The best film experience is obtained in a dedicated Home Cinema Room. This will have the acoustics needed for the best sound, the right projector or wide screen TV to suit the aspect ratio of the image, and the comfort necessary so that there is no distraction from the film itself.
The acoustic quality of a room is determined by the amount of echo in the room and the distribution of loudspeaker sources of sound. Soft furnishings are largely used to make sure that the level of echo is kept to a suitable level. If the architectural design of the room is regarded as too important to allow it to be hidden by the furnishings, there exists magic sound absorbent paint which will achieve the same result.
Quite often a cinema projection system in the home has to cope with different aspect ratios of the media. Standard Definition TV is 4:3 or 1.33:1. High Definition TV in the UK is 16:9 or 1.78:1, but is 1.66:1 in most of Europe. US Cinema projections are often in 1.85:1 and current wide screen projection ratio is 2.39:1
What does all this mean? Well, if the projector or wide screen in the cinema room has a native aspect ratio of 16:9, when standard definition TV is shown there will be black bands at the side of the picture and when a wide screen film is being shown there will be black bands at top and bottom. Unfortunately this means that the viewer does not benefit from the maximum resolution of the screen or projector and available detail will be reduced.
There are two ways of getting round this: electronic resizing of the image to use the full resolution of the screen or projector chip, or the use of projector lens systems to reform the image size.
3D is being talked about in a big way now and we get lots of questions about whether it is worth it, should we wait etc. Well, quite honestly the results are stunning. 3D projection gives the best results with the images seeming to live in the space to the screen.
A by-product of 3D technology is that 2D images are better than with a 2D system. The increased power of the electronics to cope with 3D provides better images in 2D.
The seating arrangements in the home cinema should be comfortable enough to allow full concentration on the film being viewed. This can be anything from a comfortable armchair to fully specialised leather upholstered seating with reclining parts and cup holders etc etc.
Another facet of Home Cinema design worthy of consideration is security. If the whole family is watching a film and there is a knock at the door or an intruder in the house, we can arrange for discreet alerts to be activated so that someone can go and investigate without disturbing the film for the rest of the family.
If you are interested in a Home Cinema System - a television upgrade to a complete home cinema room - then Contact The Solent Electronic home today
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