Installing Your Home Theater: The Plain English Guide to Installation

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I am working on editing all the articles to conform with the new content format. This is the main thread for all the Home Theater Guides. So please post any questions or comments about one of the articles or all of them in general. Parts 6 and 7 will be out soon.

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I hope you enjoy this original content. It even has its own header on the main bar above, so you know its gotta be important. :D

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I like the series a lot. I sort of wish it was a bit more technical and not so drawn out though. Doug seems to have an outlook of the general home theater verus a hardcore enthusiasts. Overall the series of article are well done.

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I was going to edit his formulas using Mathcad or Equation Editor, so that it looked more technical, but I haven't gotten to it yet.

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It has just been released. Here you can read a bit about it.

We are now at the end of the installation of your new system. All that is left now is to calibrate the video of your home theater. As we discussed in the audio calibration section, the best way to do this is with a calibration DVD. Why pay a professional a bunch of money to do something that is actually a fun project you can do yourself? You can also re-calibrate any time you move, when the temperature changes radically, or when a new component is added. I like to re-calibrate at the start of both winter and summer, when the lighting and ambient temperature changes. These environmental factors affect the video significantly to make such a re-calibration worthwhile. The tests take less than an hour of your time and yield many hours of enjoyable viewing.

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