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A home theater

A home theater or home theatre is a theater built in a home. Home theaters are designed to be like watching a movie at a movie theatre.

  • Home cinema, commonly referred to as home theater or home theatre, are home entertainment systems that try to give you the feeling that you are watching a movie at a theater
  • Backyard theater often uses a foldable screen, a projector and speakers. Some people build a permanent screens and speakers.
  • Home theater in a box, is a home theater package which includes a DVD-Video or Blu-ray Disc player, amplifier, speakers, a radio, speaker wires, connection cables, a remote control, and a subwoofer
  • AV receiver, often called a home entertainment system
  • Front video projector and projector screen
  • Home theater PC, using a computer and a media center software
  • Media center, refers either to a computer or to computer software which can play music or movies, photos etc
  • a Switchable projection window turns a window into a TV screen