The best possible location for the average home theatre would be a basement room that allows very little or no natural sunlight to sneak into the room. There are so many things you can do in a basement that simply intensify the theatre experience of your average home theatre. From actual stadium or theatre seating to rope lights that line the side of the walls (where it meets the floor) for low ambient lighting that will not distract from the screen or cause any unnecessary glare. Out of the many things you can choose to enhance your experience, your choice of home theatre lighting might actually be one of the most important as well as the most often overlooked.
If you are fortunate enough to have a basement, this is an ideal location for a home theatre but don't despair if you don't have a basement. Even in the sunshine there are steps you can take in order to prevent too much light from affecting your home theatre experience. Some good ideas with which to start would be to purchase black out curtains that prevent sunlight from creeping into your room. This definitely looks much better than the old fashioned quick fix of placing aluminum foil over your windows and is a great way to improve and control your home theatre lighting.
Even within your room if you've taken the time to make sure natural light isn't creeping in you may find that poorly placed lighting adversely affects your viewing pleasure. When installing your home theatre lighting system you need to pay careful attention to both natural and artificial light at different times of day in order to see how they affect your ability to see the screen as well as in order to see if there is any glare on your television screen from light peeking through your curtains or from lamps and overhead lighting within the room.
As mentioned earlier, rope lighting makes perfect home theatre lighting and so does recessed lighting. When this type of lighting is installed, people can see well enough to be able to move around the room without causing interruptions to what's taking place on the screen. Another benefit to using low lighting in a theatre room is that the screen will become the focal point when the overhead lights are dimmed.
If you want to create a theatre themed room, you may be able to find some interesting film era wall sconces to add interest to the room. These particular wall sconces offer low levels of light that will be unlikely to interfere with what's taking place on the screen. There are many of these sconces available in a variety of different themes. Since home theatre lighting plays such an important role in the enjoyment of the home theatre experience, companies are stepping up and filling this need in the lighting industry.
Some will argue that the television you choose is wildly more important than the home theatre lighting in the room by far. I tend to disagree. If you do not take care to insure that the lighting in the room is appropriate it is unlikely that you will be able to fully enjoy the television you selected - no matter what type. For this reason I always think you should keep your current television for a while, test it out with the lighting and invest in proper lighting before making an investment in a bigger or better television to add to your home theatre system.
Just like everything else in life, home theatre lighting is relative to personal preference. Take the time you need to consider how a room's lighting will affect the ability to view television or movies in the room you've designated as your home theatre. Once you have created the perfect home theatre lighting you will be amazed by home much enjoyment the home theatre gives you. - 31846
If you are fortunate enough to have a basement, this is an ideal location for a home theatre but don't despair if you don't have a basement. Even in the sunshine there are steps you can take in order to prevent too much light from affecting your home theatre experience. Some good ideas with which to start would be to purchase black out curtains that prevent sunlight from creeping into your room. This definitely looks much better than the old fashioned quick fix of placing aluminum foil over your windows and is a great way to improve and control your home theatre lighting.
Even within your room if you've taken the time to make sure natural light isn't creeping in you may find that poorly placed lighting adversely affects your viewing pleasure. When installing your home theatre lighting system you need to pay careful attention to both natural and artificial light at different times of day in order to see how they affect your ability to see the screen as well as in order to see if there is any glare on your television screen from light peeking through your curtains or from lamps and overhead lighting within the room.
As mentioned earlier, rope lighting makes perfect home theatre lighting and so does recessed lighting. When this type of lighting is installed, people can see well enough to be able to move around the room without causing interruptions to what's taking place on the screen. Another benefit to using low lighting in a theatre room is that the screen will become the focal point when the overhead lights are dimmed.
If you want to create a theatre themed room, you may be able to find some interesting film era wall sconces to add interest to the room. These particular wall sconces offer low levels of light that will be unlikely to interfere with what's taking place on the screen. There are many of these sconces available in a variety of different themes. Since home theatre lighting plays such an important role in the enjoyment of the home theatre experience, companies are stepping up and filling this need in the lighting industry.
Some will argue that the television you choose is wildly more important than the home theatre lighting in the room by far. I tend to disagree. If you do not take care to insure that the lighting in the room is appropriate it is unlikely that you will be able to fully enjoy the television you selected - no matter what type. For this reason I always think you should keep your current television for a while, test it out with the lighting and invest in proper lighting before making an investment in a bigger or better television to add to your home theatre system.
Just like everything else in life, home theatre lighting is relative to personal preference. Take the time you need to consider how a room's lighting will affect the ability to view television or movies in the room you've designated as your home theatre. Once you have created the perfect home theatre lighting you will be amazed by home much enjoyment the home theatre gives you. - 31846
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