What kind of surround do movie theatres have?

Question

I am building a home theatre in my old room, I have already put a projector with an hd dvd player, all i need now is a home theatre system that has the same surround as the theatre has.

Answer 1

Lol sorry bud...but unless you're willing to spend THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS (Easily $20,000) on equipment...you won't get what they have in theatres, nor do you need THAT much. You can easily put together a decent home surround sound for about $1500.00. Go to places like Fry's Electronics or any place that sells Separate Home theatre components (Towers, Surround SPeakers, Subwoofers, Receivers etc.) and they should help you put one together.

Answer 2

A dedicate room is a nice thing.  You dont really need exotic equipment.  Get a good AV receiver from Yamaha, Denon or Onkyo that can do 7.1.

Select a good subwoofer (SVS or HSU Research)

Then find 7 identical speakers that you can use to surround the chairs.

Answer 3

Dno Soz. Hope It Gets Sorted Though x

Answer 4

Theaters use larger speakers and more of them than a home theater system so that the whole audience can get surround sound.  You don't need anything like that for your home theater.

To get surround sound, you'll want something that can at least do Dolby Digital and support 5.1.  This means 5 speakers and one subwoofer.  The speakers are your left and right front, center, and 2 rear surround speakers.  Some receivers can now do 7.1, which moves the surround speakers to the left or right side of you, and adds 2 new rear speakers at the back.  However, only blu-ray discs will be able to fully support 7.1, and even they aren't using it yet.

Anyways, I just bought a system for my family room.  What I did was buy the receiver and speakers separately.  I don't really like those "home theater in a box" (HTIB) kits because most of the time they DON'T give you a full receiver - just a DVD Player with the surround sound decoder.  This may let your DVDs play in surround sound, but the DVD/Decoder has no additional inputs so if you had a game console, satellite/cable box, etc. they couldn't be connected to the speakers.

In terms of receivers, focus mainly on how many audio inputs it has.  Primarily, you're concerned with optical audio and digital coax inputs.  These are the only two that allow you to do surround sound.  You should make sure there are enough inputs to support your setup, while allowing you some room to grow, just in case.

Newer receivers will also offer things like HDMI inputs, but don't be fooled - these just act as pass-thrus.  This means you'll still have to connect your device with HDMI AND an audio cable in order to get sound from your speakers and video on your projector.  Connecting your devices to your receiver in this manner simplifies things a little, since now the receiver acts as a central switch for your video and audio devices.

As for speakers, many companies offer speaker kits in 5.1 and 7.1.  I would reccomend going to the store with a couple of your favorite movies and/or music CDs so you can listen to your prospective speakers with material you're familiar with.  If you're only concerned with movies, I think a kit is fine.  If you really like music, however, you'll probably be more interested in buying your speakers separately, spending more money on the front pair.  Spend some money on the speakers.  A good set of speakers should last you a long long time, so don't be afraid to spend some cash on them.