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Surround Sound Systems Recommended by CEA
- eCoustics.com (9/09)
7.1-Channel Surround Sound Considerations
- eCoustics.com (7/09)
Home Theater Speaker Shopping Advice
- eCoustics.com (8/09)
Dolby Pro Logic II and Ambience Processing Explained
- eCoustics.com (1/09)
5 Tips to Improving Your Stereo Sound or Home Theater Experience
- eCoustics.com (11/08)
Loosen Up, Stereo Devotees: You Just Might Prefer Music in 5.1!
- eCoustics.com (12/07)
Demonstrating Your Home Theater System
- Home Theater Magazine (10/07)
Finding the Right Type of HTIB System
- Home Theater Magazine (9/07)
HTIB Shopping Tips & Strategies
- Home Theater Magazine (9/07)
It's the Sound and The State of High-Definition Audio
- Home Theater Magazine (4/07)
The Ideal SPL For Home Theater
- eCoustics.com (3/07)
Home Theater Alternatives: What Kind of System Makes Sense for You?
- Crutchfield Advisor (12/06)
Building a Soundproof Home Theater Room Within a Room
- eCoustics.com (12/06)
Soundproofing Your Home Theater
- eCoustics.com (11/06)
Basement Home Theater: What You Need to Know
- eCoustics.com (11/06)
Five Steps to Integrating A/V Installations
- eCoustics.com (8/06)
How Much Do I Spend on My Home Theater?
- Audioholics (8/06)
5.1 Ways to Improve Your Home Theater Experience
- eCoustics.com (8/06)
Budgeting and Building a Dedicated Home Theater Room
- eCoustics.com (7/06)
Home Theater Set-up Basics 101
- Audioholics (6/06)
Building a Moderately Priced Home Theater Room
- Audioholics (6/06)
How to Buy a Home Theater System
- PC World (6/06)
How to Buy an Integrated Home Theater Audio System
- PC World (5/06)
Setting Up Your First Home Theater Surround System: Do's and Don'ts
- eCoustics.com (4/06)
THX-Certification: What It Means and How to Use It
- Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity (1/06)
Home Theater Builder: Selecting Your Room
- Audio Video Interiors (1/06)
The Shadow Box: What Is It and Why Use It?
- Audio Video Interiors (1/06)
Optimize Your Seating Distance For Your Screen Size
- Sound & Vision (1/06)
The Finer Points of Home Theater
- Audio Video Interiors (11/05)
Building a Home Theater in your Basement
- Audio Video Interiors (11/05)
Video: Home Theater Basics
- Crutchfield Advisor (11/05)
Rules for Home Theater: Speaker Placement
- Home Theater & Sound (11/05)
Rules for Home Theater: Speaker Types
- Home Theater & Sound (10/05)
How to Shop for a Surround Sound Speaker System
- Home Theater Magazine (10/05)
Common Facts and Fallacies About Home Theater, Stereo and Video
- eCoustics.com (10/05)
Where to Place Surround Speakers
- eCoustics.com (10/05)
Planning and Redesigning a Home Theater
- Philips (10/05)
Tips for Lighting Your Home Theater
- Philips (10/05)
Introduction to Home Theater
- Crutchfield Advisor (9/05)
What Do You Need for Home Theater?
- Crutchfield Advisor (9/05)
Rules for Home Theater: The Room
- Home Theater & Sound (9/05)
Does an All-in-one System Make Sense for You?
- Crutchfield Advisor (9/05)
Speaker Placement for Home Theater
- Crutchfield Advisor (9/05)
Choosing Speakers for Home Theater
- Crutchfield Advisor (9/05)
What Size Is Your Home Theater Room?
