If you could manage it, wouldn't you love to put a home theater system into your own place? Once you've seen your favorite movies in a large place of art, it's just not the same if you get the videos and watch them again on a smaller screen.
And the quality of music is much richer if you have a sound system that can really bring out all the nuances.
This is the reason why custom home theaters are coming more and more into style for homeowners.
Your home audio speakers are equally as important as your visual equipment, and in fact will help bring the visuals to life.
So do a lot of research on these.
If you're going for surround sound, you'll want from five to eight speakers.
You'll need a subwoofer to handle the crucial low frequencies, and a tweeter for the high frequencies.
And of course you'll put a flat screen television into your house theater system, to do the movies and other programs justice.
You'll undoubtedly want to have a music player connected to your home theater system as well, to make the entertainment complete.
But if you're in a dedicated room, then why not go whole hog and make this a real place of art and add a projector and screen? Many systems have projectors you can mount on the ceiling, which play movies on a large, full-fledged screen on the wall.
Add to this some comfortable home theater seating, and you've come as close to a real place of art or concert hall as you can possibly get.
The final decisions about your home theater system will probably revolve around whether you should buy a system that comes almost complete, in a single package, or buy the components one by one.
It's harder to choose and properly wire home receivers to handle components bought separately, yet the end result is usually better when the system is put together this way.
You'll need to judge your own level of expertise, and decide which type of system will work for you, and will produce the kinds of results you want in your place of art.