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Technical Overload? The Home Theatre Guru Can Help

Let’s face it. High-definition TVs, video projection systems and surround-sound equipment are far more complicated to set up and operate than most consumers realize. Terms like “LCD,” “plasma,” “Blu-ray” and “projection” are confusing enough, but operating the equipment by using numerous remote controls is chaos.

Even if you master the terminology and read all the reviews online and in magazines, you probably don’t understand that you cannot achieve theater-quality sound and images at home, simply by selecting a system at a home-theater store or from an online vendor.

If you want to see and hear what the artist/producer/director intended — what they saw and heard in the post-production studio — your HDTV or video projection system and the connected Blu-ray player, DVD or other video sources must be calibrated to industry standards. Your equipment also must function in concert with the media room itself, just like in a movie theater or concert hall. This includes your surround-sound (audio) system, keeping in mind the fact that the room itself is one of the most critical components of your system.

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Control all your home theater equipment with just one smart remote, instead of juggling two, three or four.
“Thanks for all of your help yesterday and for the info and links for the 'HD' equipment. You have shown me well that there is much more to learn, and I think being informed is the best way to get what you want without spending just because a salesman said so. I must confess that I have fallen victim to that process before. I am giving your card to two of my partners. Again, thanks for your expertise, allowing us to interrupt you while you work and your patient answers to our many questions.”
A.K. - Austin, TX

Calibrate, Calibrate, Calibrate

Since prices have dropped for high-end TVs, video-projection systems and surround-sound equipment, consumers are buying more and more. In many cases, retail store installation technicians are hard-pressed to do much more than simply adjust your new equipment to “look and sound right.”

Very few installers are trained or properly equipped to configure and calibrate home theater equipment to industry standards, as recommended by THX, the Imaging Science Foundation (ISF), and the Home Acoustics Alliance (HAA).

In contrast, Home Theatre Guru Sonny DiFranco is certified by each of these organizations as someone with professional-level knowledge who also has acquired the advanced calibration gear necessary to obtain the best possible performance from your system.

You May Not Even Know You Need a Guru

Whether you have purchased your system already or are just starting the process, Sonny is the expert choice to counsel you on selecting your equipment, improve the results from your existing equipment, work with you to set up your media room to enable the best theatre experience, and most importantly calibrate your HDTV, video-projection and audio systems to achieve the theater-quality pictures and sound you imagined. And you can operate it all with the touch of one remote!


THX Surround Sound Consultant
Audio Calibration Guru
ISF Calibrator
"I didn't realize how over-exaggerated and shifted the colors of my new LCD monitor were until calibrated by the Guru.  He has the expertise and tools to carefully dial in color balance, contrast and luminosity that I simply couldn't get right on my own by 'eye-balling' the settings.  My monitor is now much more nicely balanced:  whites are white, skin tones are warm but not exaggerated, and the subtleties of the lighting and set design in my favorite movies are much more appreciable.  I'm ready to have the Guru come calibrate my audio system next!"
C.M. - Austin, TX

Home Theatre Guru
Serving Austin and Central Texas with Professional Home Audio/Video Calibration
and Consulting Services for High-Definition Television, Video Projection and Sound Systems


PLEASE NOTE: AS OF 2018 WE ARE NO LONGER OFFERING VIDEO CALIBRATION SERVICES, THOUGH WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT LONGTIME CLIENTS (ONLY) WITH OUR CONSULTING EXPERTISE & RELATED AUDIO SERVICES.

(512) 278-8098

Services are available in the following areas:
  Cities: Austin, Bastrop, Buda, Cedar Park, Elgin, Fayetteville, Kyle, La Grange, Lakeway, Lockhart, Manor, Pflugerville, Rollingwood, Smithville, Tarrytown, Taylor, Westlake and West Lake Hills. Counties: Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Travis, Williamson. Some locations may incur a travel/fuel surcharge. Please contact us for details.



Sonny DiFranco's Certifications and Licenses:


 Home Acoustics Alliance (HAA) - Certified Level II Audio Guru THX Certified Professional - Home Theater 1
 Imaging Science Foundation (ISF) - Certified Video Calibrator THX Certified Professional - Video Calibration
 Commercial FCC License  

In addition, the
Home Theatre Guru is listed on the following Web sites and directories:
CinemaQuest, Inc., Imaging Science Foundation (ISF) Forum Business Directory,
AV Science Forum — ISF Pros Who Calibrate Pioneer Kuro Plasma Displays,
The Mac Guru, Home Acoustics Alliance

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