They had a TV for a while or just bought a shiny new flat screen, you can do a lot to improve both to improve the performance and appearance. And do not cost a lot of money.
Here are five tips to keep your TV and home theater equipment in top shape for the cost of the order. "Free" to "hundreds of dollars"
keep it clean
Home theaters are dust magnets literal with the amount of static electricity flying around - especially in television . Cleanse your system can not only help you look better, but many AV - components work better after some maintenance: The most obvious is the TV - screen .
If your TV has fingerprints greasy stains, use a mild solution of soap and water - they have not specialized clean screen - and with a damp but not wet cloth. Dry.
The next step is to keep the dust around the television and associated as an AV - Remove box device - receiver or cable. While manufacturers are not specialized towels, cloth or lint-free cloth will also work.
If you have units with cooling fans, they can a lot of dirt over time collect - help cleaning work better. Buy a can of compressed air to clean the fan effectively from the outside - not be opened - but be sure to disconnect the device first. The "air" it can have a lot of moisture, and do not want to risk short equipment.
Hide cable
The cables are the backbone of any home theater system or on television, but nobody wants to see. hide not only saves space, but also avoids the potential risk of falling.
Fastening systems are a cost effective way for cable television to other parts of an AV system. But do not buy disposable - plastic - connections are not adjustable - instead of Velcro or fasteners with cable (but again, be careful not to cut to anything).
When trying to install cables together, separate AV cable and the power to keep to avoid electrical interference, which can result in degraded video or audio signal result. Use to repair the links cable along the natural boundaries of AV furniture and walls.
If you have a TV - holder, do not probably want the power and HDMI - cable, which hangs from the ground. If you do not want to make holes in the wall, use the cable channels that attach to the wall and can be painted to match your decor. Better yet, buy would know HDMI and power cables, which is also a cleaner look.
If the system includes built - speaker surround - sound or Ethernet cable can pass under carpets, along baseboards or within specialized rubber hoses covers that run through your floor. Clips of the bond can be used to the wires to be fixed to the wall astray to go.
Buy a surge protector
Consider a particular surge protector to buy that has enough options for all system components. While power conditioner can reach hundreds or thousands of dollars, is that not absolutely necessary.
Reliable unloader with 10 to 12 stores - and space for big power supplies - is available for about $ 30 Geoff Morrison CNET covers the things to look for, if the purchase of overvoltage protection here .
These strikes
Note that these devices do not really protect the equipment against the direct rays : a small fuse wire can do little to stop the relentless power of Mother Nature. For the same reason also insert USB, Ethernet or coaxial cable do not worry to protect in their surge protection against lightning. Some models offer guarantees devices that can offer connected some comfort, but a reader of CNET found that it was like trying to get blood from a stone when they tried to make a claim.
TV Wall Mount
a TV on the wall mounting is one of the easiest ways to reclaim space in a room, and not only look good, but it is very easy to do. Here is everything , what you need to know about it , the installation of a television .
Getting a new TV stand
If a table or use on the ground (!) To record the TV and its components, it can invest the time to be in a separate TV stand. Ikea is usually the standard, but also consider the products of specialized companies, such Omnimount, Bell'O, Sanus and Salamandra. If you are particularly passionate look, you can use a local computer company to build something custom.
Here's what to look out for:
- many ventilation
- Integrated cable management
- departing tablets with the line of sight with the remote control without the doors open
- Enough for all cable boxes, video game consoles and banners
Most TV stands are grouped according to the size of the screen, look at things properly, helps to keep, but note that if you are using individual speakers, AV wide unit are the top speakers also could mean away for a stereo effect. In this case, a survey Rack mount the speakers on the device itself and the wall mounting the TV.
Children? Tying these cabinets
If you have young children or particularly noisy friends, it is a good idea also to fix the cabinet on the wall as. Some devices are equipped with kits of furniture for home , but otherwise, these kits are on sites like Amazon or Home Depot for very little money available.
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