Home theater systems are becoming parts of more and more households with advanced technology making these systems affordable and advanced. Home theater systems are perfect way to spend leisure time with family, these systems emulate movie theater experience and mood with the help of number of advanced speakers and visual devices. All advanced tech products we see today have gone thru number of changes and your Speaker & Home Theater is no exception.
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From 8mm film to Ultra High definition TVs , Dolby Digital 5.1 - channel audio speaker systems there is a huge progress made in this field. Let's take a look back in history of this development.
1950 - 1970s:
In 1950s home movies became popular in developed countries mainly because of Kodak 8mm film, camera and projector equipment were more cost effective than ever making its reach to common people. Generally these system included a small portable projector projecting on a portable screen, these were used to show home movies of family travels and celebrations. Portable home theaters systems improved a bit over the time with availability of color film, Kodak super 8 mm film catridges and monophonic sound but were somewhat expensive. This era was ended in late 70s with introduction of VCRs which were easy to connect with ordinary televisions with simpler and more flexible substitute.
1980s:
Development of multi-channel audio systems in 1980s added more dimensions for home cinema, this was the first time when a home-cinema setup was designed and built and installed by Steve J. LaFontaine as a sales tool at Krishmans furniture store in Metairie, Louisiana in 1974. He built a special sound room where he used the earliest quadrophonic audio systems in conjunction with modified Sony Trinitron TV for projecting the image. In 1982 at summer consumer electronics show Chicago , Peter Tribeman of NAD (USA) organized and presented a demonstration made in collaboration with NAD, Proton, ADS, Lucasfilm and Dolby Labs in technology to show the world how home cinema would look and sound like. This three day demonstration showed retailers, consumers, manufacturers home like experience of combining a high quality video source with multi channel surround sound. It is said that this one demonstration became the impetus for developing what is now a multi billion dollar business.
1990s:
In 1990s a typical home cinema system consisted of a VHS Player and rear projected large screen or CRT front projection. In late 1990s home cinema gained drastic popularity with introduction of DVD-Video, Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 channel audio and high quality front video projectors.
2000s:
In 2000s development of HD TV, Blue Ray Disc, HD DVD format, 3D display technologies enabled people to enjoy cinematic feeling more affordably. Newer lossless audio from Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD High resolution audio and DTS HD Master Audio and speaker systems with more audio channels such as 6.1, 7.1, 9.1, 9.2, 10.2 and 22.2 are also introduced for a more cinematic feeling.
Try not to keep you family's precise recollections covered, breath new life into your recollections back and let them be seen by future eras with the help of just 8mm. Transfer your old 8mm film or video on to a DVD or CD. CD & DVD Copies
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