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By: Bruce Contryman

Our home theater system is still a dream system right now but we have been doing some research on the different systems. The choices are many from what type of video display unit, dvd unit, receiver unit, speaker system to video service provider.

Now we should learn about some technical terms and standards so that we know how to build a home theater system. This should be an easy home improvement project, but can be a very expensive project.

The new broadcast standard format for High Definition TV, HDTV, for digital TV signals is ATSC in the USA and DVB for Europe and most of the rest of the world. HDTV also has capability for surround sound audio 5.1.

The United States plans to cease broadcasting analog signals on Feb. 17, 2009 for metropolitan areas, rural areas may still have analog signals. Check with your local TV stations if you live in a rural area to see if they are going to change to digital broadcasting.

If you have a newer analog TV set in the USA , you may still be able to use the old TVs. There is a "TV Converter Box Coupon Program" that USA house holds can use for two $40.00 coupons which can be used to get a qualified converter box. The new HDTVs have an HD tuner built into it.

HDTV systems have three main parameters, they are frames or fields per second, number of lines in the vertical display, and the scanning system that they employ.

The progressive p scanning system draws a complete image per refresh frame. The interlaced i scanning system draws every other line first then fills in the other lines on a second pass per refresh frame.

A 1280 x 720 pixels TV with progressive scanning at 60 frames per second is called a 720p60 monitor. A 1920 x 1080 pixels TV with an interlaced scanning at 50 frames per second is called a 1080i50 monitor. Some of the newer HDTVs have a refresh rate of a 120 HZ or frames per second.

Picking the best home theater receiver for your home theater is a challenging effort. The price varies from a few hundred dollars to many thousands of dollars. How do you pick the right one for your home. Well first you need to understand what all the receiver can do and what you need to build a home theater.

Ok Blu-ray has won the battle for the next generation of DVD players. The Blu-ray DVD unit is still very costly. It may be over a year before the cost of these DVDs become more cost effective.

The kind of speaker system you get can be either a stereo system or a surround sound system. The surround sound system come in a number of versions. The current ones are a 5.1, 6.1 or 71. system. The size of your theater room will determine how large of a system you can use. You should size the system to your room.

The Telephone company is installing fiber optic cable in our area so this will be another alternative for a distribution system of either fiber optic, cable or satellite.

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Build a home theater system. What do you need to know to choose the best quality components? See Bruce Contryman's web site on Build home theater system or How to select a home theater system monitor

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