How to make a home theater with his own hands

Option home theater with their own hands will appeal to all lovers of comfortable viewing of high-quality video at home. Indeed, the most out of the film equipment can only be achieved under certain conditions.

In addition to the multimedia projector or a modern TV receiver tech, high-power speaker for this need:

Content

    • 0.1 Selection of premises
    • 0.2 room acoustics
  • 1 Dimming and lighting
    • 1.1 Select a screen
  • 2 equipment location
    • 2.1 Screen and projector
    • 2.2 Acoustic system
    • 2.3 Laying cables
  • 3 Options for furnishing and decoration

Selection of premises

Not all will be able to afford a separate space for the home theater at home. But if such a possibility, it is better to use it to the maximum. This can be:

  • Suppose, a separate room;
  • Part of the basement;
  • attic.

Despite the conventional deficit of vacant space in a standard city apartment, if desired, you can find the desired location, even in such limited conditions. The main thing is that the size of the selected facilities were sufficient for proper alignment of the entire set of equipment and a few seats for comfortable viewing.

Recommended area should be 42 square meters, or 6x7. This is considered to be enough to equip the mini-cinema with his own hands.

room acoustics

If important zoomed and visual effects, and sound nuances are secondary, it is possible to ignore this aspect. However, it should be borne in mind that the full acoustics difficult to achieve in a non-equipped room. First of all, you need to think about soundproofing, which may be complete or partial. In the first case, you need:

  • close the walls with sound-absorbing materials;
  • lay carpeted floor;
  • soundproofed windows and front door.

If this is not possible, it can be dispensed partially insulated zone placement technique. In addition to the absorption of external and internal sounds, the materials used should eliminate the effect of "flutter echoes" that is entering into resonance with the hard surface, severely distorts the original sound. Positive influence on the acoustics will have several embossed panels.

Dimming and lighting

Solving the problem of how to make home cinema necessarily require attention to the blackout. Especially when using the multimedia projector in a room with windows. The required level of darkening depends on the power of the light flux of the equipment used. Available for medium budget projector models have a power rating from 400 to 2000 lumens. In this range, when the area of ​​the degree of dimming of the above may be as follows:

  • strong darkening brightness required at from 200 to 500 lumens;
  • light flux 600-700 lm enough to see with the lights off in the evening;
  • projector brightness from 900 to 1500 lumens allows you to receive clear and vivid picture with normal artificial light, dim daylight.

But in any case need to be concerned about the presence of curtains, light filters or solid blinds, which will close the window and improve the effect of the perception of images. On the other hand, in complete darkness bright, saturated colors can cause eyestrain. This negative effect can be compensated by the installation of adjustable lamps on the walls or laying on the LED strip skirting line.

Select a screen

Connoisseurs of quality cinema is justified prefer the most perfect technique Projection TV. In this case, a mandatory piece of equipment is the screen. Of course, the best option would be the purchase of high-quality vinyl model in rolls or the tension performance. But their cost is high and not everyone can afford.

The way out of the situation can be several ways of self-production:

  • Vinyl fabric, but it should be remembered that the material is delicate, expensive, error fraught with consequences;
  • of plywood board with paint in several layers of matte paint;
  • most budget way wall painting of the same paint, but the plane should be perfectly flat, otherwise the required alignment with the pre-primer.

projection area must be enclosed in a black frame, and ideally the entire wall around the screen is painted in a dark color.

Installation of suspended variant requires the installation brackets. In small room, it is possible to provide a sufficient space from the wall for hanging the TV screen when the roll structure.

equipment location

The full effect of the presence of a home theater is difficult to achieve without the proper equipment placement. The layout is planned based on the area of ​​space and equipment used. It should include:

  • installing projector and screen;
  • the balance of the speaker system;
  • wire installation.

Screen and projector

When using a hinged design of the screen and the placement of seats in one row is recommended that the distance from the floor to the lower edge of the web in the range of from 61 to 92 centimeters x, focusing on the most eye-level spectators. In narrow rooms, where the seats are arranged in two rows and more desirable to lift the blade just above the image to be available outside of the first row. It is more difficult to solve the problem with the installation of the projector, the parameters of which have to identify himself. During its installation is recommended to take into account:

  • projection distance;
  • the magnitude of displacement of the projection;
  • canvas size.

The distance between the projector and projection screen surface is the product of the magnitude of the first projection on the second width. Permissible mounting height can be obtained by multiplying the height of the screen fabric by the amount of projection bias. Given these parameters, the device can be hung from the ceiling or placed on a special pedestal, in any case it is necessary to adhere to the following guidelines:

  • Do not place heavy machinery over the heads of the first row of the audience, no matter how reliable any attachment, can happen any;
  • provide a convenient outlet wires to the nearest power outlet;
  • test the quality of the image before final installation, the device trying to work with different distances.

Acoustic system

The number of acoustic elements varies depending on the system configuration. As an example let's take the most common, a budget version 5.1, which is stipulated five speakers and one subwoofer. All elements should preferably be at the same distance from the listener. When multiple rows of seats it is difficult to achieve, but as a guide, you can take the center of the first row. In addition, care should be taken to:

  • the front speakers have been raised by two to three meters from the floor level;
  • between the subwoofer and the wall distance was;
  • center speaker is at the level of the head, a little farther away from the viewer with respect to the front speakers;
  • rear satellites were slightly above the viewer at the same distance, with a slight reversal in the direction from the front wall.

It is believed that such a scheme would allow speakers to get the maximum surround sound good quality. But this is not an axiom, you can try different options and choose your own that meets the peculiarities of cinema.

Laying cables

Cable - is the bane of a home theater, but without an abundance of wires, as a rule, can not do. Therefore, when planning the layout of care must be taken that they do not cause discomfort. Possible embodiments of stacking can be:

  • installation under the baseboard or in a box;
  • fixation on the bottom edge of the floor with special fasteners;
  • gasket under carpeting.

Options for furnishing and decoration

Like any room in the home cinema should please the eye aesthetics of its kind, providing a level of comfort. When deciding how to make cinema, and have to take care of these aspects.

Obviously, require shelves for CD collection, other furniture to accommodate a set of techniques and, of course, armchairs, sofas, ottomans. All these elements are chosen for their taste and personal preference. The only recommendation to maintain the interior in soft beige colors, avoid glass and glossy surfaces. This will help prevent unwanted reflections, to create a cozy atmosphere.