Select the best equipment for your home theater The fun and easy way™ to create the movie theater experience in your own home Are you ready for HDTV? Checking out surround sound and DVRs? This value-priced guide clearly explains the latest advances in home entertainment electronics and makes sense out of all the available choices. It then helps you choose the right equipment and shows you how to put it all together to build the home theater system of your dreams! The Dummies Way
A little dated, but helpful in laying out the basics of home theater. However, if you're not a true audiophile, you can just skip the book and by a home theater in a box. You'll probably like it fine. Do compare models so you can think through which features are important to you. This approach worked for me.