What’s better than watching your
favorite movies of all time in your home theater? Nothing! At home, you can
treat yourself with your preferred food choices and you can watch all the
movies you want in your pajamas! Back in the day, a trip to the movies was a
fancy event that people dressed up to attend. Now, however, no one wants to
wear a tie to see the latest Avengers movie! Even though movie theaters have
dramatically changed towards the home-like scenery for their customers to
experience, it’s still not the same as if you were watching a movie at home.
When it comes to comfort, you can’t
beat watching a movie in your own home, your own way. Whether you are a
dedicated do-it-yourselfer or you call in companies like Mimi’s Audio & Video for
support, you can make your home theater dreams come true.
If you’re interested in investing a
home theater for you and the whole family to enjoy, here are six stunning
trends you should consider when thinking of decoration ideas.
1. Multiple Screens
Including multiple screens can mean
two or more flat-panel TVs on the same wall. You can have a flat-panel TV for
casual purposes and by having multiple screens you can use them for everyday viewing
that gets covered by a larger front-projection screen for movies and major
events. Screens on various walls in a room appear to be a popular arrangement
that function as party or entertainment spaces. Why have so many screens?
Nowadays, our video choices are so vast that people often don’t want to be
restricted to just one option in a room.
2. Hybrid Space
Whether you have a home theater,
media room, game room, it doesn’t matter much what you call it as long as it
includes a sound system and a display device. A popular trend rising in the
home theater market is the hybrid approach of incorporating more traditional
furniture such as a sofa and chaise lounge seating. Why do others move to this
change? Simple, people want home theater multipurpose rooms. However,
multipurpose media rooms need access to a wide variety of content such
streaming media devices, which are perfect for providing content. Instead of
seeing Blu-ray players or high-end movie servers, there are a lot of Apple TVs
and Roku players going into these family media rooms.
3. Social Networking
In today’s technological world,
smartphones and tablets are not only being used to change channels and control
the volume of our home theaters, they’re acting as secondary viewing screens.
It’s easy to say that social media is the reason smartphone and tablet markets
have become successful. Not to mention, sports likely accounts for much of the
live tweeting in the home theater. Smart TVs from Panasonic include social
networking features such as Facebook and Twitter. Nothing would be more
interesting to see than having your own social posts being displayed on your
Smart TV. Seeing anything on a bigger screen is always going to be seen as more
intriguing than compared to looking at something on the size of your mobile
screen device.
4. Networking Media
Many underestimate about the
quality of their home network when it comes to planning their home theater,
instead they should think about where their content is coming from. There is at
least 25 percent of homes that have an internet-connected Blu-ray player in
home theaters. If you add dedicated streaming devices, smart TVs and networked
gaming consoles, it’s safe to say that the internet is the most popular source
for most people’s entertainment. Streaming content may not provide high-quality
such as Blu-ray players or CDs, but it’s bound to improve. You see it yourself
in other homes that networks are getting pushed to their limits, in versatility
and reach. It’s obvious that having a home network is crucial to have if you
want to own a quality home theater. Wireless is not good enough to stream
video, therefore people rather install networked sources such as Apple TVs.
5. Floorstanding, Soundbar Speakers
People are starting a trend of
using floorstanding and bookshelf speakers rather than in-wall speakers. Even
though in-wall speakers hide all of the equipment, floorstanding and
surface-mounted on-wall speakers produce the clearest audio. Some may have an
opinion about soundbars being known for looks rather than sound, but today’s
best soundbars approach the quality of full-range speakers and can be easily
integrated into the home. Bluetooth, wireless subwoofers, built-in audio
processing and one-remote operation are becoming attractive systems for people
looking to upgrade to instead of sticking with their poor-sounding TV speakers.
Improving your quality of sound can help you and the rest of the family enjoy
your favorite movies and shows.
6. Value
It may seem odd to call this a
trend, but the price of home theater products has dropped significantly while features and performance continue to improve.
Companies that produce projectors such as Epson, Mitsubishi and JVC offer very
good 3D projectors at half the cost of comparable projectors years ago. If you
want to speak about high-end, companies such as DPI and SIM2 offer technologies
that eliminate the need for additional expenses of anamorphic lenses for
viewing superwide CinemaScope movie formats. Imagine having a front-projection
theater system with little or no worries about the cost of such
installation.
