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" The complete idiot's guide to home theater systems / "
by Michael Miller.
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BL
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950025
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b704395
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Miller, Michael,1958-
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The complete idiot's guide to home theater systems /\ by Michael Miller.
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Indianapolis, IN :: Alpha Books,, ©2000.
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xxi, 290 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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0028639391
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: 9780028639390
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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Before You Buy: Bone Up on the Basics -- It's More Than Just a Big TV: Home Theater Basics -- What Makes a Home Theater? -- What Does a Home Theater Cost? -- How Home Theater Works -- For Your Eyes Only--Video Displays -- Hear This: Surround-Sound Systems -- Playing Movies (and Other Programs): Video Sources -- What to Buy: Figuring Out What You Have, What You Need, and What You Want -- New TV, or Not New TV? That Is the Question -- Keep Your VCR, or Throw It Away? -- New Audio System--or the Same Old Song? -- Old Speakers for a New System -- Shiny, Shiny Discs -- The Other Stuff in Your System -- Check It Off: Your Home Theater Shopping List -- How to Shop: Get the Best Stuff--at the Best Price -- Before You Buy: Get Smart! -- Where to Shop -- How to Shop -- Picture Perfect: Television Today -- Pick a Picture: Choose the Right TV for Your System -- Not Your Father's Zenith: New Tech TV -- Size Matters: Choosing the Right Size Screen -- Round, Flat, Front, or Rear: Four Different Types of TV to Choose From -- Which Should You Choose? -- Why Is That Set so Expensive? -- The Boob Tube: Direct View Television -- Direct View Basics -- The Price Is Right -- Get Branded -- Smart Shopping: What to Look for -- Bigger Is Better: Projection Television -- Affordable Big Screens: Rear Projection Television -- Really Big Big Screens: Front Projection Television -- Front or Rear--Which Should You Buy? -- Shop Smart: What to Look For -- Thin Is In: Flat-Screen Plasma Television -- It's a Gas: How a Plasma Display Works -- How Good Is the Picture? -- Why Would You Want a Plasma Display? -- Smart Shopping: What to Look For -- The Next Generation: Digital and High-Definition TV -- Defining Digital -- Decoding the Different Digital Formats -- Why Would You Want HDTV? -- Almost HDTV: Digital-Ready Televisions -- Coming to Your Town Soon: The HDTV Broadcast Rollout -- Should You Buy ... or Wait? -- Shop Smart: What to Look For -- Looking Good: Video Sources for Your System -- A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words: Choose the Right Video Sources -- Going Digital: The Latest Video Technology -- The Picture Makers: Video Sources for Your Home Theater System -- Garbage In, Garbage Out: Searching for the Best Picture and Sound -- Which Should You Choose? -- Digital Pictures on a Disc: DVD Players -- Great Picture--and Great Sound -- What DVD Is--and How It Works -- Think Different: Different Options Available on DVD -- Make Your DVD Player Do Double Duty -- Different Types of DVD Machines -- All Those Different Outputs: How Do I Hook This Up? -- Smart Shopping: What to Look For -- Tale of the Tape: Video Recorders -- VHS: Poor Quality, Hard to Use--and Everybody Has One -- Better Sound, Same Picture: VHS HiFi -- It's Super, Man: A Better VHS -- DVHS: Video Recording for the Digital Age -- Wait! There's More: Camcorders and Other Formats -- Shop Smart: What to Look For -- A Better VCR: Digital Video Recorders -- A Computer in Your Living Room: How Personal Digital Video Recorders Work -- Take Two: Looking at the Different Types of DVRs -- Fancy Recording, and Then Some: All You Can Do with a DVR -- Easy as Pie: Hooking Up a DVR -- Smart Shopping: What to Look For -- The World on a Dish: Digital Satellite Systems -- Eye on the Sky: How Digital Satellite Systems Work -- DIRECTV and EchoStar: Twin Sons of Different Mothers -- The Longest Distance Between Two Points: Getting Local Stations from the Satellite -- Mounting and Pointing: How to Install a Digital Satellite System -- Today's Best Source for Digital Television: Upgrading Your Dish for HDTV Broadcasts -- Shop Smart: What to Look For -- Sound Off: Audio Receivers, Players, and Other Components -- Sound Is All Around: Understanding Surround Sound -- Surround-Sound Basics: What You Need, and What Goes Where -- More Than One Way to Surround: Understanding the Different Surround-Sound Formats -- Choosing a Surround-Sound Format -- More Power, More Inputs: Amplifiers and Receivers -- Making Music: Essential Audio Components -- Everything in One Box: Audio/Video Receivers -- Specs and Features: Why One Receiver Is Better Than Another -- Shop Smart: What to Look For -- Woofers and Tweeters and Horns, Oh My: Speaker Systems -- Sound in a Box: A Speaker Primer -- What Goes Where: Planning Your Home Theater Speaker Layout -- Do You Really Need New Speakers for Home Theater? -- Shop Smart: What to Look For -- Sound at the Speed of Light: CD Players and Recorders -- CD Players -- CD Changers -- CD Recorders -- Playing CDs in DVD Players -- Better CDs: DVD-Audio and SACD -- Shop Smart: What to Look For -- Make Your Own Kind of Music: Audio Recorders -- The Old Standby: Cassette Recorders -- Sony's Digital Standard: MiniDisc Recorders -- The Best Way to Record from a CD--CD Recorders -- Record from the Internet: MP3 Recorders -- Everything But the Popcorn: Building Your Home Theater -- Get Ready: Prepare Your Room for Home Theater -- Space, the Final Frontier: Creating the Ideal Home Theater Room -- Here, There, and Everywhere: Positioning Your System -- Plugged In and Ready to Go: Assembling All the Connections -- Quick and Easy Systems: Home Theater in a Box -- One Box, Lotsa Stuff -- Smart Shopping: What to Look For -- Make a Match: Home Theater Speaker Systems -- Plug It In: Which Cable Goes Where -- You Say Component, I Say Composite: A Connection Primer -- Take Charge: Controlling Your System -- Point and Click: Understanding the Different Types of Remotes -- Get Control of Your Remotes: Choosing the Right Remote for Your System -- What to Do When It Doesn't Work: Troubleshooting System Problems -- He's Dead, Jim: Pondering Power Problems -- I Can't Hear You: Solving Sound Problems -- Out of Sight: Verifying Video Problems -- Calling for Help -- Home Beautiful: Installing a Custom System -- Flaunt It or Hide It: Where Do You Put Your Stuff? -- Getting Fancy: More Sophisticated Installations -- When the Job's Just Too Big to Do Yourself: Thinking About Custom Installers -- Find a Firm: How to Choose a Custom Installer -- Learn from a Pro: An Interview with an Award-Winning Custom Installer -- How Much Can You Afford: Putting Together the Perfect System for Your Budget -- Under $1,000: Home Theater on a Shoestring -- Under $2,500: The Budget System -- Under $5,000: Improving Performance -- Under $10,000: Bigger and Better -- Under $25,000: High Definition -- Unlimited Budget: Unlimited Performance.
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| Abstract
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All you need to select, purchase, and install the best home theater components for your budget.
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Home entertainment systems.
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Home video systems.
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Stereophonic sound systems.
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Home entertainment systems.
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Home video systems.
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Stereophonic sound systems.
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| Dewey Classification
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621.389/7
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TK7881.3.M55 2000
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| Parallel Title
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Complete idiot's guide
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: Home theater systems
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