entertainment

my boss’s home theatre system

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When I was working long back in a company, my cool & young boss invited all the employees to their housewarming function.

I also visited that time.

It’s a luxurious house.

Their house had a dedicated home theatre room. They also had a thread mill setup in that room so they could watch while walking on the thread mill.

At that time, no such popular OTT apps were available. It’s only YouTube, which they can watch.

When I and my colleagues saw the setup, we thought, who will have time to watch this and all…

Now I understood why they did that.

It’s entertainment at home without wasting time and energy by going to the theatre.

They have good reason to spend time in that home theatre by now.

Now, tech has improved significantly, and many new OTT apps are on the market.

Unlimited Internet at good speed is also available on the market.

This means that any new movies that get released, they can sit in their home and watch & enjoy with the whole family.

Now, you might also think similar to what I was thinking at that time. If you think like that, it’s just a matter of time before you change your opinion.

Now, I have changed mine after going through these personally. You might already, or you will one day.

My point in writing this email is that if you have a budget, have a separate room for the home theatre.

If you plan to do that later… then have a floor or room for it. You can set it up later when you have a budget.

If you don’t have space, budget, or provision, you can plan your hall with a bigger 4K TV and sound system to enjoy the theatre experience.

And a good network to set up to watch 4K movies without any buffering.

Currently, we have to use the last option at home. Still, we enjoy it a lot weekly, once or twice. Watching the latest movies sitting right in our first house hall…

When building your home, choose the option that best suits you.

These days, my dad spends more time alone watching all pending Kannada movies when our kids won’t be there. For this reason, my mom gets angry about watching movies without her 🙂

Anyway, If you have any questions, feel free to reply.

That’s all I wanted to share.

An idea to think about…

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The day before yesterday, I talked about a movie I watched…

Today’s email is about the same topic. Which is related to a movie but in a different way.

If you regularly read my emails, you might notice some changes we made at home, which helped us.

Recently, we disconnected the DTH connection, and now we completely rely on the Internet, YouTube, and OTT apps for entertainment in my home.

It would be a good move if you could ask me.

No more time wasted on watching useless ads and getting updated entertainment at our fingertips.

However, not all can implement this in their home because you need a good broadband (internet) connection with unlimited data and a proper network plan to enjoy 4K videos without buffering.

If you don’t have those, you cannot enjoy them properly.

If you are a light internet user, then no issues.

If you are a heavy consumer, OTT will not help with the fake unlimited data with what other major service providers are offering.

To my knowledge, Excitel is the only major internet provider offering a truly unlimited plan.

If you have Excitel near your house, upgrade your TV to 4K and the latest version to truly enjoy entertainment at your house.

I don’t tell this easily.

Regarding entertainment, you might seen a trend of having a separate home theater.

If you will build only an owner-stay house and have a budget to build one extra floor/room for the home theater, do it.

See… till now, I never saw any value in those home theater.

Now, after seeing some changes in my home after upgrading the old TV to a new 4K TV, Old DTH to OTT Apps, and a good Home theater for a better sound system. It’s truly a different entertainment.

It’s never happened before.

I used to watch 1 or 2 movies a year on my PC. Now I watch 1 movie a week with all my family members.

Oh.. you might count time waste.

Ya, that’s right. But the feeling and energy after spending time with the whole family is worth spending 3 hrs watching a movie at home.

We don’t have a dedicated home theater room in our house. We cannot do that. Because it requires some good space & a good budget.

Everything we watch and enjoy is in the Hall itself.

Suppose you are building some luxury home, duplex, or triplex. In that case, you can consider having a separate floor or room for a home theater.

Most owners will be on a tight budget during construction time; if that’s your case, just build the extra floor or room and don’t bother doing any false ceiling or home theater setup during construction.

Don’t keep windows on the home theater floor/room; it isn’t required. Having windows actually costs more than without windows.

Once you are comfortable with the budget, hire professionals who take care of all those.

A quick search for home theater services on Google Maps will get a list of popular service providers in your area.

I will share my first reaction to seeing a home theater system tomorrow.

I still laugh at how I changed my view once I experienced myself in my home.

Arun