- Crutchfield Advisor (9/05)
Tips on Connecting Home Theater Speakers
- Crutchfield Advisor (9/05)
Choosing Screen Size and Placing Your TV
- Crutchfield Advisor (9/05)
Understanding Surround Sound Formats
- Crutchfield Advisor (9/05)
Home Theater Calibration Discs
- Projector Central (8/05)
Building Your Dream Theater: Step 1 - Assembling Your Team
- Revolution Home Theater (5/05)
An Essential Guide to Home Theater Speaker Placement
- eCoustics.com (3/05)
Multichannel Audio and HDTV
- eCoustics.com (3/05)
Planning Your Home Theater
- Crutchfield Advisor (3/05)
Getting Stereo and Surround Sound to Coexist
- Home Theater & Sound (3/05)
Five Common Home Theater Problems
- Sound & Vision (3/05)
Tips for Building a Home Theater in an Apartment
- Audioholics (2/05)
Intro to Home Theater Sound
- Connected Magazine (1/05)
How to Shop for a Surround Sound Speaker System
- Connected Magazine (1/05)
All-in-one (Home Theater in a Box) Systems vs. Components. Which is Best For You?
- eCoustics.com (12/04)
How to Buy a Great All-in-One Home Theater System
- PriceGrabber (12/04)
Home Theater Setup: Performance Considerations, Part Two
- Home Theater & Sound (12/04)
Home Theater Setup: Performance Considerations, Part One
- Home Theater & Sound (11/04)
Home Theater Expanded
- Home Theater & Sound (10/04)
Thinking Inside of the Box
- Digital Trends (10/04)
Finishing Touches For Your Home Theater
- Sound & Vision (10/04)
High Performance Home Theater Calibration
- Audioholics (9/04)
Lost in the Middle: Center Speakers
- Digital Trends (8/04)
5.1 Surround Sound From the Engineer's Perspective
- Crutchfield Advisor (7/04)
Planning for a Home Theater
- Tech Living (7/04)
7 Recommended Complete Home Theater Systems
- The Perfect Vision (6/04)
Home Theater Defined
- Aperion Audio (6/04)
Five Home Theater Shopping Tips
- Aperion Audio (6/04)
Types of Home Theater Speakers
- Aperion Audio (6/04)
Putting Your System Together
- Aperion Audio (6/04)
The Biggest Bang for your Audio Buck: Why Components Makes Sense
- Crutchfield Advisor (6/04)
Viewing Distance: Home Theater’s Forgotten Problem
- Home Theater & Sound (6/04)
Digital Cinema 101
- DLP.com (5/04)
So You Wanna Buy a Home Theatre?
- Digital Journal (5/04)
Five Systems for $5,000
- Home Theater Magazine (5/04)
Why 6.1 Surround?
- Crutchfield Advisor (5/04)
Dolby Digital, DTS and DVD: A History
- SpannerWorks (4/04)
What is Home Theatre?
- SpannerWorks (4/04)
Time and Distance In Your Home Theater
- Home Theater & Sound (4/04)
The Levels of Home Theater Audio Nirvana
- Connected Home (3/04)
Dolby Pro Logic IIx: What it Is, How it Works, and a Comparison
- Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity (3/04)
Maximize Your Home Theater Experience By Tricking Your Room
- Axiom Audio (2/04)
Transforming my Basement into a Home Theater Haven
- Crutchfield Advisor (1/04)
In a Home Theater, Does Size Matter?
- Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity (12/03)
Retrofitting a Home Theater
- TechnoFile (12/03)
Setting Up a Home Theater: The Room, the Gear, the Installation
- This Old House (11/03)
Setting Up Your Home Theater
- Masters on Audio (11/03)
THX Select and THX Ultra2 Certification Interview
- Audioholics (11/03)
Round-Up of Home Theater Questions
- Audioholics (10/03)
How To Setup A Basic Home Theater
- Revolution Home Theater (10/03)
Six Common Home Theater Questions
- Crutchfield Advisor (10/03)
5.1-channel Sound: From the Studio to Your Home Theater
- Crutchfield Advisor (9/03)
Home Theater Component Basics
- DIY Network (9/03)
Speaker Choices for Home Theater
- Home Theater & Sound (8/03)
Home Theater Aesthetics
- Crutchfield Advisor (8/03)
Home Theater Tweaks 102: Fine-tune Your System So Your Video Shines
- Crutchfield Advisor (7/03)
Home Theater Systems: Starting Out and Stepping Up
- Crutchfield Advisor (6/03)
Setting Up a Home Theater
- Liquid Theater (5/03)
Ten Biggest Mistakes of Speaker and Home Theater Shopping
- Axiom Audio (5/03)
Three Mix and Match Home Theater Systems Compared
- Gary Raskin (5/03)
Home Theater Systems from $1,000 to $2,000
- Sound & Vision (5/03)
Home Theater Alternatives: Stereo, Simulated Surround, TruSurround and Dolby Headphones
- Home Theater & Sound (5/03)
Home Theater Grows Up
- Audiofile & AV (5/03)
HTiBs: The Wave of the Future
- Audiofile & AV (4/03)
Quick Guide to Surround Formats
- CNET (4/03)
Explaining Surround Sound
- Audio Video Revolution (3/03)
Playing Music in Surround: Part One
- GoodSound (2/03)
Home Theater Audio on the Cheap
- Canada Computes (2/03)
Extended Surround: Confusing the Consumer
- Home Theater & Sound (1/03)
Tomlinson Holman's Latest Experiment - 10.2
- Audio Video Revolution (12/02)
Integrating High Quality Stereo with Home Theater
- Home Theater & Sound (11/02)
Design the Ultimate Home Theater On a Budget: Part Two
- Home Theater Magazine (11/02)
Problem with the Dolby Digital soundtrack on certain recent DVDs
- Dolby (10/02)
What is meant by 5.1, 6.1, and 7.1?
- Dolby Laboratories (10/02)
What's the difference between Dolby Digital and DTS?
- Dolby Laboratories (10/02)
What is Dolby Digital Surround EX?
- Dolby Laboratories (10/02)
Pro Logic vs. Pro Logic II vs. Dolby Digital 5.1
- Dolby Laboratories (10/02)
Budgeting a Home Theater System for All Around Performance
- Home Theater & Sound (10/02)
THX Certified: What Does it Mean?
- Sound & Vision (10/02)
Speaker Placement: Setup Tips for Upgraded Home Theatre Systems
- Audioholics (10/02)
Design the Ultimate Home Theater On a Budget
- Home Theater Magazine (10/02)
Pros and Cons of Using Different Crossover Frequencies for the Various Surround Sound Channels
- Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity (9/02)
Upgrading a Home Theater on a Budget
- Electronic House (9/02)
Configuring a 5.1 System
- Audioholics (9/02)
Home Theater on a Budget
- Home Theater & Sound (9/02)
10 Tips for Better Home Theater Sound
- CNET (8/02)
What to Look for in a Home Theater in a Box
- CNET (8/02)
What is the Difference between THX Ultra and THX Select?
- THX.com (7/02)
Building a Home Theater PC
- ExtremeTech (5/02)
Why Home Theater In A Box?
- Popular Mechanics (5/02)
The Dolby Guide to Home Theater Sound
- Dolby Laboratories (4/02)
Speaker Placement for Home Theater Systems
- onhometheater.com (4/02)
What is Dolby Pro-Logic II?
- Axiom Audio (4/02)
Stereo's Intrinsic Flaw: Why Multiple Channels Are Better
- Axiom Audio (4/02)
Dolby and THX - How they work together
- Dolby Laboratories (4/02)
A Primer for Home Theater Newcomers
- Home Theater Forum (3/02)
How to Position Home Theater Loudspeakers
- AVguide (3/02)
Home Theater Speaker Systems
- onhometheater.com (3/02)
Buying Your First Home Theater System
- Home-Theater-System.com (3/02)
Desktop Theater: The Home Theater PC
- LiquidTheater (3/02)
About Home Theater Surround Sound Formats
- Cinema Source (3/02)
Surround Sound Format Table
- Cinema Source (3/02)
About Multi-Aspect Ratio Screens
- Cinema Source (3/02)
About Tactile Sound
- Cinema Source (3/02)
Understanding Home Theater Room Acoustics
- Cinema Source (3/02)
Popular Theatrical Aspect Ratios
- Cinema Source (3/02)
About Home Theater Seating
- Cinema Source (3/02)
About Projection Screens
- Cinema Source (2/02)
Surround Sound Made Easy
- onhometheater.com (2/02)
Just What Is Home Theater?
- onhometheater.com (2/02)
Getting Started: How to Shop for Your Home A/V System
- Crutchfield (2/02)
Get Home Theater Thrills!
