You finally made the leap from a wall-mounted television to a fancy new projector, but now dust particles are slowly gunking up your lens, and you can no longer see every pore on The Gladiator’s face quite like you once could. Well, you can’t use …
How to Connect Powered Speakers to a Receiver
When it comes to connecting all of your home theater components, the task can be overwhelming – to say the least. This is especially true if you are not expertly versed in all the associated jargon. “Powered”, “active” and “passive” are all terms commonly used …
Can You Connect an Amazon Fire TV Stick to a Projector?
Using an Amazon Fire TV Stick with a projector is a pretty straightforward operation. With no wires to run, no cables to manage, there are just few steps to start streaming from your Fire TV Stick to your 100in+ screen. To connect an Amazon Fire …
7 Ways to Block Excess Light in a Home Theater Room
There are a lot of features on TVs that improve image quality, color, and brightness. However, these specs are negated, if excess light in the room washes out the picture. Controlling the light for your home theater space allows you to create an immersive viewing …
How to Connect a Smartphone to a Projector
If you’ve finally taken the plunge into installing a projector for your home theater, the next problem you need to solve is how to get what you want projected on the screen. Especially if you don’t have a dedicated content streaming box, this can be …
How to Turn a Regular Speaker into a Bluetooth Speaker
So you have a set of wired speakers you want to make Bluetooth compatible? It can be a pretty straightforward project that will save you on a set of comparable Bluetooth speakers. Here are the steps to add Bluetooth functionality to a normal speaker: Get …
Can a Power Surge Damage Speakers – How to Protect Your Speakers
Power surges can be damaging to electronic equipment and especially damaging to speakers. The power outlets in your house produce a 120-volt charge, and most of that voltage does not make its way to your speakers. During a power surge, output voltage spikes way beyond …
How to Connect a Soundbar to a TV without HDMI or Optical
Okay so for whatever reason you’ve decided that you don’t want to connect your soundbar to your TV using HDMI or optical cables. Or perhaps, you cannot use an HDMI or digital optical cable because of the equipment you own. You know the advantages of …
Can You Add Surround Sound Speakers to a Soundbar?
So you have a soundbar, but you want more sound in your room. You’re not trying to fork over for a proper surround sound system, but figure you can get away with a few speakers hooked up to the soundbar. Few soundbars come with wireless …
How to Wirelessly Send Video to a Projector
Moving to a projector setup can be one of the most satisfying changes you can make to your home theater system. There’s not much that competes with the sheer amount of screen-space and wow factor they bring to the table. But, there’s a pesky problem …