distance from the projector to the screen surface. There are many choices of projector quality and range in price from $500 to $50,000, of course the higher price units are for video enthusiasts and audiophiles. I chose to install a projector for viewing in my pro home theater system because of its versatility, large picture and easy viewing. I also installed the projector screen in the soffit of the wall unit so it can be stored in place inconspicuously and not cover the wall unit furniture. The custom cherry wall unit fits well into the rooms décor and the home theater room appears to be normal family room with individual large leather recliners, until…. the lights are turned off, the screen is pulled down, projector is on and then it feels, looks and sounds like a cinema movie theater. The screen is 110” diagonal crisp & clear, the sound is true THX with thunderous bass delivered by 5000 watts of power out of five randomly placed 15” speakers in custom enclosures. The rest of the audio system speakers are powered by three 1200watt and one 1000watt audiophile quality power amplifiers.
Some of today’s popular projectors are
Projector screens are available in many sizes, quality and price range also. I choose to use the Da-Lite 73639 Video Spectra 1.5 Deluxe screen. To select a screen size choose the format or ratio, usually 16x9, for which your projector setup will be - HDTV, Multi, Square or widescreen format. View screens are available in electric retractable and manual retractable with mountings for ceiling, wall or floor mounted. If the screen space is going to fixed you can order custom or precut sizes for fixed application. Front projection screens are the most common but they cans be obstructed by objects between the projector and screen. Rear projection screens project the image from behind the screen to avoid obstruction and the mounting of the projector is out of sight. One other option is to use screen paint and paint the surface of a wall your self. For upscale home theater systems I would not recommend using the room’s wall surface as a screen. After you have invested a lot money in the other components of this home theater room, the screen is not the item to go inexpensive. Select a moderately priced view screen and the results will be worth your viewing.
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