- Crutchfield (2/02)
Home Theater: The Components You Need
- Crutchfield (2/02)
Surround Sound Formats: What You Need To Know
- Crutchfield (2/02)
Home Theater Surround Sound Formats Chart
- Crutchfield (2/02)
Dolby Surround Pro Logic II Decoder Principles of Operation
- Dolby Laboratories (2/02)
What You Should Know About Home Theater
- Hawkeye Audio (1/02)
Recommended Demo Material for Pro Logic II (pdf)
- Dolby Laboratories (1/02)
Home Theater For Every Budget
- Electronics House (1/02)
Basic Cabling for a Home Theater System
- Home Theater & Sound (1/02)
Home Theater Systems: Easy Options
- Crutchfield (12/01)
Home Theater and Audio Systems: Frequently Asked Questions
- Crutchfield (12/01)
Home Theater and Audio Systems Glossary
- Crutchfield (12/01)
How Home Theater Works
- How Stuff Works (12/01)
How Surround Sound Works
- How Stuff Works (12/01)
Update on 6.1 Surround Sound
- Home Theater & Sound (12/01)
Three Home Theater Systems Compared at Different Price Points
- Home Theater Magazine (11/01)
Almost Everything You Need to Know about Surround Sound Formats for Home Theater
- Home Theater & Sound (11/01)
Frequently Asked Questions about Dolby Digital in the Home
- Dolby Laboratories (11/01)
A Listener's Guide to Dolby Digital EX
- Dolby Laboratories (11/01)
Switching Scenarios for Component Video Sources.
- Home Theater Magazine (10/01)
Mixing Home Theater and Hi-Fi Playback Systems
- Decware (10/01)
THX Ultra2 Released
- IGN (9/01)
Home Theater Speaker Setup and Diagrams
- AudioLinks.nl (9/01)
The Basics of a Great Sounding Room and System Set-Up
- Audio Video Revolution (9/01)
Home Theater Video Connections Explained
- CNET (8/01)
Great Home Theater Performance?
- Home Theater & Sound (9/01)
The Aspect Ratio Equation
- Extron (8/01)
Surround Sound: The Mystery Behind Multichannel Audio
- ExtremeTech (7/01)
Sound Advice from the Pros
- Connected Home (7/01)
Surround Sound Explained
- ExtremeTech (7/01)
A Listener's Guide To Pro Logic II
- Dolby Laboratories (7/01)
Three Home Theater Recommendations
- Sound & Vision (7/01)
The Living Room Screening Room: Data Projectors for Home Theater
- PC World (6/01)
The Ultimate Home Theater is More Than a Pretty Picture
- Connected Home (6/01)
Your Dream Home Theater is Within Reach
- Connected Home (6/01)
Introduction to Home Theater Components
- DIY Network (6/01)
Planning a Home Theater
- DIY Network (6/01)
Planning a Surround Sound System
- DIY Network (6/01)
Surround as She is Spoke Today (Futurama): Part 2
- onhifi.com (6/01)
Surround as She is Spoke Today
- onhifi.com (6/01)
Surround Sound & Cognitive Dissonance
- Stereophile (6/01)
Choosing a System -- The Logical Approach: Part 2
- Home Theater & Sound (6/01)
Choosing a System -- The Logical Approach: Part 1
- Home Theater & Sound (5/01)
Ten ways to improve your home theater for less than 100 bucks
- Liquid Theater (5/01)
Surround Sound Formats: Dolby Digital, DTS, THX Surround EX and DTS-ES
- TimeForDVD (5/01)
THX Ultra vs THX Select Overview
- TimeForDVD (5/01)
Video Mixers and Scalers Explained
- Sound & Video Contractor (5/01)
Home Theater Systems Based on an A/V Receiver
- Home Theater & Sound (5/01)
What the Heck is THX?
- Home Theater & Sound (5/01)
Multi-Channel Audio: A Dose of Realism
- Beat Reviews (5/01)
HTPC - Home Theater Personal Computer FAQ/Guide
- multimedian.com (5/01)
How Important is Upgradeability?
