Mac Slocum
03-28-07, 08:45 PM
Six Tips for Home Theater Demos
Want to show off your home theater? Use columnist John Caldwell's six professional demo tips.
Scholars have written countless tomes dedicated to cinematic theory and the psychology of the cinema. Perhaps no single art form has been so widely studied, postulated, dissected and critically analyzed.
As an undergraduate college student studying for my degree in psychology, I can recall studying how the cinema was prescribed as a substitute for psychotherapy. I kid you not. The cinema and the way it affects us are serious things, it would seem.
http://www.electronichouse.com/images/uploads/demo-vertical-limit.jpg (http://www.electronichouse.com/article/six_tips_for_home_theater_demos/)
And while home theater has a ways to go to match the experience of the picture palaces of the last century, the process of achieving a great cinematic experience, whether commercially or in your home, still boils down to three basic fields of attention:
1. Architecture and design
2. Technology
3. Presentation
Today, there are a number of great sources for information on the first two fields noted above. Assuming you’ve got the room’s architecture, design and gear dialed in, the best way to prove to yourself that you’ve got it right is by being able to orchestrate a short but compelling demonstration of your theater’s capabilities for your neighbors, friends, relatives or just the wife and kids.
Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working on the road with the Jedi Master of the home theater demos, Peter Tribeman, president of Atlantic Technology. We’ve conducted consumer and tradeshow home theater demonstrations together, and nobody does it better than Peter.
To read Peter’s tips, as well as the rest of John’s article, check out
http://www.electronichouse.com/article/six_tips_for_home_theater_demos/ (http://www.electronichouse.com/article/six_tips_for_home_theater_demos/)
Want to show off your home theater? Use columnist John Caldwell's six professional demo tips.
Scholars have written countless tomes dedicated to cinematic theory and the psychology of the cinema. Perhaps no single art form has been so widely studied, postulated, dissected and critically analyzed.
As an undergraduate college student studying for my degree in psychology, I can recall studying how the cinema was prescribed as a substitute for psychotherapy. I kid you not. The cinema and the way it affects us are serious things, it would seem.
http://www.electronichouse.com/images/uploads/demo-vertical-limit.jpg (http://www.electronichouse.com/article/six_tips_for_home_theater_demos/)
And while home theater has a ways to go to match the experience of the picture palaces of the last century, the process of achieving a great cinematic experience, whether commercially or in your home, still boils down to three basic fields of attention:
1. Architecture and design
2. Technology
3. Presentation
Today, there are a number of great sources for information on the first two fields noted above. Assuming you’ve got the room’s architecture, design and gear dialed in, the best way to prove to yourself that you’ve got it right is by being able to orchestrate a short but compelling demonstration of your theater’s capabilities for your neighbors, friends, relatives or just the wife and kids.
Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working on the road with the Jedi Master of the home theater demos, Peter Tribeman, president of Atlantic Technology. We’ve conducted consumer and tradeshow home theater demonstrations together, and nobody does it better than Peter.
To read Peter’s tips, as well as the rest of John’s article, check out
http://www.electronichouse.com/article/six_tips_for_home_theater_demos/ (http://www.electronichouse.com/article/six_tips_for_home_theater_demos/)