Monday, February 27, 2012

Sony HTSF470 Blu-ray Home Theater System (Black)

!±8±Sony HTSF470 Blu-ray Home Theater System (Black)

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Add dynamic wraparound audio to your favorite entertainment with the HT-SF470 5.1-channel surround sound system. Designed to match your 3D Blu-ray Disc player, this system is the perfect addition to your home theater. It features 3D compatibility so you can enjoy incredible 3D sports, games and movies like never before2. The HDMI Repeater makes it a breeze to connect and control multiple HD or 3D devices using a single HDMI cable per device (sold separately), while elegant floor standing speakers and striking monolithic design make it a great compliment to BRAVIA 3D HDTVs. You can also add optional S-AIR accessories and enjoy the convenience of wireless rear speakers or multi-room streaming.

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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Sony HT-CT150 3D Sound Bar System

!±8±Sony HT-CT150 3D Sound Bar System

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Post Date : Jan 27, 2012 00:51:04
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Complete your 3D home entertainment experience with simple, yet powerful surround sound. The HT-CT150 32" 3D sound bar home theater system features 3D compatibility and can also be turned into your entertainment hub by connecting multiple HD or 3D devices using a single HDMI cable per device (sold separately). In addition to the latest audio decoding technology, this beautifully sleek sound bar can be easily mounted directly to select BRAVIA TVs, hung on your wall, or placed separately on a shelf.

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Homemade Projector Screen - The Principle & How to DIY

!±8± Homemade Projector Screen - The Principle & How to DIY

Projector screens are generally divided into two types base on their functionalities: reflection projector screen and transmission projector screen. It can be also divided into soft and hard screen base on the materials they are made from.

Home theater generally uses soft reflection screen. My brother-in-law originally wanted to buy a ¥1000 (~0) so-called "import screen", but a friend of his who sells projector screens told him that it is hard nowadays (in China) to distinguish the genuineness of an import screen, it is hard even for himself. Some of them that are labeled with 'import' or 'joint capital' were actually manufactured somewhere in the south of China. He felt that he'd rather to buy a ¥300 domestically manufactured screen with good feelings than buy this kind of "import screen". What this friend said makes perfect sense. But after doing some research, my brother-in-law found that all screens on the local market are made from high gain Bolivian bead that is used for projecting newspaper clips, they are simply not suitable for video frequency.

Theoretically speaking, a white wall with one smooth side actually is the best "screen". Because its gain is 1, meaning that the light projected can be completely reflected out, which is an ideal state of being "no absorption, no gain". Unfortunately, for the purpose of absorbing and proliferating the sound wave, he already made the wall a background wall with sound-absorbing material and plywood installed. making it impossible to serve as a "projector screen', he had to find another solution.

You might be wondering at this point: why do people still bother purchasing expensive screens if we can all use white walls?

Well, there are always benefits and advantages of using a professional screen: convenient, artistically beautiful and dignified, good screen can also make up the insufficiency of a projector and improve visual effect. Among the expensive screens, one type is "gray screen" (cost about ¥15,000, roughly 00). This kind of screen probably was originally designed for liquid crystal projectors. The biggest problem with liquid crystal projector is that the color appears dark and grey, insufficiently calm. This is its "congenital defect" that is caused by its liquid crystal board and path of rays.

Regarding gray screen, we all know that gray is merely a lighter black, and black absorbs all visible light. Gray can only partially absorb visible light, it is like brightness of the picture is reduced. If you have used any picture processing software's "brightness / contrast gradient" option, you should certainly have noticed such phenomenon that reducing brightness is equivalent to increasing contrast gradient? Same concept, since the brightness has been reduced, it in turn increased its contrast gradient. The black effect gets improved due to the bigger contrast. We can also experience the same effect when we look out through the sunshade glass of our car. In fact, there are many ways to just reduce the brightness, you don't have to use gray screen. There are magazines recommending putting the light gray filter of a photographic camera to the projection lens, the principle is the same. You can even use more simpler method, namely you need to adjust the projector's output brightness or increase the contrast gradient. No need to spend a cent, you may achieve the similar effect, but the premise is that showroom must be dark enough.

Back to the bottom line, if a gray projector screen cost you 00, definitely it is not just because the screen color is changed from white to gray. Speaking from the optical principle, I'm afraid there's a lot more behind. I'm guessing probably certain chemical compositions have been added to the material of the screen that changed the reflection or absorption intensity of different wavelength of light, thus changed the luster and the contrast gradient of the entire image, that, makes up the inborn flaw of liquid crystal board after all. In addition to this, what other tricks do you think they can play? It doesn't seem to be possible with the meager knowledge of physics that I have.

It sounds more like it to throw in a ¥150,000 screen if your projector cost you ¥15,000. But adding a ¥15,000 screen to a ¥15,000 projector doesn't make much sense at all. If I have to buy a ¥15,000 screen, then it would simply work better if I put the money together and buy a ¥30,000 higher level projector to achieve better effect without any extra effort. A ¥15,000 screen is a crazy price to my brother-in-law (imagine his monthly income is merely ¥3000). Also if he buys a name brand Japanese gray screen, then he actually spend most of the money to pay for the labor which he personally doesn't feel comfortable.

The ideal screen for the DLP projector that my brother-in-law purchased should be like a white wall, just let the project light reflected completely without any "reservation". He figured that he really didn't need such costly screen. So he finally decided to make one on his own.

Exactly how did he do it? You may not believe how simple and inexpensive it really was! He spent a bit over ¥10 (about .50) in a home decorating store on a self-adhesive pure white matted formica PVC panel with dim grains, cut the right size, pasted to his original background wall, that is it, flat and smooth! With such PVC screen, he doesn't need to worry about the 'curl-up' phenomenon that may occur to a regular projector screen after around 12 years of use, he also doesn't need to worry that it would turn yellow one day due to natural oxidation. But remember it requires some pasting techniques to make it work perfectly for you. The result? Great!

Here are couple of self-made projector screen photos from my brother-in-law as 'evidence':

http://www.news-blogs.com/_images/entertainment/diy_screen.jpg

http://www.news-blogs.com/_images/entertainment/diy_screen2.jpg

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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Basement Designs

!±8± Basement Designs

Converting your basement can be fun when there are so many different basement designs on today's market. For example, suppose you want to change your basement into a home theater. Usually basements have lots of room to do a project like this. This will not only add value to your home, but also make that extension of your home beautiful and unique. It can become a haven after a hard day at work and a calming place that you can unwind. If your basement is large enough you can make a separate play area for the kids and yet it also can be a quiet sanctuary for you which keeps all the family happy.

A basement is the perfect place to create something for the whole family, but before you began it will take some consideration and planning to make your rooms special where the whole family can be included. For the theater room, you have to think about what kind of system you want in there, but usually the size of the room will determine this. Give some thought to the design before choosing the components.

There may be a lot of construction required to get your basement the way you want it and if you are not carpentry inclined then you should probably call a professional as there will be a lot of construction involved. If you have an idea of what you want now is the time to choose the space use, seating and color. If you are not sure of this you can consult a designer. Once these decisions are made you are on your way to home comfort. Now you can think about the fun things such as what kind of big screen TV will go in there, what kinds of games you will be adding and what kind of speakers with surround sound you would prefer.


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