Glossy publications ...packed with the latest news, reviews, tests, informative guides, equipment tips, all supported by detailed photos and interesting offers from major suppliers.

This is typical of any home theater magazine. It's this content that renders magazines a most valuable resource to anyone interested in home theater.

There is only one problem though - it is not always easy to select the most appropriate home theater magazine from the vast selection on offer.

To assist you in your selection, we are therefore featuring a number of home theater magazine reviews - covering some of the best publications presently available on the market.

Featured Home Theater Magazines:

As one may expect, there are some really good magazines out there at bookstores, magazine stands, and on-line stores. Surely it was not easy to decide which magazine to include and, which to leave out in this review article. 

We therefore hope that you will find our selection of interest - we believe the selected publications are among the best electronics and home theater magazines on offer for both the novice and the experienced home theater enthusiast. 

Home Theater Magazines - Review Index: 

The Perfect Vision Home Theater Magazine  Stereophile Ultimate AV Sound & Vision Magazine Home Entertainment & Design

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The Perfect Vision Magazine Subscription Issues: 6 issues/12 months It's more than just Perfect Vision! This home theater magazine covers all major areas of home entertainment - with unbiased reviews. One of the BEST.

Do not be mislead by its title - Perfect Vision provides a wider coverage than just video systems. It covers all major aspects of home theater from projection systems, DVD players to speakers, audio amplifiers, film and DVD reviews, and more. 

It just manages to strike the right balance between product reviews, technical guides, news and articles on emerging technologies, and film reviews - all written in plain English.

Something peculiar about Perfect Vision is their collection of well researched unbiased reviews. In addition, their film reviews are surely among the best you can find in any home theater magazine. 

The in-depth equipment reviews tend to be somewhat technical; at the same time, everything is explained in plain English. It is mainly addressed towards high-end high performance home entertainment systems, although their reviews cover products at various price bands and performance levels.

A GREAT home theater magazine - highly recommended.

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Home Theater Magazine Subscription Issues: 12 issues/12 months One of the earliest Home Theater magazines - mainly focusing on equipment with some solid content.

Home Theater comes with loads of useful information from equipment centered reviews to buyer's guides, useful tips, and articles on some of the latest home theater cutting-edge technology. Various articles provide lots of useful content to help the reader get the most out of an existing system.

Equipment reviews cover systems at all price levels - including reviews of lower-priced equipment not normally covered by other home entertainment magazines.

Compared with The Perfect Vision, Home Theater is more equipment oriented, does cover more topics, and includes more content - after all, it is also issued once a month.  However, the reviews and tests are not carried out to the same level of detail as those by 'The Perfect Vision'. 

If you are after setting up a home theater system and have just started with your equipment selection process, then Home Theater comes loaded with solid content to start learning the basics.  

All in all, this is a solid electronics magazine and a 'perfect' complement to 'The Perfect Vision'!

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Stereophile Ultimate AV Magazine Subscription Issues: 10 issues/12 months Accurate in-depth information and advice on high-end audio video systems.

Similar in content to its cousin 'Home Theater' but with a more hands-on approach, detailed test reports for cutting-edge AV gear, and more home theater room design technically related coverage.

On the other hand, Home Theater is more apt to review lower-priced gear than Stereophile ultimate AV. In fact, much of the equipment reviewed in Stereophile Ultimate is a bit too expensive for the average home entertainment budget.

Again, this is another magazine with loads of useful information and advice for both the novice and the expert.

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Sound & Vision Magazine Subscription Issues: 10 issues/12 months For comparative product reviews and latest news on home entertainment technologies, music and movies. But...

Addressed for both the experienced enthusiast and the novice in home theater, this magazine - like others in its category - comes loaded with information on home theater related gear, easy-to-follow product analysis, and equipment comparative reviews. 

Sound & Vision also offers advice on equipment selection and integration, regular music and movie news and reviews, as well as a comprehensive annual Buyer's Guide.

This is the type of home theater magazine that you either like or hate. The product analysis and equipment reviews may at times be classified as inadequate for the prospective buyer; they do not always manage to provide the reader with the desired insight about the product on test. Some may like this type of high-level approach - sure 'Sound & Vision' still provide lots of useful information, but in our opinion, if we are to limit ourselves to a few selected magazines, Home Theater and The Perfect Vision represent better value.

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If you are dreaming of building, designing, and furnishing your dream home theater, then this home theater magazine is just right for you.

It includes several interesting regular features on home theater design, movies, and music. It also covers product reviews, home theater installations, detailed equipment lists for the projects under consideration, finishing touches, etc.

Unfortunately, this magazine is mainly oriented towards the 'luxury homes' market, rendering most of its featured products and designs out of reach of most budgets.  Obviously, if this is what you are after, then this is the magazine for you,  otherwise a solid book in the area of home entertainment interiors design e.g. Home Theater Design - Planning and Decorating Media-Savvy Interiors - featured in our Home Theater books review page, offers more practical advice.

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