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Home Theater Systems And Surround Sound

What is a Home Theater System?

The typical home-theater setup includes a TV set with cable or satellite hookup, a DVD/CD player,a receiver, and two to eight speakers.

What is Surround Sound?

Looking to recreate the movie sound in your own living room? Surround sound is a movie recording technique that, when paired with a home theater surround speaker system, puts the viewer in the center of the action with sounds that move front to back, and side to side. Surround sound isn’t about louder sound, rather, it is more about sound that envelops the listener by creating ambience and providing directionality to off-screen sound effects.

Surround sound is created by multiple speakers linked by a receiver. However, the easiest path to take is a home-theater-in-a-box system. Packaged for you, these systems include a receiver, built-in surround sound decoding, speakers, a subwoofer, and many also include a DVD/CD player.