Top Gear for a DIY Home Theater System
A big-screen TV, sound bar, smart speaker, Blu-ray player, and streaming device that will turn any TV room into a movie house
This is title of the article from Consumer Reports, a reasonably sensible mainstream nonprofit magazine that tries to objectively review various consumer products. It's the soundbar that makes me cringe. There's no way that a soundbar can come anywhere close to movie theater sound.
There are 5 systems (out of 64) that do include rear speakers which at least approaches or equals the level of budget Home theaters in a box. I will also stipulate that any soundbar is likely to beat TV speakers.
A big-screen TV, sound bar, smart speaker, Blu-ray player, and streaming device that will turn any TV room into a movie house
This is title of the article from Consumer Reports, a reasonably sensible mainstream nonprofit magazine that tries to objectively review various consumer products. It's the soundbar that makes me cringe. There's no way that a soundbar can come anywhere close to movie theater sound.
There are 5 systems (out of 64) that do include rear speakers which at least approaches or equals the level of budget Home theaters in a box. I will also stipulate that any soundbar is likely to beat TV speakers.