Home Theater

Create the ideal entertainment space with our home theater design guides.

What is a Home Theater?

A home theater refers to a home entertainment system that attempts to recreate the experience of a movie theater or cinema in a residential setting.

The key feature of a home theater is its large screen display, usually a projector and projection screen or a large, flat-panel TV over 50 inches or more. This creates an immersive visual effect.

A multi-speaker audio setup like a 5.1 or 7.1 channel system is best to produce surround sound, allowing for directional sounds and an immersive audio experience.

Large, comfortable couches or reclining theater chairs much like a commercial movie theater.

The system is set up in an isolated, dedicated media room with dark walls/ceilings, room controls like lighting, acoustic treatments on walls to absorb sound reflections, and no windows so it can be made very dark.

High-quality components like a Blu-Ray player, streaming devices, gaming systems, and an AV receiver to power the speakers and process surround sound.

The goal of a home theater is to recreate the sight, sound, and comfort of a commercial cinema in a residential environment to have an exceptional movie, TV show, or gaming experience at home. It’s a major home entertainment investment for movie lovers!