Home Theatre Systems
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Recreate cinema-quality sound and pictures in your own home. Watch Full HD movies and enjoy spectacular surround sound with a Blu-ray player and an AV receiver. Choose a DVD player that will upscale pictures to 1080p.
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Home Theatre with DVD
- Watch DVDs in HD with 1080p upscaling
- DVDs are the most common video media
- Play CD/DVD/MP3, but not Blu-ray
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Home Theatre with Blu-ray
- More picture contrast and richer colours
- Cinema quality sound
- Also play DVD/CD/MP3, etc
- Watch YouTube and download content from the internet with a BD-Live (profile 2.0) Blu-ray player
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Home Theatre with Wireless Rear Speakers
- Signals sent using radio waves or infra-red light
- No messy cables behind the couch or throughout the room
- Minimal cabling and power supply required on selected models
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Home Theatre System Glossary
- 5.1 Channels
- Surround sound, which comprises of five speakers and a subwoofer (for bass).
- 7.1 Channels
- Surround sound, which comprises of seven speakers and a subwoofer (for bass).
- Full HD
- The highest screen resolution available, measuring 1920x1080 pixels (1080p). True HD is available with Blu-ray, PS3 and HD-DVD players.
- Dolby Digital
- A digital audio compression format, developed by Dolby Laboratories. It is the world standard format for 5.1 channel surround sound.
- Dolby Pro Logic II
- Digital sound decoder that enables 5.1 channel surround sound from stereo (two-channel) sources, like CDs. It also enables surround sound from games consoles such as Nintendo Wii.
- DTS
- Digital Theatre Systems Inc. is a specialist company that produces multi-channel digital surround sound for movies.