- Home Theater & Sound (5/01)
Getting Started With Home Theater
- Home Theater & Sound (4/01)
Almost Everything You Need to Know About Surround Sound Formats for Home Theater
- Home Theater & Sound (4/01)
Surround confusion: Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby Digital and DTS explained
- AudioEnz (4/01)
Buying the Best Home Theater
- Ask Men (3/01)
Dolby Surround Pro Logic II - The Technology and the Sound
- Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity (3/01)
Why Dolby Pro Logic II?
- Home Theater & Sound (3/01)
Audio Calibration of Your Home Theater System
- Home Theater & Sound (2/01)
Home Theater Usability
- LiquidTheater (2/01)
Perforated Projection Screens
- AudioEnz (2/01)
Home Theater Speaker Placement
- Home Theater & Sound (1/01)
Creating a Media Room
- Masters on Audio (1/01)
Doing the DSP Dance: Surround Sound Confusion
- AudioEnz (11/00)
THX Optimode Audio Calibration
- SMR Home Theatre (11/00)
A Beginner's Guide To Building A Home Theatre System
- Audio & Video Lifestyle (11/00)
Center Channel in the Rear?
- SoundStage (11/00)
Surrounded by Surround Sound
- Robb Report (10/00)
Dolby Digital, DTS and THX Explained
- Liquid Theater (10/00)
How THX Works
- How Stuff Works (9/00)
An Instant Introduction to 5.1 Audio
- Audio Video Revolution (9/00)
Budget Home Theater Recommendation
- Liquid Theater (8/00)
A Listener's Guide To DVD-Video
- Dolby Laboratories (8/00)
5.1 for Dummies
- IGN (8/00)
Home Theater 101
- Home Theater Magazine (8/00)
Looking for a Dream System?
- IGN (7/00)
Home Theater Trends
- LiquidTheater (7/00)
Home Theater For Cheap
- LiquidTheater (6/00)
Home Theater 101
- LiquidTheater (6/00)
What is the difference between Dolby Digital and DTS?
- DVD Answer Man (6/00)
High End Theater Recommendation
- LiquidTheater (5/00)
Surround Sound Buyers Guide
- IGN (5/00)
Home Theater Guide
- AWH (4/00)
The Misunderstood 0.1 LFE Channel in 5.1 Digital Surround Sound
- Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity (4/00)
Surround Speakers: single vs dual speakers, dipoles vs monopoles
- Home Theater Magazine (4/00)
Home Theater Loudspeaker Placement
- Home Theater Magazine (3/00)
THX: Admit One
- Home Theater Magazine (2/00)
Dolby Digital vs. DTS
- Audioholics (12/99)
Surround Basics - LucasFilm THX
- SMR Home Theatre (12/99)
Theatrical Matte Option
- DVD Angle (11/99)
What is DTS?
- DVD Angle (10/99)
Home Theater Speaker Setup Tips
- Home Theater Advice (9/99)
Understanding the Different Surround Formats
- DVD Angle (8/99)
Widescreen DVD Matted vs. Anamorphic
- DVD Angle (8/99)
Digital Format Converters
- SMR Home Theatre (4/99)
Surround Sound Past, Present, and Future (pdf)
- Dolby Laboratories (4/99)
Advice To A Friend On A Budget
- SMR Home Theatre (12/98)
Home Theater vs Two-Channel Purism
- Stereophile (11/98)
Home Theater FAQ
- Lalena.com (11/98)
Planning a Home Theater
- Sound & Video Contractor (8/98)
Home Theater, Music, or Both?
- Stereophile (10/96)
Beginner?s Luck? Not a Chance!
- SoundStage (8/96)
Home Video Resolution Comparison
- (5/97) - Compares picture quality between HDTV, DVD, LD, VHS, & CD-I
Audio/Video Computer Entertainment System Hookup Connection Diagram
- Monster Cable
Home Theater Speakers Hookup Connection Diagram
- Monster Cable
What You Should Know About Surround Sound
- AVguide
What is Home Theater
- AVguide
DTS and THX...How Do They Relate?
- DTS Online
What is Home Theater?
- SurroundFreak
Home Theater Handbook (pdf)
- Polk Audio
Home Theater: Introduction
- Hometime
Who invented surround sound system?
- ePanorama.net
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