عنوان

The complete idiot's guide to home theater systems /

شابک

0028639391

شابک

9780028639390

شماره

b704395

عنوان اصلي

The complete idiot's guide to home theater systems /

نام عام مواد

[Book]

نام نخستين پديدآور

by Michael Miller.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Indianapolis, IN :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Alpha Books,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©2000.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xxi, 290 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

24 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes index.

متن يادداشت

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.

بدون عنوان

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متن يادداشت

All you need to select, purchase, and install the best home theater components for your budget.

عنوان اصلي به زبان ديگر

Complete idiot's guide

عنوان اصلي به زبان ديگر

Home theater systems

موضوع مستند نشده

Home entertainment systems.

موضوع مستند نشده

Home video systems.

موضوع مستند نشده

Stereophonic sound systems.

موضوع مستند نشده

Home entertainment systems.

موضوع مستند نشده

Home video systems.

موضوع مستند نشده

Stereophonic sound systems.

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Miller, Michael,1958-

تاريخ عمليات

20201207194937.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y