The AVIA Guide to Home Theater

The AVIA Guide to Home Theater


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Studio: Image Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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Tastefully designed for both beginning and advanced home-theater enthusiasts, the AVIA Guide to Home Theater is a terrific gateway to system set-up and integration--perfect for either planning or upgrading your home-entertainment system. AVIA, which was written by David Ranada of Stereo Review's Sound & Vision, takes full advantage of the nonlinear DVD-Video format. It lays out simply and clearly the basics of home theater: source components, video setup, and audio setup. Its seven chapters range in topics from home-theater components to viewing environments to system tools, and the disc features a host of professional-quality test signals for complete system calibration. Handy "hot buttons" give more depth on a range of subjects for those who want it. The disc gives insufficient weight to the importance of audio cable (and it recommends optical digital connections over the better-sounding coaxial type), but by and large AVIA is a trustworthy and extremely informative presentation. --Michael Mikesell
Description
The most comprehensive and easiest to use reference for understanding, setting up and getting the most from your home theater. "The AVIA Guide to Home Theater" is the single essential tool for the home theater enthusiast--whether novice or expert. Authoritatively written by Sound & Vision's technical editor, David Ranada, "The AVIA Guide to Home Theater" explains simply and by example everything you need to maximize your home theater.
The AVIA Guide to Home Theater
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Not very useful for a plasma / 7.1 theater setting
  • OUTDATED INFORMATION
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ASIN: 630551982X
Release Date: 1999-06-08

Amazon.com

Tastefully designed for both beginning and advanced home-theater enthusiasts, the AVIA Guide to Home Theater is a terrific gateway to system set-up and integration--perfect for either planning or upgrading your home-entertainment system. AVIA, which was written by David Ranada of Stereo Review's Sound & Vision, takes full advantage of the nonlinear DVD-Video format. It lays out simply and clearly the basics of home theater: source components, video setup, and audio setup. Its seven chapters range in topics from home-theater components to viewing environments to system tools, and the disc features a host of professional-quality test signals for complete system calibration. Handy "hot buttons" give more depth on a range of subjects for those who want it. The disc gives insufficient weight to the importance of audio cable (and it recommends optical digital connections over the better-sounding coaxial type), but by and large AVIA is a trustworthy and extremely informative presentation. --Michael Mikesell

Description

The most comprehensive and easiest to use reference for understanding, setting up and getting the most from your home theater. "The AVIA Guide to Home Theater" is the single essential tool for the home theater enthusiast--whether novice or expert. Authoritatively written by Sound & Vision's technical editor, David Ranada, "The AVIA Guide to Home Theater" explains simply and by example everything you need to maximize your home theater.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Not very useful for a plasma / 7.1 theater setting.......2007-07-05

I bought this with expectations of tuning my Panasonic plasma and onkyo 7.1 audio system. Not useful at all. Went with a cheaper software DVE that helped much more.

Some of the test patterns are somewhat useful and the introductory material about home theater is fine; but definitely not worth the money I paid.

1 out of 5 stars OUTDATED INFORMATION.......2007-06-16

Just bought a 52 inch LCD 2007 model. The information does not even come close to addressing all the adjustments on these new sets. They spend time talking about adjustment to tube sets which is a complete wast of time. Very little Time is spent on how to do anything except some basic adjustments which you don't need a DVD for.
All the new kind of adjustments on new plasmas and LCD aren't even discussed.
I found this product a complete waste of my time and money.

5 out of 5 stars AVIA guide to home theater.......2007-06-07

Excellent!

Great easy way to calibrate your plasma!

3 out of 5 stars Avia Guide to Home Theater review.......2007-05-29

Although very user-friendly and clearly explained, the content seems a bit outdated. They don't even HDMI. And there seems to be a gap between the presentation and the test tones. The former sounds simple but the latter is a bit difficult to use for beginners. More guidance needed.

5 out of 5 stars Must Have for Home Theater.......2007-05-28

This is a great product. Pop it in and follow the menu. Extensive extras for adjusting and fine tuning any setup [projector, flat screen, tv]. Includes the colored films to look through for setup. My friends borrow it often for setting up and calibrating their AV setup. It is a must have for any home theater owner. Highly recommend it.

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