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  1. home theater, home theatrenoun

    television and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theater

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  1. home theater

    Home cinema, also called home theaters or theater rooms, are home entertainment audio-visual systems that seek to reproduce a movie theater experience and mood using consumer electronics-grade video and audio equipment that is set up in a room or backyard of a private home. Some studies show films are rated better and generate more intense emotions when watched in a movie theater, however, convenience is a major appeal for home cinemas. In the 1980s, home cinemas typically consisted of a movie pre-recorded on a LaserDisc or VHS tape; a LaserDisc Player or VCR; and a heavy, bulky large-screen cathode ray tube TV set, although sometimes CRT projectors were used instead. In the 2000s, technological innovations in sound systems, video player equipment and TV screens and video projectors have changed the equipment used in home cinema set-ups and enabled home users to experience a higher-resolution screen image, improved sound quality and components that offer users more options (e.g., many of the more expensive Blu-ray players in 2016 can also stream movies and TV shows over the Internet using subscription services such as Netflix). The development of Internet-based subscription services means that 2016-era home theatre users do not have to commute to a video rental store as was common in the 1980s and 1990s (nevertheless, some movie enthusiasts buy DVD or Blu-ray discs of their favorite content) In the 2020s, a home cinema system typically uses a large projected image from a video projector or a large flat-screen high-resolution HDTV system, a movie or other video content on a DVD or high-resolution Blu-ray disc, which is played on a DVD player or Blu-ray player, with the audio augmented with a multi-channel power amplifier and anywhere from two speakers and a stereo power amp (for stereo sound) to a 5.1 channel amplifier and five or more surround sound speaker cabinets (with a surround sound system). Whether home cinema enthusiasts have a stereo set-up or a 5.1 channel surround system, they typically use at least one low-frequency subwoofer speaker cabinet to amplify low-frequency effects from movie soundtracks and reproduce the deep pitches from the musical soundtrack.

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  1. home theater

    A home theater is a setup of audio and video equipment in a home that emulates the experience of watching a movie in a commercial cinema theater. This can include a large screen television or projector, comfortable seating, a sound system with speakers strategically placed for optimal audio experience, and often, devices for streaming or playing movies such as Blu-ray player, DVD player, or smart TV technology.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of home theater in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of home theater in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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  1. Ichiro Takagi:

    Historically, TVs have been at the center, when sales rose, sales in audio and home theater rose as well. As the TV operations recover... we'll see a rise in audio sales.

  2. Victor Matheson:

    I think we'll continue this trend of moving away from the live venues and towards the home theater, sports has a long-term problem that could be accelerated by this.


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