Stop the Spread of Home Theater Sickness

“What? — Home Theater Sickness?”, you ask… “My home theater can make me sick?” It indeed can if you get it all hooked up and it does not look or sound the way you thought it would or should. If your new system just doesn’t look anywhere near as good as you expected — you may be a victim of Home Theater Sickness. If you have dumped a lot of dollars into what you think is the latest and greatest Home Theater equipment — and you still end up with a home theater system that leaves you with a great deal of buyer’s remorse and a definite sick feeling deep in the pit of your stomach — that’s indeed a classic case of “Home Theater Sickness“.

Properly researching your components is an essential part of the home theater selection process and is essential preventative medicine in the battle to prevent Home Theater Sickness. Unfortunately, thousands of anxious new home theater enthusiasts jump into the scene each day with little or no advance preparation other than seeing what’s on sale at Best Buy or their local department store. Such a hasty decision will adversely affect your desired home theater experience and help the spread of Home Theater Sickness. However there are some steps that you can take to assure that your results at home are much closer to what you desire. You are about to find out some things about home theater that electronics retailers definitely don’t want the “Home Theater Newbie” to know.

You should first read, read and then read some more on what video displays, digital surround audio systems and playback devices are currently available for the home theater enthusiasts. Fortunately there are many web sites dedicated to home theater audio and video systems where you can find preventative medicine for Home Theater Sickness. Do a Google search for AVS Forums and Audioholics for a wealth of knowledge from people who are experienced in the home theater scene. Another great and very informative web site is right here — Home Theater Systems Advice — one that I am of course partial to as I personally host this site and share my accumulated knowledge for free. Reading a LOT of information will lessen the chances that what you buy is not what you were expecting.