Home entertainment: taking it to the next level

Of course, if price isn’t an issue and you’re willing to spend anything to get the best home entertainment system, then there’s plenty of expensive specialty equipment available to you.

The first thing you’ll probably want to spend money on is a better sound system – audiophiles are always finding new ways to fill rooms with speakers and get a better sound experience. If all those wires running through the floor are bothering you, don’t worry as you can get wireless surround sound speakers for not much more than regular ones.

If your sound system is good enough, you may want to install soundproofing in any room where your home entertainment system is located, to prevent sound from escaping and disturbing others. This means that you can have the sound very loud without having to worry about what others think of you.

When you get to the point of buying a separate TV from your regular TV just to play movies, you might think about buying a projector instead. The main problem with projectors is that they aren’t very good for watching regular TV, but if you plan to keep one to the side and only use it for movies, then it can be much better quality, as long as you have a clear wall to aim at.

To take it to the next level, you might consider putting your home theater in its own “theater room” (sometimes called a “screening room”), complete with soundproofing, a screen for a projector, and extra comfortable theater-style seating. . Some fans go so far as to decorate this room to look like a movie theater, complete with red curtains, movie posters, and a popcorn machine. If you get that far, then you don’t have to keep the home theater all to yourself: you can invite friends over to enjoy it too, and even hold screenings of particularly rare and good movies.