The Basics of Home Theater: A Guide to Home Theater, DVD, and Beyond
"Home theater" is a term that can be extended to cover a tremendously wide range of setups. A home theater can be fairly low-budget, or can cost tens of thousands of dollars. I'm going to try to describe many of the options available in creating your own home theater. This guide will be broken into several sections, most of which will look at a specific component in a home theater system (such as a receiver, speakers, displays, or video sources like DVD players).
