Inexpensive Kids Birthday Party Locations

While throwing your child a birthday Party is high on any parents list, most people don't want to spend a fortune for the celebration. Depending on the time of year and your budget, there are some great options for the location of the Party (other than your home).

Inexpensive Kids Birthday Party Locations

Inexpensive Kids Birthday Party Locations

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Inexpensive Kids Birthday Party Locations

Inexpensive Kids Birthday Party Locations

If you do decide to throw a Party outside your home, be sure to include your child in the location decision. If the child is young, you may want to bring them to the location prior to the party so that they can get comfortable and excited about the upcoming event. Most kids look forwarding to opening their presents at the end of their party. So whatever option you choose, make sure you set aside a special place where all the party goers can place the birthday gifts.

1. Town ParkShelter. Many local communities offer rental shelters at the parks where they have picnic tables, grills and play equipMent for the kids. The older children can go play while the adults hang out. The Food doesn't have to be gourmet, instead keep it simple and easy like barbecuing hot dogs or burgers or a couple baked lasagnas with salad. Follow up with a fun birthday cake from your local warehouse club, grocery store or your own kitchen.

2. Fast Food Restaurant. Both McDonald's and Hardees offer kids parties that includes a party hostess, Food and cake at reasonable prices. The other great thing about these is that many restaurants have plastic Playlands or ball pits so that the kids can be entertained while the adults chit-chat and relaxbits.

3. Children's or Science Museum. If you have a larger budget, a local science or children's museum can be a great place to hold a birthday party. Some places have party hostesses and provide some Supplies, so just check what they provide in your city. You may only need to bring a birthday cake and presents.

4. Movie Theater. Many towns have inexpensive or Dollar show theaters that will rent out the enTire theater or give you big group discount as well as discounts on snacks and soda. Some theaters will let you bring in some of your own snacks and a cake so just check and see what can be done at your local theater by speaking with the manager.

Inexpensive Kids Birthday Party Locations

Surround Sound Systems-How to Hook Up Surround Sound For Your Home Theater System

If you really want to feel the exciteMent of Watching a movie in your own home, then you have to get a surround sound system.

Surround Sound Systems-How to Hook Up Surround Sound For Your Home Theater System

Surround Sound Systems-How to Hook Up Surround Sound For Your Home Theater System

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Surround Sound Systems-How to Hook Up Surround Sound For Your Home Theater System

Surround Sound Systems-How to Hook Up Surround Sound For Your Home Theater System

You may already have the big screen in your room, but if you are not able to hear the soundtrack at its best, then you're missing out on half the fun!

However, many people feel that installing a surround sound system is too difficult-and that it's too complicated for them to hook up.

Well, it's not that difficult-follow these points to understand what you need to get your own surround sound set up.

1. Decides on the surround sound configuration you want.

Most modern DVDs come with a 5.1 surround soundtrack-so a 5.1 Speaker setup is the most common Speaker system that people have. This system has six Speakers-center Speaker, front left and right, surround left and right and a subwoofer (for bass). However, other common 7.1 and 7.2 configrations are surround sound speaker systems.

2. Buy an AV receiver/amplifier and speaker package-or a home theater in-a-box system.

The AV receiver is the amplifier for your speakers-and the processor for the 5.1 surround soundtrack. You will have to buy a separate 5.1 speaker package to connect to the surround sound receiver-and probably the speaker cable too. The main advanTAGe of an AV receiver is that you can connect many different external devices to it-such as DVD players, Blu-ray players, cable TV boxes, DVD recorders etc.

A home theater in-a-box (HTiB) system will come with theamplifier, speakers and all the cabling in one package-and will often have a built-in DVD/Blu-ray player too. However, there is often limited scope for connecting other devices to this type of system.

3. Connect the system together.
Connect the speakers to the speaker outputs on the AV receiver using the speaker cables. Make sure you connect the center speaker to the center speaker output, the front left speaker to the front left speaker output etc. Connect the HDMI output of your DVD player to the first HDMI input on the receiver. This will send the DVD picture and sound to the receiver. Connect the HDMI output port on the AV receiver to the first (maybe only) HDMI connection on your TV. The AV receiver will use this to send the picture to the TV screen. Runthe automatic speaker setup for the AV receiver (most have this). This will send a test signal around your speakers and set a good balance.
4. Play the movie!

5. How it all works

When you press play on the DVD player, the video and audio signals are sent to the AV receiver down the HDMI cable-make sure you select the correct input on the AV receiver and it will receive the signal. The AV receiver then sends the picture to the TV-make sure you select the correct input on the TV (the TV, switch to the correct input when it gets the signal). The AV receiver also sends the audio to the speakers. It should automatically receive the 5.1 mix on the DVD and send it out to the surround sound speaker system.
Summary

So there we have it,quick checklist of what you need to buy to get a surround sound system in you home -and how you connect everything together. If you need more detailed information on this process, then follow the links below.

Have fun!

Surround Sound Systems-How to Hook Up Surround Sound For Your Home Theater System