Build Your Home Theater in a Weekend (In a Weekend)

Rating:
Summary: Lousy title, Great book
Review: I picked up this book knowing there was no way I could really build a home theater in one weekend. I'm not sure what the authors were thinking naming it this. However, just flipping through it there was such great material I kept wanting to read more. Anyway, the short of it is that it took me about a month to really research my home theater and do it right, but this book was an excellent guide along the way. The authors do a great job giving you advice on how to build a home theater which can scale. Something you can enjoy now, but upgrade later without replacing the entire system. I'm not sure if my wife likes that idea too much, but she realizes that my toys make me happy. However, to her credit, after I put this set together and put on Armageddon, she was completely blown away by the sound and visual effects. Best thing, the authors tell you how to hide the speakers/components if other parties don't like watching the awesome lights dance.

Rating:
Summary: Lousy title, Great book
Review: I picked up this book knowing there was no way I could really build a home theater in one weekend. I'm not sure what the authors were thinking naming it this. However, just flipping through it there was such great material I kept wanting to read more. Anyway, the short of it is that it took me about a month to really research my home theater and do it right, but this book was an excellent guide along the way. The authors do a great job giving you advice on how to build a home theater which can scale. Something you can enjoy now, but upgrade later without replacing the entire system. I'm not sure if my wife likes that idea too much, but she realizes that my toys make me happy. However, to her credit, after I put this set together and put on Armageddon, she was completely blown away by the sound and visual effects. Best thing, the authors tell you how to hide the speakers/components if other parties don't like watching the awesome lights dance.

Rating:
Summary: Easy to read.
Review: This book is for the begginer. It may be overly simplistic for some people. I found I had to skim over a lot of material but it did answer those areas I was a little vague on. He is very wordy when it comes to how to connect components describing in detail every possible combination. Simple diagrams would have saved reading through a lot of pages. Over all the book delivered on what it promised but I still feel I need to look for something more advanced but for someone just starting this is a good book to start with.

Rating:
Summary: Waste of Money and a Weekend!
Review: Try more like a month! This book overpromises and is written in too confusing a manner to follow. I would have gotten further just reading my electronics manual.