How Much Does a Home Theater Cost

It’s exciting to begin planning a home theater, and the media space of your dreams can escalate pretty quickly.   The range of what is available, from audio visual components to design style, is endless, so your home theater cost is somewhat endless as well.  The best way to manage your dream is to evaluate what you really need and how you will use your home theater, in addition to what is your realistic budget and work from there. Whether basic or elaborate, at Palm Desert Rangel Electric, our experts know how to make the most of your budget and ensure you have your perfect balance of style and function in your home theater.

First, you need to decide about space.  Are you going to dedicate a whole room or just convert a corner of your family room?   If it’s just a corner update, then you are probably just looking to upgrade your audio visual components and then the costs are pretty basic. To be state-of-the-art at this point, the main components you may want to include might be:

• Flat Screen TV – Obviously, the cost of a TV depends mainly on size.  There are 24″ TVs for less than $200 and 90″ models into the $7,000s.
• Surround Sound Speakers – Generally as TVs get thinner, the speakers get worse, so you will probably want to consider surround sound, especially for movie watching.  Again, what you need will depend on the size of the room for the most part, but very basic speaker systems, such as soundbars, can start in the low $100s, but certainly can run the gamut into the $1,000s.
• Receiver – The receiver manages the sound for the different components.  These will range from around $300 to nearly $1,000.
• Media Streaming Box – Brands such as Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and Roku can be used for a variety of streaming programs including Netflix, Spotify and Pandora.  These systems start from about $40 and generally stay in the low $100s.
• Video Source – Although you may be streaming movies and shows, you may still want to have a DVD or Blu-ray player for all those DVDs you already invested in.
• Universal Remote – This remote can integrate and operate all of your different audio visual systems from a single source.  For truly basic, they can start around $10 up to pretty sophisticated models in the mid-$100s.

From here, the sky is the limit, especially if you are dedicating a whole room for your media space.   Your home theater cost will depend on what you include.  There are additional advanced audio visual components to consider such as audio and video calibrators and wireless products.  You can consider custom cabinetry, stadium seating with leather recliners, acoustical wall paneling, adjustable lighting, automated window shades, theme possibilities from old time movie theater to batman cave, and more.

Whether simple or complex, at Palm Desert Rangel Electric, our professionals are able to manage your entire home theater project, from recommending audio visual products, designing a personalized, comprehensive and integrated system to complete installation. More than just a full service local electrical contractor, at Rangel Electric our vast experience makes us a full service audio video company as well.  We provide a precise and quality-minded approach to all a/v installation.  Call us at Rangel Electric at (760) 360-7377, and we’ll work with you to create the home theater of your dreams.