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Wireless home theater systems Before the invention of the home theater
system with wireless rear speakers, many big screen television owners chose not to connect their
TV to a separate surround sound audio system due to the
challenges of wiring the rear channel speakers.
After all, cutting or drilling holes through
walls, ceilings, and floors, and then having to run/fish/hide speaker wires is
not necessarily a fun, quick, or cheap job, especially if you
don't already have all the necessary tools and expertise to do
the job right.
Keep in mind that even with a wireless capable
home theater system, you'll still need to power your "wireless"
rear surround speakers from an AC outlet in the back of the room. If you can't or don't want to worry about this (perhaps
your entertainment area lacks an AC power outlet behind
your seating area), consider instead going with a
2.1 or 1.1 speaker system so you won't have to worry about setting
up rear surround sound speakers at all!
A wireless home theater in a box is an ideal inexpensive 5.1 surround sound
audio solution for many renters and college students living in campus dorms, because of the
difficulty or impossibility of getting speaker wires from the back of your receiver across the room to rear surround speakers.
The drawback to budget
wireless HTIB audio systems is that they typically lack in the HDMI and video switching department, often featuring
just an upconverting HDMI output for standard DVD movies to send to your HDTV. |
Sony wireless home theater Sure, it's last year's model, but the $500 Sony DAV-HDX576WF BRAVIA 5.1 DVD home theater system from Vann's pictured above uses S-AIR technology to
eliminate speaker wires running between the main unit and two rear/surround speakers. For
convenient multi-room audio, the Sony DAVHDX576WF HTIB ALSO includes an AirStation speaker that let's you
wirelessly send your music in another room!
Where To Buy Besides Vann's, you can
purchase your Sony DAV-HDX576WF system online from Electronics Expo, Tiger Direct, Amazon.com -- even order it directly from Sony! |
